4care-artefacts

Artefact ID	1745
TM ID	TM 65812
Findspot (DEChriM ID)	- ()
Class	Textual
Material	Papyrus
Writing medium	Sheet/roll
Text content	Subliterary
Language	Greek
Description	P. IFAO 3 50, P. IFAO 335, Suppl. Mag. 1 19, SB 18 13863: Sickness and fever amulet The sheet (14.5 x 5.5 cm) had been folded three times vertically and 11–12 times horizontally, and features common magical drawings at the top. The ed.pr. initially assumed the named individuals (Amatis daughter of Adone) to be Jewish, but this cannot be confirmed. Up until Daniel/Maltomini 1990, readings included Αδαμ (line 2) and Αβρααμ Αρχα θυ (line 4–5), referring to Adam, Abraham and the archangels. θυ (line 3, 5 and 7) was initially presumed to be θυ[γάτηρ], corrected by Robert 1981 as θ[έο]υ, however Daniel/Maltomini propose this is not a nomen sacrum but part of a magical word, as they do with most other letters in the initial lines of the text. They further newly include the lines of text in the large figure at the top (δαμναμενευς Ακραμαχαμαρι) in the line count. This expression also occurs in PGM VII 217–219.
Selection criteria	Christian terms/formulas/concepts, Nomina sacra
Date from	300
Date to	599
Dating criteria	The ed.pr. places it in the 4th/5th c., Daniel/Maltomini 1990 date the hand to the 6th c.
Absolute/relative date	Relative date
Archaeological context	Unknown provenance
Accession number	Cairo, IFAO P. 335

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