Sigla: 
Modern names for the manuscript, including inventory and publication numbers.
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P. Oxy. 68 4673 |
| Category:
Classification of the contents, e.g. magical (formulary or applied), alchemical, liturgical, documentary or medical. |
Magical (applied) |
| Contents: | 1. Ro ll. 1-33: Applied love spell to make […], daughter of Eisidora, love Helenos son of Tapiam, with image of Seth-Typhon. |
| 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. |
351 – 450 |
| Date notes: | Palaeographically dated to the late fourth or early fifth century (Amirav 2003: p. 114). |
| Archive/collection:
Larger collection to which manuscript belongs. |
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| Archive name: | |
| State of edition: | Published. |
| Image: | http://163.1.169.40/gsdl/collect/POxy/index/assoc/HASH0160/23decada.dir/POxy.v0068.n4673.a.01.hires.jpg |
| Form: | Sheet |
| Material: | Papyrus |
| Dimensions (cm): | Height: 27.3 | Width: 12.8 | Depth: |
| Dimensions (notes): | Amirav 2003: p. 114. |
| Folding pattern: | 7 (?) horizontal, 1 vertical crease. |
| State of preservation: | Complete, considerable damage to lower part. |
| Pages/Columns:
Total surviving columns in the manuscript for rolls, sheets and rotuli; total number of pages for codices.
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1 |
| Pages/Columns (notes): | 1 column recto (→), 33 lines. |
| 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, Papyrology Rooms |
| Collection History: | Gift of the Egypt Exploration Fund. |
| Trismegistos collection:
Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. |
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| 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-about---00031-001-1-0utfZz-8-00&a=d&c=POxy&cl=CL5.1.53&d=HASH016023decada6dc636892e12 |
| Notes/Discussion: |
| Bibiliography |
| Editions: | Amirav, Hagit. “4673. Erotic Magical Spell.” In The Oxyrhynchus Papyri, vol. 68 ( P. Oxy LXVIII), edited by N. Gonis and D. Obbink, London: British Academy, 2003, p. 114-117, no. 4673. |
| Translations: | |
| General: | Amirav, Hagit. “Drawing and Writing: A Fourth-Century Magical Spell from Oxyrhynchus.” In Officina Magica. Essays on the Practice of Magic in Antiquity, edited by Shaul Shaked, Leiden: Beill, 2005, p. 125-140. |
| Trismegistos ID: | 101345 |
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 |
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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 (14/3/2021); KD (22/2/2022) |