P.Mich.inv. 5302 / Recto

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Record Details

Inventory Number
P.Mich.inv. 5302
Processing Number
2433
Section/Side
a; Recto
Image Side
Recto

Background and Physical Properties

Publ./Side
Recto; Verso has some traces; offsets?
Material
Pap
Size
10 x 7.5 cm
Items
1
Lines
10
Mounted
No
Negative
Yes
Conservation Status
complete; partly faded
Palaeographic Description
rapid, documentary script with much Verschleifung. Written across the fibres
Status
published
Library
Ann Arbor

Contents

Date
IVth century A.D.
Origin
Unknown place, province of Egypt
Provenance
Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt
Acquisition
28-242*-P
Language
Greek
Genre
Subliterary: Magic
Author
Unknown
Type of Text/Title of Work
Fever Amulet
Content
Talisman invoking the Hebrew deity, seven archangels and two personified magical words, beseeching them all to cure a certain Sarapion of fevers of all kinds; there are possible Gnostic influence
Persons
Sarapion, son of (unnamed father) and Allous
Geographica
-
Translation
Iao, Sabaoth, Adonai! I beseech Anatiel, Raphael, Gabriel, Suriel, Azariel, Uriel, . . . aubrael, Ablanathanalba, Sesengembarpharanges. These are the Potentates of God and (the) Powers of the cure. Cure Sarapion, whom Allous bore, from every three-day fever-chill, every-other-day (fever-chill), quotidian (fever-chill) and from every sickness every day(?) . . .

Information on Publications

Publications
Series and Volume Editor Year Pg/Nr Photo SB Preferred Citation Corrections
PMich XVIII Brashear WM 1996 768 Pl. VI Brashear WM, PMich XVIII, 768, 1996, Pl. VI

Availability/System Requirements

Institution
sc

Cataloging

Cataloger
PH
Year Begin
300
Year End
399

Technical Details

Image Size
3000 x 2250
File Size
245 KB
Record
2433
Link to this Item
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-2433/5302ar.tif-2

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