Sigla: Modern names for the manuscript, including inventory and publication numbers. | PDM xii |
Category: Classification of the contents, e.g. magical (formulary or applied), alchemical, liturgical, documentary or medical. | Magical (formulary) |
Contents: | Original use: 1. Ro col. 1 l. 1 – col. 22 l. 30: Literary text (Myth of the Sun’s Eye) Re-use: 2. Vo col. 2 (II*) ll. 1-5 (PDM xii. 1-5): Untitled |
Language(s): | Egyptian (Demotic) |
Script(s): | Demotic |
Dialect: | |
Language/dialect notes: | |
Date: Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. | 151 – 225 |
Date notes: | Quack. 151-250 (TM 21/9/2018). 101-200 (GEMF 11/7/2019). |
Archive/collection: Larger collection to which manuscript belongs. | KYP A1 |
Archive name: | Theban Magical Library |
State of edition: | Published. |
Image: | https://www.rmo.nl/en/collection/search-collection/collection-piece/?object=AMS%2075%20vel%204 |
Form: | Roll |
Material: | Papyrus |
Dimensions (cm): | Height: 23 | Width: 360 | Depth: |
Dimensions (notes): | Height varies from 22-23 cm. |
Folding pattern: | |
State of preservation: | Complete, considerable damage. |
Pages/Columns: Total surviving columns in the manuscript for rolls, sheets and rotuli; total number of pages for codices. | 20 |
Pages/Columns (notes): | 22 columns recto, 20 columns verso. Greek column widths vary from 11-20 cm, most 18-20 cm, 30-39 letters. Verso (except for column 1) written at 180 degrees to recto. |
Hand: |
Findspot: | Thebes, Egypt (TM places ID: 576) |
Place of purchase: | Thebes, Egypt (TM places ID: 576) |
Writingspot: | Thebes, Egypt (TM places ID: 576) |
Present Location: | Leiden, National Museum of Antiquities |
Collection History: | Acquired by the Rijksmuseum as part of the 1828 sale. Half of the papyrus was included in the original sale, the second half was one of the additional papyri given by Anastasy as a gift (see Dosoo 2016). |
Trismegistos collection: Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. | 178 |
Collection website: | https://www.rmo.nl/en/collection/search-collection/collection-piece/?object=AMS%2075%20vel%204 |
Notes/Discussion: | See collection website for extended general bibliography. Column 1 of the verso is lost, so not included in the contents here (see Dieleman 2005). |
Bibiliography |
Editions: | Daniel, Robert W. Two greek Magical Papyri in the National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden. A photographic edition of J 384 and J 395 (= PGM XII and XIII). Papyrologica Coloniensia XIX. Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag, 1991, p. 2-29. |
Translations: | Betz, Hans D. The Greek Magical Papyri in Translation. Including the Demotic Spells. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1986, p. 153-172, no. PGM 12. |
General: | Bortolani, Ljuba Merlina. Magical Hymns from Roman Egypt: A Study of Greek and Egyptian Traditions of Divinity. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2016. |
Trismegistos ID: | 55954 |
PAThs: |
PGM: Papyri Gracae Magicae | 12 |
SM: Supplementum Magicum | GEMF: Greek and Egyptian Magical Formularies (forthcoming) | 15 | 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 | 1869 |
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Van H: van Haelst, Catalogue des papyrus littéraires | 1079 |
Bruyn-Dijkstra: de Bruyn and Dijkstra, “Greek Amulets and Formularies (Checklist)" | 1213 |
TheDefix: Thesaurus Defixionum | To Zodion: |
Edit History: | EL (28/7/2020); MPS (23/9/2020); KD (28/4/2021); KD (17/1/2022); KD (24/6/2022) |