Sigla: Modern names for the manuscript, including inventory and publication numbers. | P. Oxy. LXXXVI 5542 |
Category: Classification of the contents, e.g. magical (formulary or applied), alchemical, liturgical, documentary or medical. | Magical (unclear) |
Contents: | Original use: 1. Ro: Unclear. Re-use: 2. Vo col. 1 ll. 1-16: Exorcism (fr. 1). |
Form: | Roll (?) |
Material: | Papyrus |
Dimensions (cm): | Height: 9 | Width: 11.5 | Depth: |
Dimensions (notes): | Zellmann-Rohrer 2021: p. 42. |
Folding pattern: | Damage likely indicative of rolling. |
State of preservation: | Three fragments, perhaps preserving two columns; left and right margins of fragment 1 preserved, top and bottom margins lost. All margins of other two fragments lost. |
Pages/Columns: Total surviving columns in the manuscript for rolls, sheets and rotuli; total number of pages for codices. | 3 |
Pages/Columns (notes): | 1 surviving column recto (→), original use. 2 surviving columns verso (↓), magical re-use, 16 and at least 7 lines. |
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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: | Likely excavated in Oxyrhynchus by the Egypt Exploration Society. |
Trismegistos collection: Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. | 264 |
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Editions: | Zellmann-Rohrer, Michael. “5542. Exorcism”, in The Oxyrhynchus Papyri, volume LXXXVI (P. Oxy. LXXXVI), edited by Amin Benaissa and Michael Zellmann-Rohrer. London: Egypt Exploration Society, 2021, p. 42-45, plate V, no. 5542. |
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Trismegistos ID: | 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 (15/2/2022) |