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Artefact ID	1747
TM ID	TM 64571
Findspot (DEChriM ID)	- ()
Class	Textual
Material	Papyrus
Writing medium	Sheet/roll
Text content	Subliterary
Language	Greek
Description	P. Köln Gr. 6 257, Suppl. Mag. 1 21: Fever amulet for Teiron, son of Palladia Although a nearly intact sheet (5 x 12.2 cm), the last of the 20 lines of text are partially rubbed off. It had been folded 7 times horizontally and once vertically. The amulet begins with the invocation of ἷς πατήρ ἷς υἱος ἔν πνεῦμα ἅγιον ἀμήν (line 1-2), each section separated by a hooked cross, continuing with an invocation of the daimon or god Ablathanalba (middle of lines 3–13) and the holy signs (ἅγιε χαρακτῆρες, left on lines 10–12). Its intent is to heal Teiron from many types of fever. The verso is blank.
Selection criteria	Christian terms/formulas/concepts
Date from	300
Date to	499
Dating criteria	Palaeography; the ed.pr. dates it to the 4th/5th c.
Absolute/relative date	Relative date
Archaeological context	Unknown provenance
Accession number	Cologne, Papyrussammlung P. 10266

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps
• Geissen, Angelo. 1987. “257. Christliches Amulett.” In Kölner Papyri (P. Köln). Band 6, edited by Michael Gronewald et al. Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag. 152-155, No. 257. Tafel VII.

Additional bibliography
• Daniel, Robert Walter and Franco Maltomini. 1990. Supplementum Magicum. Vol. I. (Suppl. Mag. I). Papyrologica Coloniensia XVI.1. Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag. 58-60, No. 21.
• de Bruyn, Theodore S., and Jitse H.F. Dijkstra. 2011. “Greek Amulets and Formularies from Egypt Containing Christian Elements: A Checklist of Papyri, Parchments, Ostraka, and Tablets.” Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists (BASP) 48: 163-216. No. 62, 192-193.
• 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: 245, ViP 186.
• Treu, Kurt. 1989. “Christliche Papyri XIV.” Archiv für Papyrusforschung (AfP) 35. 107-116: 109, Liturgica No. 918c.

Authors

Victoria G. D. Landau, 2023

Suggested citation

Victoria G. D. Landau, 2023, "Artefact ID 1747", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1747

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TM 64571 / LDAB 5801 DCLP (PN) MP3 Kyprianos M860 Kölner Papyri

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