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ARTEFACT IDENTIFIERS

Artefact ID	1695
TM ID	TM 64629
Findspot (DEChriM ID)	- ()
Class	Textual
Material	Parchment
Writing medium	Sheet/roll
Text content	Subliterary
Language	Greek
Description	Stud. Pal. 20 292, Pap. Graec. Mag.(2) 2 47, PGM II 47, van Haelst 1050: Fever amulet Folded three times, this vellum sheet (11.5 x 3.7 cm) contained two lines of drawings after 15 lines of text, leaving the bottom half of the sheet blank. Stragel, Strakouel, ὁ [θ]εός (line 4), Satoucheos and Psatoucheos are invoked to shield from different types of fever. The text ends with Eiaoth and Sabaoth. Both a Jewish and a Christian milieu are possible for this amulet. The verso is blank.
Selection criteria	Christian terms/formulas/concepts
Date from	300
Date to	599
Dating criteria	Palaeography; van Haelst 1976 places it in the 4th/5th c., Horak 1992 in the 6th c.
Absolute/relative date	Relative date
Archaeological context	Unknown provenance
Accession number	Vienna, Nationalbibliothek G 2310

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps
• Wessely, Carl. 1921. Catalogus Papyrorum Raineri. Series Graeca. Pars I. Textus Graeci papyrorum, qui in libro "Papyrus Erzherzog Rainer–Führer durch die Austellung Wien 1894" descripti sunt. Studien zur Palaeographie und Papyruskunde (Stud.Pal.) 20. Leipzig: Eduard Avenarius. 140, No. 292.

Additional bibliography
• Preisendanz, Karl. 1974. Papyri Graecae Magicae: Die Griechischen Zauberpapyri. Vol. 2. Leipzig/Berlin: Teubner. 181, No. 47.
• Betz, Hans Dietrich. 1986. The Greek Magical Papyri in Translation. Including the Demotic Spells. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press. 282, No. PGM 47 (Translation: Smith, Morton).
• Horak, Ulrike. 1992. “Verzeichnis illuminierter edierter Papyri, Pergamente, Papiere und Ostraka.” Illuminierte Papyri, Pergamente und Papiere I. Pegasus Oriens I. Vienna: Holzhausen Verlag. 227-261: 248, ViP 218.
• van Haelst, Joseph. 1976. Catalogue des papyrus littéraires juifs et chrétiens. Paris: Publications de la Sorbonne. 327, No. 1050.
• Wessely, Carl. 1894. Papyrus Erzherzog Rainer. Führer durch die Ausstellung. Vienna: Selbstverlag der Sammlung. 124, No. 526.
• Wessely, Carl. 1893. “Neue griechische Zauberpapyri.” Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften (Denkschr. Wien. Akad.) 42(2). 1-96: 67-68.
• Wilcken, Ulrich. 1901. “Heidnisches und Christliches aus Ägypten: III. Amulette” Archiv für Papyrusforschung (AfP) 1. 396-436: 425.

Authors

Victoria G. D. Landau, 2023

Suggested citation

Victoria G. D. Landau, 2023, "Artefact ID 1695", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1695

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TM 64629 / LDAB 5860 DCLP (PN) Kyprianos M780 ÖNB

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