Sigla:  
                Modern names for the manuscript, including inventory and publication numbers.
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            PSI. 15 1496  | 
        
Category:  
                Classification of the contents, e.g. magical (formulary or applied), alchemical, liturgical, documentary or medical. | 
            Magical (formulary)  | 
        
| Contents: | 1. Ro ll. 1-14: Love spell or divination procedure calling upon Hekate (?)  | 
        
| 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: | Maltomini (2008: p. 165).  | 
        
Archive/collection:  
			Larger collection to which manuscript belongs. | 
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| Archive name: | |
| State of edition: | Published.  | 
        
| Image: | http://www.psi-online.it/images/orig/PSI%20XV%201496%20r.jpg?1316722711 | 
| Form: | Codex (?)  | 
        
| Material: | Papyrus  | 
        
| Dimensions (cm): | Height: 18.9 | Width: 6.8 | Depth: | 
| Dimensions (notes): | Maltomini (2008: p. 165); 18,7 x 6,7 cm: Brashear (1995: p. 3483).  | 
    	
| Folding pattern: | |
| State of preservation: | Fragmentary and damaged; not sure if the fragment was cut from a codex or a roll.  | 
        
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 and a drawing recto, 15 lines and a drawing verso.  | 
        
| Hand: | 
| Findspot: | Egypt (?) (TM places ID: 49) | 
        
| Place of purchase: | (TM places ID: ) | 
| Writingspot: | Egypt (?) (TM places ID: 49) | 
        
| Present Location: | Florence, Istituto Papirologico ’G. Vitelli’  | 
        
| Collection History: | No acquisition information.  | 
        
Trismegistos collection:  
                Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. | 
            131 | 
| Collection website: | http://www.psi-online.it/documents/psi;15;1496 | 
| Notes/Discussion: |   Likely a codex, but could also be a roll written on both sides (cf. Malomini 2008: p. 165). Hand very similar to KYP M141.  | 
        
| Bibiliography | 
| Editions: | Maltomini, Franco. “1496. Frammento di formulario magico.” In: Papiri greci e latini. Vol. 15, edited by Vittorio Bartoletti. Firenze: Istituto Papirologico “G. Vitelli”, 2008, p. 165-170, no. 1496.  | 
        
| Translations: | |
| General: | Brashear, William M. “The Greek Magical Papyri: An Introduction and Survey; Annotated Bibliography (1928-1994).” Aufstieg und Niedergang der römischen Welt 18.5 (1995): 3483.  | 
        
| Trismegistos ID: |   113246  | 
            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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            71 | 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 (13/6/2019); ST (22/7/2021); ST (2/8/2021)  |