Sigla: 
Modern names for the manuscript, including inventory and publication numbers.
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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: .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.
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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. |
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| 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. |
| Translations: | |
| General: |
| Trismegistos ID: | 702585 |
PAThs: |
| PGM:
Papyri Gracae Magicae
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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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| 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 |
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) |