Sigla: Modern names for the manuscript, including inventory and publication numbers. | P. Oxy. LXXIII 4931 |
Category: Classification of the contents, e.g. magical (formulary or applied), alchemical, liturgical, documentary or medical. | Magical (applied) (?) |
Contents: | 1. p. 1 ll. 1-11, p. 2 ll. 1-11: Psalm LXX 90. 3-8; 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 – 500 |
Date notes: | Colomo (2009: p. 1). |
Archive/collection: Larger collection to which manuscript belongs. | |
Archive name: | |
State of edition: | Published. |
Image: | http://163.1.169.40/gsdl/collect/POxy/index/assoc/HASH3667/804af649.dir/POxy.v0073.n4931.a.01.hires.jpg |
Form: | Codex |
Material: | Papyrus |
Dimensions (cm): | Height: 8.5 | Width: 5.8 | Depth: |
Dimensions (notes): | Colomo (2009: p. 1). |
Folding pattern: | |
State of preservation: | Incomplete. Margins partially preserved on all sides. |
Pages/Columns: Total surviving columns in the manuscript for rolls, sheets and rotuli; total number of pages for codices. | 2 |
Pages/Columns (notes): | 2 surviving pages; 11 lines each pages 1 and 2. Original codex containing full psalm may have consisted of 8 pages (Colomo 2009: p. 1). |
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: | http://163.1.169.40/cgi-bin/library?e=d-000-00---0POxy--00-0-0--0prompt-10---4------0-1l--1-en-50---20-help---00031-001-1-0utf-00&a=d&c=POxy&cl=CL5.1.58&d=HASH3667804af6499cc3fe7ffc |
Notes/Discussion: |
Bibiliography |
Editions: | Colomo, Daniela. “4931. LXX, Psalm XC 3-8.” In: The Oxyrhynchus Papyri, edited by Obbink, D., and N. Gonis. Vol. 73 (P. Oxy. LXXIII). London: The Egypt Exploration Society, 2009, p. 1-7, no. 4931. |
Translations: | |
General: | Chapa, Juan. “Su demoni e angeli: Il Salmo 90 nel suo contesto.” In: I Papiri Letterari Cristiani: atti del Convegno Internazionale di Studi in Memoria di Mario Naldini, Firenze, 10-11 Giugno 2010, edited by Guido Bastianini et al. Florence: Instituto Papirologico “G. Vitelli,” 2011, p. 87, no. 24. |
Trismegistos ID: | 117811 |
PAThs: |
PGM: Papyri Gracae Magicae | SM: Supplementum Magicum | 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 | ||||
Van H: van Haelst, Catalogue des papyrus littéraires | Bruyn-Dijkstra: de Bruyn and Dijkstra, “Greek Amulets and Formularies (Checklist)" | 123 |
TheDefix: Thesaurus Defixionum | To Zodion: |
Edit History: | ST (7/4/2021); KD (19/5/2021) |