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Artefact ID1751
TM IDTM 69046
Findspot (DEChriM ID)-   ()
ClassTextual
MaterialCeramic
Writing mediumOstracon
Text contentSubliterary
LanguageGreek
Description

O. Ashm. Shelton 194, Suppl. Mag. 2 89: Two charms against a scorpion sting 
This ostracon (10 x 9 cm) contains two texts divided by a horizontal line, and appears incomplete on all sides. The ed.pr. proposes that the charms were intended to be used as treatments for scorpion stings which have occurred, not as a prevention. The phrase τοῦ δ(εῖνα) ἔστιν τοῦ ἁγίου Θεοῦ appears in line 3–4.
Selection criteriaChristian terms/formulas/concepts
Date from300
Date to399
Dating criteria

Palaeography
Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

Unknown provenance
Accession number

Oxford, Ashmolean Museum O. Gr. 217
BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps
• Shelton, John C. 1988. Greek Ostraca in the Ashmolean Museum from Oxyrhynchus and other Sites. (O. Ashm. Shelton). Firenze: Gonnelli. 140-141, No. 194. Plate 44.

Additional bibliography
• Daniel, Robert Walter and Franco Maltomini. 1992. Supplementum Magicum. Vol. II. (Suppl. Mag. II). Papyrologica Coloniensia XVI.2. Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag. 194-195, No. 89.
• 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. 82, 194-195.
• Martín Hernández, Raquel and Sofía Torallas Tovar. 2014. "The Use of the ‘Ostracon’ in Magical Practice in Late Antique Egypt: Magical Handbooks vs. Material Evidence." Studi e materiali di storia delle religioni (SMSR) 80(2). 780-800: 797, No. 1.

Authors
Victoria G. D. Landau, 2023
Suggested citation
Victoria G. D. Landau, 2023, "Artefact ID 1751", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1751
External links
TM 69046 / LDAB 10337 DCLP (PN) MP3 Kyprianos M899
Gallery
After: Shelton 1988, Plate 44.

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