Sigla: Modern names for the manuscript, including inventory and publication numbers. | GMA 4 |
Category: Classification of the contents, e.g. magical (formulary or applied), alchemical, liturgical, documentary or medical. | Magical (applied) |
Contents: | 1. Ro ll. 1-10: Amulet for protection consisting of the Greek vowels and voces magicae (?). |
Form: | Sheet |
Material: | Metal (gold) |
Dimensions (cm): | Height: 5.7 | Width: 8.4 | Depth: |
Dimensions (notes): | Kotansky (1994: p. 16); Zuntz (1971: p. 280); Grimm (1969: p. 129); Siebourg (1898: p. 131). |
Folding pattern: | Rolled. |
State of preservation: | Complete. |
Pages/Columns: Total surviving columns in the manuscript for rolls, sheets and rotuli; total number of pages for codices. | 2 |
Pages/Columns (notes): | 1 column, 10 lines. |
Hand: |
Findspot: | Gelduba, Germany (TM places ID: 20278) |
Place of purchase: | (TM places ID: ) |
Writingspot: | Gelduba, Germany (?) (TM places ID: 20278) |
Present Location: | Now lost. |
Collection History: | Excavated on 4 January 1897 by the farmer Klassen in Gelduba, a former Roman camp. Purchased by Emil Molenaar in Krefeld (Kotansky 1994, 16). |
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Notes/Discussion: | The gold amulet was inside a cylindrical gold capsule 0.8 x 6 cm, and belonged to a woman in a grave. It came with a chain designed to be worn around the neck (Kotansky 1994: p. 16; Zuntz 1971: p. 280; Grimm 1969: p. 130; Siebourg 1898: p. 123). |
Bibiliography |
Editions: | Grimm, Günter. Die Zeugnisse Ägyptischer Religion und Kunstelemente im Römischen Deutschland. Leiden: Brill, 1969, p. 129-131, no. 13. |
Translations: | |
General: | Brockelmann, C. “Ephesia Grammata.” Bonner Jahrbücher 104 (1899): 192-193. |
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 (13/9/2022); ST (6/10/2022); ST (7/10/2022); ST (13/10/2022); ST (14/10/2022); KD (8/11/2022); ST (16/3/2023) |