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Title P. Tebt. 2 275
Content amulet against fever
Principal Edition P. Tebt. . 2 275
translation 12669. Hans Dieter Betz, The Greek Magical Papyri in Translation, Including the Demotic Spells. Second Edition., (Chicago London 1992). 267
Reference Edition 8361. Karl Preisendanz, Papyri Graecae Magicae. Die griechischen Zauberpapyri. II. Zweite verbesserte Auflage mit Ergänzungen von Karl Preisendanz und Ernst Heitsch. Durchgesehen und herausgegeben von Albert Henrichs. (Sammlung wissenschaftlicher Kommentare.), (Stuttgart 1974). 33
Fragments Berkeley, Bancroft Library UC 2222
Support Material papyrus
Date 200 - 299
More from the period between 200 CE and 299 CE
Origin Found: Tebtynis (Arsinoites, Egypt); written: Egypt
More from Found: Tebtynis (Arsinoites, Egypt); written: Egypt
Form and Layout papyrus sheet (columns: 1, pagination: 0)
Genre magic; phylakterion
Culture religion
Religion Egyptian
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Trismegistos: 64006 [source]

Publications P. Tebt. 2 275 (1907) = Pap. Graec. Mag.(2) 2 33 (1974) = Betz, The Greek magical papyri in translation p. 267 no. PGM 33 (1992)
Inv. no. Berkeley, Bancroft Library UC 2222
Date AD 200 - 299
Language Greek
Provenance Egypt, 00c - Tebtynis (Umm el-Baragat)[found]; Egypt[written]

Catalog Record: berkeley.apis.395 [xml]

Title Magical amulet
Summary Magical amulet against fever addressed to a deity called Kok Kouk Koul and preceded by a magical word repeated with the successive omission of the first and last letters, so as to form an inverted triangle, reading the same across or down one side and up the other. Below triangle are six additional lines.
Citations P.Tebt., II.275
P.Tebt.:2:275
Inv. Id P.Tebt.0275
Material Papyri
Support/Dimensions 1 papyrus ; 13.5 x 9.4 cm.
Lines 24 lines, on recto across the fibers.
Recto/Verso Verso empty.
Hands Cursive hand.
Language Greek
Date 3rd century A.D.
More from the period between 200 CE and 299 CE
Note (general) Margins: top, 1.2 cm.; left, 1.2 cm.; no T-number visible. The pattern of the holes in this papyrus make clear that the papyrus was rolled up from the top down. Lines 1 through 18 form an inverted triangle).
Note (related) This charm has a close similarity to papyrus found at Heracleopolis, now lost, but published by U. Wilcken in Archiv, v. 1, p. 420-427 and BGU 957.
Note (local/note) 2222
Note (local/note) Bancroft Library, Univ. of Calif., Berkeley
Subjects Magic; Fevers; Sub-literary papyri; Charms; Magical texts
License Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License.

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APIS Translation (English)

ablanathanablanamacharamaracharamara[ch blanathanablanamacharamaracharama[ra l[a]nathanablanamacharamaracharamar anathanablanamacharamaracharama nathanablanamacharamaracharam athanablanamacharamarachara thanablanamacharamarachar anablanamacharamaracha nablanamacharamarach ablanamacharamara blanamacharamar lanamacharama anamacharam namachara amachar macha ach a unwearied Kok Kouk Koul, keep Tais, whom Tar bore, from every chill, tertian or quartan or daily or occuring on alternate days or night fever[... �because I am the father- [�Ko]k, Kouk, Koul.