Sigla: 
Modern names for the manuscript, including inventory and publication numbers.
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P. Oxy. LXIV 4406 |
| Category:
Classification of the contents, e.g. magical (formulary or applied), alchemical, liturgical, documentary or medical. |
Magical (applied) (?) |
| Contents: | 1. Ro. 1 ll. 1-7, Ro. 2 ll. 1-7: Matthew 27.62-64, 28. 2-5; applied amulet for healing/protection (?) |
| 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. |
401 – 600 |
| Date notes: | Handley et al. 1997: p. 12. |
| Archive/collection:
Larger collection to which manuscript belongs. |
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| Archive name: | |
| State of edition: | Published. |
| Image: | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papyrus_105#/media/File:P105-Mat-28_2-5-POxy4406-V-VI.jpg |
| Form: | Sheet |
| Material: | Papyrus |
| Dimensions (cm): | Height: 5.5 | Width: 3.2 | Depth: |
| Dimensions (notes): | Handley et al. (1997: p. 12). Original page size perhaps 22 (H) x 12 (W) cm. |
| Folding pattern: | |
| State of preservation: | Fragmentary. Broken away on all sites. |
| Pages/Columns:
Total surviving columns in the manuscript for rolls, sheets and rotuli; total number of pages for codices.
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2 |
| Pages/Columns (notes): | 1 column each, recto (→) and verso (↓). 14 lines, 7 recto and 7 verso. |
| 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: | Oxford, Sackler Library |
| Collection History: | Found in situ by the Egypt Exploration Fund. |
| Trismegistos collection:
Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. |
264 |
| Collection website: | https://www.csntm.org/Manuscript/View/GA_P105 |
| Notes/Discussion: | Handley et al. (1997: p. 12) states that due to a still attached piece of string which would have been used to hang the sheet from the body, the papyrus was used as an amulet. |
| Bibiliography |
| Editions: | Handley, E. W., U. Wartenberg, R. A. Coles, N. Gonis, M. W. Haslam and J. David Thomas. The Oxyrhynchus Papyri. Vol. 64 (P. Oxy. LXIV). London: Egypt Exploration Society, 1997, p. 12-13, no. 4406. |
| Translations: | |
| General: | Aland, Kurt (ed.). Repertorium der griechischen christlichen Papyri: 1. Biblische Papyri: Altes Testament, Neues Testament, Varia, Apokryphen. Berlin/New York: de Gruyter, 1976, no. 105. |
| Trismegistos ID: | 61803 |
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)" |
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TheDefix:
Thesaurus Defixionum |
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| Edit History: | ST (7/4/2021); KD (18/5/2021) |