Sigla: 
Modern names for the manuscript, including inventory and publication numbers.
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PGM Christian 12 |
| Category:
Classification of the contents, e.g. magical (formulary or applied), alchemical, liturgical, documentary or medical. |
Magical (applied) |
| Contents: | 1. Ro ll. 1-14: Amulet to protect against animal bite, by Severus of Antiochia. |
| 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. |
601 – 725 |
| Date notes: | TM (11/2/2019); Preisendanz 1931: p. 199 and Maltomini 2007: p. 168 state 6th or 7th century AD. |
| Archive/collection:
Larger collection to which manuscript belongs. |
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| Archive name: | |
| State of edition: | Published |
| Image: | http://digital.onb.ac.at/RepViewer/viewer.faces?doc=DTL_571159&order=1&view=SINGLE |
| Form: | Sheet |
| Material: | Papyrus |
| Dimensions (cm): | Height: 13.4 | Width: 19.6 | Depth: |
| Dimensions (notes): | Collection website (11/2/2019);Maltomini 2007: p. 168 states 13.4 x 21 cm. |
| Folding pattern: | |
| State of preservation: | Complete; manuscript is in two fragments. Damaged, top middle section missing, as well as bottom. |
| Pages/Columns:
Total surviving columns in the manuscript for rolls, sheets and rotuli; total number of pages for codices.
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1 |
| Pages/Columns (notes): | 1 column recto, 14 lines. |
| Hand: | Irregular script, tilts to the right (Römer 2009: p. 209). |
| Findspot: | Egypt (TM places ID: 49) |
| Place of purchase: | (TM places ID: ) |
| Writingspot: | Egypt (TM places ID: 49) |
| Present Location: | Vienna, Nationalbibliothek |
| Collection History: | No acquisition information. |
| Trismegistos collection:
Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. |
357 |
| Collection website: | http://data.onb.ac.at/rec/RZ00002479 |
| Notes/Discussion: | Formerly interpreted as an amulet for the fixation of the uterus (Wessely), but recent interpretations conclude that it is an amulet against animal bite (see Maltomini 2007 and Römer 2009). |
| Bibiliography |
| Editions: | Maltomini, Franco. “Un ‘utero errante’ di troppo? PGM 12 Riconsiderato.” Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 160 (2007): 167–174. |
| Translations: | Meyer, Marvin W., and Richard Smith. Ancient Christian Magic: Coptic Texts of Ritual Power. Princeton (New Jersey): Princeton University Press, 1999, p. 41, no. 17. |
| General: | Froschauer, Harald, and Harrauer, Hermann. Emanzipation am Nil. Frauleben und Frauenrecht in den Papyri. Nilus 11. Wien: Phoibos Verlag, 2005, p. 89, no. 58. |
| Trismegistos ID: | 65256 |
PAThs: |
| PGM:
Papyri Gracae Magicae
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Christian 12 |
SM:
Supplementum Magicum
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GEMF:
Greek and Egyptian Magical Formularies (forthcoming)
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ACM:
Ancient Christian Magic
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17 |
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| 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 |
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| Van H:
van Haelst, Catalogue des papyrus littéraires |
1001 |
Bruyn-Dijkstra:
de Bruyn and Dijkstra, “Greek Amulets and Formularies (Checklist)" |
29 |
TheDefix:
Thesaurus Defixionum |
To Zodion: |
| Edit History: | MPS (11/2/2019); MPS (28/9/2020) |