Sigla: Modern names for the manuscript, including inventory and publication numbers. | P. Gascou 85 |
Category: Classification of the contents, e.g. magical (formulary or applied), alchemical, liturgical, documentary or medical. | Magical (applied ?) |
Contents: | Original use: 1. Ro: Unclear. Re-use (over gypsum coating): 2. Ro ll. 1-4: Applied amulet against fever containing angel names. |
Language(s): | Greek |
Script(s): | Greek |
Dialect: | |
Language/dialect notes: | |
Date: Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. | 301 – 400 |
Date notes: | Worp (2016: p. 478). |
Archive/collection: Larger collection to which manuscript belongs. | KYP A66 |
Archive name: | Kellis Area A House 2 Archive |
State of edition: | Published. |
Image: |
Form: | Tablet |
Material: | Wood |
Dimensions (cm): | Height: 2.6 | Width: 1.7 | Depth: 0.3 |
Dimensions (notes): | Worp (2016: p. 478). |
Folding pattern: | |
State of preservation: | Complete. |
Pages/Columns: Total surviving columns in the manuscript for rolls, sheets and rotuli; total number of pages for codices. | 1 |
Pages/Columns (notes): | Re-use: 1 column recto, 4 lines. |
Hand: |
Findspot: | Area A, House 2, Kellis, Dakhla Oasis, Egypt (TM places ID: 2762) |
Place of purchase: | (TM places ID: ) |
Writingspot: | Area A, House 2, Kellis, Dakhla Oasis, Egypt (?) (TM places ID: 2762) |
Present Location: | Egypt, Kellis, excavations Dakleh Oasis Project |
Collection History: | Excavated in situ (Worp 2016: p.435). |
Trismegistos collection: Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. | |
Collection website: |
Notes/Discussion: | According to Worp (2016: p. 478) the piece of a wooden board is coated in gypsum, including around the edges. Perhaps applied amulet, despite presence of generic name marker. |
Bibiliography |
Editions: | Worp, Klaas A. “Miscellaneous new Greek papyri from Kellis (P.Gascou 67–88).” In: Mélanges Jean Gascou: Textes et Études Papyrologiques (P.Gascou), edited by Jean-Luc Fournet and Arietta Papaconstantinou. Paris: Association des Amis du Centre d’Histoire et Civilisation de Byzance, 2016, p. 435-83, no. 85. |
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Trismegistos ID: | 702585 |
PAThs: |
PGM: Papyri Gracae Magicae | SM: Supplementum Magicum | GEMF: Greek and Egyptian Magical Formularies (forthcoming) | ACM: Ancient Christian Magic | ||||
Bélanger Sarrazin: Bélanger-Sarrazin. “Catalogue des textes magiques coptes” | AKZ: Ausgewählte koptische Zaubertexte | CBd: Campbell-Bonner Magical Gems Database | Mert.-Pack: Mertens-Pack online database | ||||
Van H: van Haelst, Catalogue des papyrus littéraires | Bruyn-Dijkstra: de Bruyn and Dijkstra, “Greek Amulets and Formularies (Checklist)" | TheDefix: Thesaurus Defixionum | To Zodion: |
Edit History: | KD (9/4/2020); ST (2/9/2021); ST (15/11/2021); KD (18/11/2021) |