ISic002761: Fragment of a magical text

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ID
ISic002761
Status
draft
Language
Ancient Greek
Object type
plaque
Text type
prayer

Edition

G. Pugliese Carratelli, «Epigrafi magiche cristiane della Sicilia orientale», Rendiconti delle sedute dell’Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei. Classe di Scienze morali, storiche e filologiche ser.VIII vol.8, fasc. 3–4 (1953): 181–89 Zotero
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text of Pugliese Carratelli

Physical description

Support

Description
A plaque or slab of the local soft limestone, irregular, broken above, if not on all sides.
Object type
plaque
Object condition
fragment
Dimensions
height: 16.5 cm, width: 30 cm, depth: 4-4.5 cm

Material

Description
limestone
Type > subtype
inorganic.stone > unverified

Inscription

Layout
At least five lines of text, in combination with magical characters.
Text condition
incomplete
Technique
chiselled
Pigment
No data
Lettering
No data
Letter heights
Line 1: not recordedmm
Interlinear heights
Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin
Hybla Heraea
Provenance found
Found in 1950 to the NW of Ragusa, in contrada Maurino, an upland area crossed by the Ragusa -Chiaramonte Gulfi road.

Current location

Place
Ragusa, Sicilia
Repository
Autopsy
None

Date

4th — 5th century CE (CE 301 - CE 500)
Evidence
No data

Text type

prayer

commentary

The text appears to include a number of magical names, as well as magical characters. Line 5 may be 'Abraxia'.

Bibliography

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Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Jonathan Prag
Contributors
Last revision
12/18/2025