Sigla: Modern names for the manuscript, including inventory and publication numbers. | GMA 2 |
Category: Classification of the contents, e.g. magical (formulary or applied), alchemical, liturgical, documentary or medical. | Applied (magical) |
Contents: | 1. Ro ll. 1-25: Applied amulet for the protection of Alphianos, incorporation voces magicae, kharaktēres, and some recognisable Hebrew words. |
Form: | Sheet |
Material: | Metal (gold) |
Dimensions (cm): | Height: 10.4 | Width: 3.05 | Depth: |
Dimensions (notes): | Kotansky (1994: p. 3). Weight is 3.8g. (Broon 1964: p. 98.) |
Folding pattern: | |
State of preservation: | Complete with some damage. |
Pages/Columns: Total surviving columns in the manuscript for rolls, sheets and rotuli; total number of pages for codices. | 1 |
Pages/Columns (notes): | 1 column recto, 25 lines. |
Hand: |
Findspot: | Segontium, United Kingdom (Britannia) (TM places ID: 15374) |
Place of purchase: | (TM places ID: ) |
Writingspot: | Segontium, United Kingdom (Britannia) (?) (TM places ID: 15374) |
Present Location: | Caernarfon, Public Library |
Collection History: | Found in, or shortly before, 1828 in Segontium outside the southeast angle of Caernarvon fort by digging the foundations for the house called Cefn Hendre, situated atop a Roman cremation cemetery. Purchased 23 August 1937 (collection website 8/11/2022). |
Trismegistos collection: Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. | 1806 |
Collection website: | https://museum.wales/collections/online/object/f151efd1-59cb-36b7-825f-e4b81e0f1069/Roman-gold-amulet-electrotype/?field0=string&value0=amulet&field1=material&value1=gold&index=1 |
Notes/Discussion: |
Bibiliography |
Editions: | Barnwell, E. L. “The Carnarvon Talisman.” Archaeologia Cambrensis 10 (1879): 99-108. |
Translations: | |
General: | Boon, George C. “The Gold Brooch and Gold Phylactery from Segontium.” Bulletin of the Board of Celtic Studies 21 (1964): 96-99. |
Trismegistos ID: | 154929 |
PAThs: |
PGM: Papyri Gracae Magicae | SM: Supplementum Magicum | GEMF: Greek and Egyptian Magical Formularies (forthcoming) | 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 (11/8/2021); ST (15/9/2022); ST (19/9/2022); ST (20/9/2022); ST (21/9/2022); ST (22/9/2022); ST (23/9/2022); ST (28/9/2022); ST (29/9/2022); ST (30/9/2022); ST (6/10/2022); KD (8/11/2022) |