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Artefact ID	1750
TM ID	TM 64275
Findspot (DEChriM ID)	- ()
Class	Textual
Material	Papyrus
Writing medium	Sheet/roll
Text content	Subliterary
Language	Greek
Description	BKT 9 131, Suppl. Mag. 2 87: Magical text invoking Zeus Helios (Serapis) The ink on this sheet (17 x 13.5 cm), folded twice vertically, has been rubbed off in multiple places. It is broken off on the right and bottom. Written as a hymn, Zeus Iao Zeus Helios is called upon in line 7. Line 10 lines up a number of names, such as Isak Sabaoth Iao Iabok (probably Iakob). The invoked god is addressed as θεός, ὁ προπάτωρ θεός (line 14). Line 4 could be reconstructed as κύριε πα[ντοκράτωρ]. The verso is blank.
Selection criteria	Christian terms/formulas/concepts, Christian onomastics
Date from	200
Date to	399
Dating criteria	-
Absolute/relative date	Relative date
Archaeological context	Unknown provenance. Purchased in the Fayyum (Blechkiste 108).
Accession number	Berlin, Staatliche Museen, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung P. 21227

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Reference edition
• Ioannidou, Grace. 1996. Catalogue of Greek and Latin Literary Papyri in Berlin (P.Berol.inv. 21101—21299, 21911). Mainz: Verlag Phillip von Zabern. 170, No. 131. Tafel 59, No. 21227.

Editio princeps
• Brashear, William Matt. 1975. “Vier Berliner Zaubertexte.” Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik (ZPE) 17. 25-33: 25-27, No. 1.

Additional bibliography
• –––. 2005. “X. Texts with Biblical Echoes for Magical or Other Such Use. A. Separate Sheets.” Papyri from the Rise of Christianity in Egypt: Draft Conspectus. (PCE.X.A). Macquarie University. 8, No. 119?(a). [http://www.mq.edu.au/pubstatic/public/download/%3Fid%3D45105&usg=AOvVaw2xqK_R6N3vQdQpC4Mq_iMD]
• Betz, Hans Dietrich. 1986. The Greek Magical Papyri in Translation. Including the Demotic Spells. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press. 310, No. PGM 105 (Translation: Kotansky, Roy).
• Daniel, Robert Walter and Franco Maltomini. 1992. Supplementum Magicum. Vol. II. (Suppl. Mag. II). Papyrologica Coloniensia XVI.2. Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag. 187-190, No. 87.
• Maltomini, Franco. 1980. “Osservazioni al testo di alcuni papiri magici greci II.” Civiltà Classica e Cristiana 1. 371-377: 375, No. 3.

Authors

Victoria G. D. Landau, 2023

Suggested citation

Victoria G. D. Landau, 2023, "Artefact ID 1750", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1750

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TM 64275 / LDAB 5495 DCLP (PN) Kyprianos M826 BerlPap

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