Magical papyrus: amulet against fever (P. Gaál)

Classification

papyrus ; amulet

Culture

Graeco-Egyptian (culture); Greek (culture); Roman

Dimensions

5.6 × 13 cm

Date

3rd–4th century A.D.

Period

Late Antique Period (mid-3rd–mid-5th centuries)

Material

papyrus

Inscription

Greek (language)

Production place

Egypt

Findspot

Egypt

Present location

Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Classical Antiquities

Provenance

Gaál, Ernő (1941–2005)

Inventory

86.3.A

ID

Hyp-506

References

Ritoók, in AntTan 22 (1975), 30–43; Ritoók, in ActaAntHung 26 (1978), 433–456; Betz, GMPT, 314 (PGM CXV); Daniel 1990, 33–34; Dági–Nagy, HWA 2011 Winter; Dági–Nagy, in Ókor 11/1 (2012), 107, fig. 1

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