P.Ryl. 471

Trismegistos: 64746

Transcription and translation based on: Roberts, C. H., ed. “471. Christian Amulet.” Pages 47–48 in Catalogue of the Greek Papyri in the John Rylands Library Manchester: Volume III Theological and Literary Texts (Nos. 457–551). Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1938. For a content study and English translation, see de Bruyn, Theodore. “P. Ryl. III.471: A Baptismal Anointing Formula Used as an Amulet.” JThS 57.1 (2006): 94–109.

Fragment 1

Notes

• Fragment 1 recto, line 1: For ελεον read ελαιον. Cf. Ps 44:8 [LXX]; Heb 1:9.
• Fragment 1 recto, line 3: For ενεργιας read ενεργειας. Cf. Rom 11:17–24
• Fragment 1 recto, line 4: For καλλιελεαυ read καλλιελαιου.
• Fragment 1 recto, line 5: Roberts notes that he has no explanation for the letters εφτε. While the φ is marked as uncertain, Roberts notes it is the most probable reading. De Bruyn notes εφτε is likely a retroverted Greek form of a Coptic nomina sacra for “God.”