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Artefact ID	1743
TM ID	TM 69043
Findspot (DEChriM ID)	- ()
Class	Textual
Material	Papyrus
Writing medium	Sheet/roll
Text content	Subliterary
Language	Greek
Description	P. Lund 4 12, Suppl. Mag. 1 13: Magical text against fever for Sophia Priscilla The end of the sheet (8.5 x 21.5 cm) is broken off from the top part after line 20. It was presumably a rolled amulet. Invoking Abrasax, the text commands to chase away and destroy the fever affecting young Sophia [alias] Preiskeilla (Priscilla), whether it be a ghost/shadow (σκειά, line 13) or a δεμόνιον (line 14–15, 27–28). The use of the verb κατάργησ[ο]ν throughout the text recalls Christian exorcisms. The verso contains traces of writing, mirrored from the recto.
Selection criteria	-
Date from	300
Date to	399
Dating criteria	Palaeography
Absolute/relative date	Relative date
Archaeological context	Unknown provenance; the Lund papyri were acquired in Berlin from the coptologist Carl Schmidt in the 1930s, possibly from antiquities dealer Maurice Nahman.
Accession number	Lund, University P. 32

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps
• Knudtzon, Erik J. 1946. “Aus der Papyrussammlung der Universitätsbibliothek in Lund.” Årsberättelse 1945–1946. Kungliga humanistiska vetenskapssamfundet i Lund. Lund: C. W. K. Gleerup. 1-16: 12-13, No. 12. Tafel 6.
• Knudtzon, Erik J. 1946. Bakchiastexte und andere Papyri der Papyrussammlung der Universitätsbibliothek in Lund (PLundUnivBib 4). Lund: Ohlssons. 69-74, No. 12. Tafel 6.

Additional bibliography
• Ast, Rodney. 2011. “Zahlenmagie.” In Ägyptische Magie im Wandel der Zeiten. Eine Ausstellung des Instituts für Papyrologie in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Institut für Ägyptologie der Universität Heidelberg, edited by Matthias Untermann. Heidelberg: Universitätsmuseum Heidelberg. 56-57.
• Betz, Hans Dietrich. 1986. The Greek Magical Papyri in Translation. Including the Demotic Spells. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press. 302, No. PGM 89 (Translation: Kotansky, Roy).
• Daniel, Robert Walter and Franco Maltomini. 1990. Supplementum Magicum. Vol. I. (Suppl. Mag. I). Papyrologica Coloniensia XVI.1. Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag. 35-38, No. 13.
• Minutoli, Diletta. 2015. “’Exempla’ di vari supporti scrittori contenenti testi magici provenienti da Antinoupolis.” In Écrire la magie dans l’antiquité. Actes du colloque international (Liège, 13-15 octobre 2011), edited by Magali de Haro Sanchez. Papyrologica Leodiensia 5. Liège: Presses Universitaires de Liège. 51-67: 55.
• 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: 211-212, No. 88 [LXXXVIII]

Authors

Victoria G. D. Landau, 2023

Suggested citation

Victoria G. D. Landau, 2023, "Artefact ID 1743", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1743

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TM 69043 / LDAB 10334 DCLP (PN) MP3 Kyprianos M813 ALVIN – Lund University Library

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