Sigla: Modern names for the manuscript, including inventory and publication numbers. | 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. | |
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. | 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 | SM: Supplementum Magicum | GEMF: Greek and Egyptian Magical Formularies (forthcoming) | 71 | 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 (13/6/2019); ST (22/7/2021); ST (2/8/2021) |