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Artefact ID1754
TM IDTM 30843
Findspot (DEChriM ID)-   ()
ClassTextual
MaterialPapyrus
Writing mediumSheet/roll
Text contentSubliterary
LanguageGreek
Description

P. Köln inv. 5514, Suppl. Mag. 1 43, SB 14 11534: Love Charm 
The magical spell on this sheet (9.3 x 9.5 cm), folded four times vertically and four times horizontally, invokes a Θῶβαραβαυ, a god or demon. The soul and heart (τὴν ψυχὴν καὶ τὴν καρδίαν, line 6–7) of Leontia, daughter of Eva, are to be brought to Dioskoros, son of Thekla, the writer. The combination of names suggests a Christian milieu.

Selection criteriaChristian onomastics
Date from200
Date to399
Dating criteria

Palaeography; the ed.pr. dates it to the 3rd/4th c., Daniel/Maltomini 1990 place it in the 4th c.

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

Unknown provenance

Accession number

Cologne, Papyrussammlung P. 5514

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Reference edition
• Daniel, Robert Walter and Franco Maltomini. 1990. Supplementum Magicum. Vol. I. (Suppl. Mag. I). Papyrologica Coloniensia XVI.1. Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag. 154-156, No. 43. Plate VII.

Editio princeps
• Daniel, Robert W. 1975. “Two Love-Charms.” Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik (ZPE) 19. 249-264: 249-255.

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?. [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. 311-312, No. PGM 108 (Translation: Kotansky, Roy).
• Daniel, Robert W. 1988. “It Started with Eve.” Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik (ZPE) 74: 249-251.
• Rupprecht, Hans-Albert and Joachim Hengstl. 1983. Sammelband Griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten. Vierzehnter Band. Zweites Heft. (Nr. 11595–11937). (SB 14). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. 156, No. 11534.

Authors
Victoria G. D. Landau, 2023
Suggested citation
Victoria G. D. Landau, 2023, "Artefact ID 1754", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1754
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