Sigla: ![]() |
PGM XIII |
Category: ![]() |
Magical (formulary) |
Contents: | 1. pp. 1-6, ll. 1-234: Eighth Book of Moses (divination, initiation) |
Language(s): | Greek |
Script(s): | Greek |
Dialect: | |
Language/dialect notes: | |
Date: ![]() |
301 – 400 |
Date notes: | GEMF; TM (26/7/2020) |
Archive/collection: ![]() |
KYP A1 |
Archive name: | Theban Magical Library |
State of edition: | Published |
Image: |
Form: | Codex |
Material: | Papyrus |
Dimensions (cm): | Height: 27 | Width: 16 | Depth: |
Dimensions (notes): | Height from 26.5-27, width from 15-16. |
Folding pattern: | |
State of preservation: | Complete. First (blank) leaf missing. |
Pages/Columns: ![]() |
32 |
Pages/Columns (notes): | 8 bifolios = 32 pages, first two pages (lost) and final five pages blank. 1077 lines. |
Hand: | Theban Alchemical Hand (pages 1-21); second hand (pages 21-27). |
Findspot: | Dios Polis, Thebes, Egypt (TM places ID: 576) |
Place of purchase: | Dios Polis, Thebes, Egypt (TM places ID: 576) |
Writingspot: | Dios Polis, Thebes, Egypt (TM places ID: 576) |
Present Location: | Leiden, National Museum of Antiquities |
Collection History: | Purchased by the National Museum (Rijksmuseum van Oudheden) in 1828 as part of a a lot sold by Jean d’Anastasy, consul-general of Sweden and Norway. It is no. 76 in the catalogue of the sale (RMO inv. |
Trismegistos collection: ![]() |
178 |
Collection website: | https://www.rmo.nl/en/collection/search-collection/?term=&department=&object=&period=&material=&place=&inventory=ams+76 |
Notes/Discussion: |
Bibiliography |
Editions: | Preisendanz, Karl. Papyri Graecae magicae. Die griechischen Zauberpapyri. Vol. 2. Leipzig/Berlin: Teubner, 1974, p. 86-131, no. 13. |
Translations: | Betz, Hans D. The Greek Magical Papyri in Translation. Including the Demotic Spells. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1992, p. 172-175, no. 13. |
General: | Dosoo, Korshi. “A History of the Theban Magical Library.” Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists 53 (2016) 251-274. |
Trismegistos ID: | 64446 |
PAThs: |
PGM: ![]() |
13 |
SM: ![]() |
GEMF: ![]() |
60 | ACM: ![]() |
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Van H: ![]() |
1071 |
Bruyn-Dijkstra: ![]() |
14 |
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Edit History: | ST (26/7/2020); ST (27/7/2020); ST (9/8/2020); ST (16/8/2020); KD (9/9/2020); KD (26/9/2023) |