Sigla: 
Modern names for the manuscript, including inventory and publication numbers.
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P. Mich. Inv. 4914 a |
| Category:
Classification of the contents, e.g. magical (formulary or applied), alchemical, liturgical, documentary or medical. |
Magical (unclear) |
| Contents: | 1. Ro A ll. 1-6: Unclear |
| Form: | Unclear |
| Material: | Papyrus |
| Dimensions (cm): | Height: | Width: | Depth: |
| Dimensions (notes): | |
| Folding pattern: | |
| State of preservation: | Fragmentary. 4 fragments of various size. |
| Pages/Columns:
Total surviving columns in the manuscript for rolls, sheets and rotuli; total number of pages for codices.
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| Pages/Columns (notes): | 1 column recto (?) (→) |
| Hand: | At least two hands (Husselman 1942: p. 18) |
| Findspot: | Egypt (TM places ID: 49) |
| Place of purchase: | Upper Egypt (TM places ID: ) |
| Writingspot: | Egypt (TM places ID: 49) |
| Present Location: | Ann Arbor, Michigan University, Library |
| Collection History: | Purchased in the season 1926/7 and was reported by Bell, March 8, 1927 and May, 1927. (1) Purchased by Bell in Upper Egypt; (2) a number of papyri bought by Askren at various times before Bell’s arrival in Egypt or during his absence at Thebes; (3) the papyri bought by Bell at cairo of dealers other than Nahman; (4) several lots bought after Bell’s departure by Askren, Kelsey and Westermann (Collection website 14/11/2018). |
| Trismegistos collection:
Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. |
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| Collection website: | http://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-4432/4914ar.tif |
| Notes/Discussion: | Spread across three processing numbers on Michigan papyrus website: 4432, 14016, 14017: http://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-4432/4914ar.tif One text is magical; contents unclear. Text is written (on different fragments) parallel to and at right-angle to the fibres. |
| Bibiliography |
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| Translations: | |
| General: | Husselman, Elinor Mullet. “The Collection of Papyri”. In Coptic Texts in the University of Michigan Collection, edited by William H. Worrell. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press, 1942, p. 18-19. |
| Trismegistos ID: | 874255 |
PAThs: |
| PGM:
Papyri Gracae Magicae
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SM:
Supplementum Magicum
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GEMF:
Greek and Egyptian Magical Formularies (forthcoming)
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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 |
Bruyn-Dijkstra:
de Bruyn and Dijkstra, “Greek Amulets and Formularies (Checklist)" |
TheDefix:
Thesaurus Defixionum |
To Zodion: |
| Edit History: | KD (14/11/2018); EL (19/11/18); MPS (13/5/2019); MPS (2/10/2019); MPS (18/8/2020) |