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Artefact ID1752
TM IDTM 64422
Findspot (DEChriM ID)-   ()
ClassTextual
MaterialPapyrus
Writing mediumSheet/roll
Text contentSubliterary
LanguageGreek
Description

P. Laur. 4 149: Magical text 
Two recipes are preserved on this sheet (5.9 x 7 cm), very fragmentary, over the remains of 8 lines. The intentions of both are unclear, a συμπόσιον is mentioned in line 5. Iao occurs on line 3, [I]ao Adonaio on line 4. The verso is blank.

Selection criteriaChristian terms/formulas/concepts
Date from300
Date to399
Dating criteria

Palaeography; the ed.pr. compares the writing to P.Herm. 5 (~325 CE). Daniel/Maltomini 1992 place it in the 3rd c., comparing it to P.Oxy. XI 1364 (3rd c.).

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

Unknown provenance

Accession number

Florence, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana PL III 508

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps
• Pintaudi, Rosario. 1983. Dai Papiri della Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana. (P. Laur. IV). Firenze: Gonnelli. 54-55, No. 149. Tav. CVI.

Additional bibliography
• Daniel, Robert Walter and Franco Maltomini. 1992. Supplementum Magicum. Vol. II. (Suppl. Mag. II). Papyrologica Coloniensia XVI.2. Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag. 202-203, No. 91.

Authors
Victoria G. D. Landau, 2023
Suggested citation
Victoria G. D. Landau, 2023, "Artefact ID 1752", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1752
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