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Artefact ID	1742
TM ID	TM 64347
Findspot (DEChriM ID)	- ()
Class	Textual
Material	Papyrus
Writing medium	Sheet/roll
Text content	Subliterary
Language	Greek
Description	P. Princ. 3 159, Suppl. Mag. 1 11, van Haelst 968: Fever amulet This sheet (14 x 6 cm) had been discovered while narrowly folded, presumably to be worn in a container on one’s body. Following 8 lines of ζαγουρ[η]παγουρη written in βοτρυοειδῶς pattern (“shaped like a bunch of grapes”, see Metzger 1967), the invocation begins, κύριοι ἄγγελοι (line 9-10), addressed to the angels. It is demanded that the fever of Elias (?), son of Sophia end immediately. The verso is blank. Being a palimpsest, traces of the earlier writing are visible at the margins.
Selection criteria	Christian terms/formulas/concepts, Christian onomastics
Date from	200
Date to	399
Dating criteria	Palaeography; 3rd/4th c. in the ed.pr.
Absolute/relative date	Relative date
Archaeological context	Unknown provenance. The Princeton papyri were acquired from different sources: 90 papyri via distributions by the Egypt Exploration Fund in 1901/1907/1914-15/1922; most others via joint purchases by the consortium (Michigan, Cornell, Princeton, Los Angeles in conjunction with the British Museum and Geneva) from 1921 to 1928, arranged by Francis W. Kelsey; and a group of ~750 papyri via philanthropist Robert Garrett.
Accession number	Princeton, University Library AM 11230 B

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Reference edition
• Metzger, Bruce M. 1967. “A Magical Amulet for Curing Fevers.” In Studies in the History and Text of the New Testament in honor of Kenneth Willis Clark, Ph.D., edited by Boyd L. Daniels and M. Jack Suggs. Studies and Documents (StD) 29. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press. 89-94.
• Metzger, Bruce M. 1968. “A Magical Amulet for Curing Fevers.” In Historical and Literary Studies: Pagan, Jewish, and Christian, edited by Bruce M. Metzger. Leiden: Brill. 104-110.

Editio princeps
• Johnson, Allan Chester and Sidney Pullman Goodrich. 1942. Papyri in the Princeton University Collections. Vol. III. Princeton: Princeton University Press. 78-79, No. 159.

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. 118?. [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. 282, No. PGM 11 (Translation: Kotansky, Roy).
• Daniel, Robert Walter and Franco Maltomini. 1990. Supplementum Magicum. Vol. I. (Suppl. Mag. I). Papyrologica Coloniensia XVI.1. Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag. 30-32, No. 11.
• Hengstl, Joachim. 1978. Griechische Papyri aus Ägypten als Zeugen des privaten und öffentlichen Lebens. Griechisch–deutsch. München: Heimeran. 172-173, No. 70.
• Jördens, Andrea. 2008. “VII. Griechische Texte aus Ägypten.” Omina, Orakel, Rituale und Beschwörungen. Texte aus der Umwelt des Alten Testaments. Neue Folge (TUAT, NF) 4. München: Gütersloher. 416-445: 444, No. 5.7.3.
• Migliardi Zingale, Livia. 1992. Vita privata e vita pubblica nei papiri d'Egitto. Silloge di documenti greci e latini dal I al IV secolo d.C. Torino: Giappichelli. 150-151, No. 86.
• Preisendanz, Karl. 1964. ”Zur Überlieferung der griechischen Zauberpapyri.” In Miscellanea Critica. Teil I. Aus Anlass des 150jährigen Bestehens der Verlagsgesellschaft und des Graphischen Betriebes B. G. Teubner, Leipzig, edited by Johannes Irmscher et al. Leipzig: Teubner. 203-217: 210, No. 83 [LXXXIII].
• van Haelst, Joseph. 1976. Catalogue des papyrus littéraires juifs et chrétiens. Paris: Publications de la Sorbonne. 310-311, No. 968.
• Van Minnen, Peter and Philip Mayerson. 2009. "Notes on Papyri." Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists (BASP) 46. 145-150: 146.

Authors

Victoria G. D. Landau, 2023

Suggested citation

Victoria G. D. Landau, 2023, "Artefact ID 1742", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1742

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TM 64347 / LDAB 5569 DCLP (PN) Kyprianos M812 Digital PUL – Princeton Papyri Collections Princeton University Library – Catalog

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