Sigla: Modern names for the manuscript, including inventory and publication numbers. | P. Holm & PGM Va |
Category: Classification of the contents, e.g. magical (formulary or applied), alchemical, liturgical, documentary or medical. | Magical (formulary) |
Contents: | 1. Loose leaf, Ro ll. 1-3 (PGM Va): Invocation for sustasis Alchemical Codex: 2. p. 1, ll. 1-12: Manufacture of Silver |
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: | TM (17/9/2020); 4th to 5th century (Lagercrantz 1913: p. 52). |
Archive/collection: Larger collection to which manuscript belongs. | KYP A1 |
Archive name: | Theban Magical Library |
State of edition: | Published. |
Image: | https://www.wdl.org/en/item/14299/view/1/3/ |
Form: | Codex |
Material: | Papyrus |
Dimensions (cm): | Height: 29.7 | Width: 16.9 | Depth: |
Dimensions (notes): | (H) 29.6-29/7 cm, (W) 15.5-16.9 cm(Lagercrantz 1913: p. 51). |
Folding pattern: | |
State of preservation: | Incomplete. |
Pages/Columns: Total surviving columns in the manuscript for rolls, sheets and rotuli; total number of pages for codices. | 30 |
Pages/Columns (notes): | Codex of 30 pages, 1 column per page. 41-47 lines per page. |
Hand: | Theban Alchemical Hand |
Findspot: | Dios Polis, Thebes, Egypt (TM places ID: 576) |
Place of purchase: | (TM places ID: ) |
Writingspot: | Dios Polis, Thebes, Egypt (TM places ID: 576) |
Present Location: | Stockholm, Royal Library, dep. 45 |
Collection History: | Donated to the donated to the Stockholm |
Trismegistos collection: Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. | 988 |
Collection website: |
Notes/Discussion: |
Bibiliography |
Editions: | Halleux, Robert. Les alchimistes grecs. Papyrus de Leyde Papyrus de Stockholm Fragments de recettes. Vol. 1. Paris: Les Belles Lettres, 1981, p. 110-151. |
Translations: | Betz, Hans D. The Greek Magical Papyri in Translation. Including the Demotic Spells. Vol. 1. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1986, p. 110, no. PGM 5 a |
General: | Dosoo, Korshi. “A History of the Theban Magical Library.” Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists 53 (2016): 251-274. |
Trismegistos ID: | 64429 |
PAThs: |
PGM: Papyri Gracae Magicae | 5a |
SM: Supplementum Magicum | GEMF: Greek and Egyptian Magical Formularies (forthcoming) | 59 | 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 | 1998 |
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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 (17/9/2020); MPS (18/9/2020); KD (11/5/2022) |