Sigla: Modern names for the manuscript, including inventory and publication numbers. | P. Oxy. LXXXVI 5544 |
Category: Classification of the contents, e.g. magical (formulary or applied), alchemical, liturgical, documentary or medical. | Magical (applied) |
Contents: | 1. Ro col. 1 ll. 1-4, col. 2 ll. 1-8: Applied amulet for protection; does not name bearer. |
Form: | Sheet |
Material: | Papyrus |
Dimensions (cm): | Height: 6 | Width: 16.2 | Depth: |
Dimensions (notes): | Zellmann-Rohrer 2021: p. 49. |
Folding pattern: | 1 vertical crease, 4 horizontal creases. |
State of preservation: | All margins preserved. |
Pages/Columns: Total surviving columns in the manuscript for rolls, sheets and rotuli; total number of pages for codices. | 2 |
Pages/Columns (notes): | 2 columns recto (→), 4 and 8 lines respectively, with drawing. |
Hand: | Two separate hands on re-use; second hand takes over at l. 13. |
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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Bibiliography |
Editions: | Zellmann-Rohrer, Michael. “5544. Amulet”, in The Oxyrhynchus Papyri, volume LXXXVI (P. Oxy. LXXXVI), edited by Amin Benaissa and Michael Zellmann-Rohrer. London: Egypt Exploration Society, 2021, p. 49-52, plate III, no. 5544. |
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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) |