Sigla: 
Modern names for the manuscript, including inventory and publication numbers.
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GEMF 34 |
| Category:
Classification of the contents, e.g. magical (formulary or applied), alchemical, liturgical, documentary or medical. |
Magical (formulary) |
| Contents: | 1. Ro col. 1 ll. 1-23: Lamp divination ritual (love spell) |
| 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. |
244 – 300 |
| Date notes: | Preisendanz dates to third century (1974: p. 192). Mid to late 3rd century (GEMF 4/10/2020). Horoscopes are for individuals born from 217-244. |
| Archive/collection:
Larger collection to which manuscript belongs. |
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| Archive name: | |
| State of edition: | Published. |
| Image: | https://papyri.info/dclp/64079/images |
| Form: | Roll |
| Material: | Papyrus |
| Dimensions (cm): | Height: 18.9 | Width: 30.6 | Depth: |
| Dimensions (notes): | David et al 1941: p. 52. |
| Folding pattern: | 10 vertical creases, likely due to rolling. |
| State of preservation: | Some damage. Recto complete, verso broken off at the side. |
| Pages/Columns:
Total surviving columns in the manuscript for rolls, sheets and rotuli; total number of pages for codices.
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5 |
| Pages/Columns (notes): | 2 columns recto (→), 3 columns verso (↓)and a drawing. Column widths: 11 (col. 1), 13.8 (col. 2), 8 (col. 3), 13.9 (col. 4) (measurements by KD from photo 7/6/2020). |
| Hand: | PGM LXII Hands 1-4 |
| Findspot: | Egypt (?) (TM places ID: 49) |
| Place of purchase: | (TM places ID: ) |
| Writingspot: | Egypt (?) (TM places ID: 49) |
| Present Location: | Leiden, Papyrological Institute |
| Collection History: | Donated ca. 1935 by Edward Perry Warren (1860-1928) (Worp 2010: p. 238-240) |
| Trismegistos collection:
Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. |
180 |
| Collection website: | https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/geesteswetenschappen/papyrologisch-instituut/de-papyruscollectie/online-tentoonstelling#magie-en-bij-geloof |
| Notes/Discussion: | Due to the different hands and styles, the uneven column widths and the combination of horoscopes with magical recipes the manuscript might be written over a period of time (GEMF 4/10/2020). Image of verso here: http://ullet.net/papyrology/LPIW21v.jpg |
| Bibiliography |
| Editions: | ★ David, Martin, Bernhard A. van Groningen and J. C. van Oven. The Warren Papyri (Papyrologica Lugduno-Batava 1). Brill: Leiden, 1941, p. 52-64, no. 21. |
| Translations: | Betz, Hans D. The Greek Magical Papyri in Translation. Including the Demotic Spells. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1992, p. 292-294, no. 62. |
| General: | Aubert, Jean-Jacques. “Threatened Wombs: Aspects of Ancient Uterine Magic.” Greek, Roman and Byzantine Studies 30 (1989). |
| Trismegistos ID: | 64079 |
PAThs: |
| PGM:
Papyri Gracae Magicae
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62 |
SM:
Supplementum Magicum
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GEMF:
Greek and Egyptian Magical Formularies (forthcoming)
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34 | 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 |
1081 |
Bruyn-Dijkstra:
de Bruyn and Dijkstra, “Greek Amulets and Formularies (Checklist)" |
TheDefix:
Thesaurus Defixionum |
To Zodion: |
| Edit History: | KD (7/6/2020); ST (4/10/2020); KD (9/10/2020); KD (14/1/2025) |