Sigla: 
Modern names for the manuscript, including inventory and publication numbers.
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P. Lond. Lit. 239 |
| Category:
Classification of the contents, e.g. magical (formulary or applied), alchemical, liturgical, documentary or medical. |
Theological (credal) |
| Contents: | 1. p. 1-6 (ll. 1-47): Prayer to the Nile for good inundation (weather, fertility) |
| 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. |
501 – 700 |
| Date notes: | Milne (1927: p. 200); Lewis (1982: p. 76); Bonneau (1987: p. 89). |
| Archive/collection:
Larger collection to which manuscript belongs. |
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| Archive name: | |
| State of edition: | Published. |
| Image: | http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/Viewer.aspx?ref=papyrus_120_(3)_f001r |
| Form: | Codex |
| Material: | Parchment |
| Dimensions (cm): | Height: 6.8 | Width: 4.5 | Depth: |
| Dimensions (notes): | Milne (1927: p. 200); Lewis (1982: p. 76); Bonneau (1987: p. 89). |
| 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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18 |
| Pages/Columns (notes): | 18 pages (9 folios), first and last page blank. 1 column per page. 165 lines. |
| Hand: | Rough semi-uncial |
| Findspot: | Egypt (?) (TM places ID: 49) |
| Place of purchase: | (TM places ID: ) |
| Writingspot: | Egypt (?) (TM places ID: 49) |
| Present Location: | London, British Library |
| Collection History: | Acquired on the 18th June 1887 as part of a lot (papyri 120 (1-4)) purchased from the Reverend Greville John Chester (coll. website 29/7/2021; Milne 1927: p. 200). |
| Trismegistos collection:
Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. |
192 |
| Collection website: | http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Papyrus_120_(3)&index=0 |
| Notes/Discussion: | Milne (1927: p. 200) suggests this to be an amulet. |
| Bibiliography |
| Editions: | Milne, Herbert J. M. Catalogue of the Literary Papyri in the British Museum. London: Trustees, 1927, p. 200-204, no. 239. |
| Translations: | |
| General: | Bonneau, Danielle. La crue du Nil: Divinité égyptienne. À travers mille ans d’histoire (332 av.-641 ap. J.-C.). Paris: C. Klincksieck, 1964, p. 410-413, pl. 9b. |
| Trismegistos ID: | 62209 |
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 |
2479.01 |
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| Van H:
van Haelst, Catalogue des papyrus littéraires |
938 |
Bruyn-Dijkstra:
de Bruyn and Dijkstra, “Greek Amulets and Formularies (Checklist)" |
170 |
TheDefix:
Thesaurus Defixionum |
To Zodion: |
| Edit History: | KD (25/10/2019); ST (3/7/2021); ST (8/7/2021); KD (29/7/2021) |