Sigla: Modern names for the manuscript, including inventory and publication numbers. | PGM IX |
Category: Classification of the contents, e.g. magical (formulary or applied), alchemical, liturgical, documentary or medical. | Magical (formulary) |
Contents: | 1. Ro ll. 1-13 and Vo (image): Curse for subjection and silencing; includes illustration. |
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: | GEMF (11/7/2019). 301-500 (Kenyon 1893: p. 120); Preisendanz (1974: p. 50). |
Archive/collection: Larger collection to which manuscript belongs. | KYP A7 |
Archive name: | Hermonthis Archive |
State of edition: | Published. |
Image: | http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Papyrus_123&index=31 |
Form: | Sheet |
Material: | Papyrus |
Dimensions (cm): | Height: 9.5 | Width: 27.9 | Depth: |
Dimensions (notes): | Collection website (3/4/2019). Folded size approximately 14 (W) x 2.8 (H) cm. |
Folding pattern: | 3 horizontal creases, 1 vertical crease. |
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): | 1 column each, recto (↓) and verso (→); 13 lines recto, verso contains only image. Recto is written transversa charta. |
Hand: |
Findspot: | Memnoneia – Djeme, Thebes West, Egypt (?) (TM places ID: 1341) |
Place of purchase: | Memnoneia – Djeme, Thebes West, Egypt (?) (TM places ID: 1341) |
Writingspot: | Memnoneia – Djeme, Thebes West, Egypt (?) (TM places ID: 1341) |
Present Location: | London, British Library |
Collection History: | Acquired 1888; source unclear, acquired by Budge from an Egyptian through Messrs. Bywater, Tanqueray & Co, 12 May 1888 as part of purchase including other Hermonthis Archive texts (British Library, communication 27/3/2019). |
Trismegistos collection: Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. | 192 |
Collection website: | http://searcharchives.bl.uk/IAMS_VU2:IAMS040-002104503 |
Notes/Discussion: |
Bibiliography |
Editions: | Kenyon, Frederick G. Greek Papyri in the British Museum I. London: British Museum 1893, p. 120-121, no. 123. |
Translations: | Betz, Hans D. The Greek Magical Papyri in Translation. Including the Demotic Spells. Vol. 1. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1986, p. 148-149, no. IX. |
General: | Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1888-1893. London: British Museum 1894, p. 390. |
Trismegistos ID: | 64577 |
PAThs: |
PGM: Papyri Gracae Magicae | 9 |
SM: Supplementum Magicum | GEMF: Greek and Egyptian Magical Formularies (forthcoming) | 73 | 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 (9/3/2019); KD (3/4/2019); MPS (25/9/2020) |