Sigla: Modern names for the manuscript, including inventory and publication numbers. | PGM CXII |
Category: Classification of the contents, e.g. magical (formulary or applied), alchemical, liturgical, documentary or medical. | Magical (applied) |
Contents: | 1. Ro col. 1 ll. 1-5 – col. 2 ll. 1-3: Amulet against scorpion stings |
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 – 500 |
Date notes: | Packman 1976: p. 179; Daniel/Maltomini 1990: p. 44. |
Archive/collection: Larger collection to which manuscript belongs. | |
Archive name: | |
State of edition: | Published. |
Image: | http://omeka.wustl.edu/omeka/files/original/c2f41ec45194ea3f3f5c6ad78b2c0f6f.jpg |
Form: | Sheet |
Material: | Papyrus |
Dimensions (cm): | Height: 4.5 | Width: 9.6 | Depth: |
Dimensions (notes): | ca. 4.4 x 4.4 cm when folded (Packman 1976: p. 179). Collection website states 9.54 x 4.5 cm (30/9/2020). |
Folding pattern: | 2 vertical creases; 3 vertical folds (Daniel/Maltomini 1990: p. 44); folded from the left (Packmann 1976: p. 179). |
State of preservation: | Complete. |
Pages/Columns: Total surviving columns in the manuscript for rolls, sheets and rotuli; total number of pages for codices. | 2 |
Pages/Columns (notes): | 2 columns recto (→), 5 lines and 3 lines. |
Hand: |
Findspot: | Oxyrhynchus (Bahanasa), Egypt (TM places ID: 1524) |
Place of purchase: | (TM places ID: ) |
Writingspot: | Oxyrhynchus (Bahanasa), Egypt (TM places ID: 1524) |
Present Location: | St Louis, Washington University 242 |
Collection History: | |
Trismegistos collection: Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. | 315 |
Collection website: | http://omeka.wustl.edu/omeka/items/show/8078 |
Notes/Discussion: |
Bibiliography |
Editions: | Daniel, Robert W., and Franco Maltomini. Supplementum Magicum. Vol. 1. Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag, 1990, p. 44-45, no. 16. |
Translations: | Betz, Hans D. The Greek Magical Papyri in Translation. Including the Demotic Spells. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1986, p. 313, no. PGM 112. |
General: | Tod, Marcus N. “The Scorpion in Graeco-Roman Egypt.” The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 25.1 (1939): 55-61. |
Trismegistos ID: | 64607 |
PAThs: |
PGM: Papyri Gracae Magicae | 112 |
SM: Supplementum Magicum | 16 |
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 | 6059 |
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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: | MPS (30/9/2020) |