PGM XXX c - Oracle Question for Healing

This horizontal strip of papyrus features four lines of Greek text written in a practiced cursive script. It records a formal request by a man named Maximus, who asks the god whether his illness will cease or if he will be 'saved' from his fever. The physical artifact shows the characteristic fibrous texture of ancient papyrus with vertical fraying at the edges.

This document is part of the Papyri Graecae Magicae (PGM), a vital corpus for understanding the practical religious and magical landscape of Late Antiquity. It represents the tradition of temple divination and theurgy that provided the ritual foundations for later Western esoteric thought concerning divine providence and healing.