Sigla: 
Modern names for the manuscript, including inventory and publication numbers.
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PGM CII |
| Category:
Classification of the contents, e.g. magical (formulary or applied), alchemical, liturgical, documentary or medical. |
Magical (formulary) |
| Contents: | Original use: 1. Ro, col. 1-2: Plato, Republic 412c13-414d1 Re-use: 2. Vo col. 1 (fr. D): Unclear |
| 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. |
301 – 400 |
| Date notes: | Magical re-use is fourth century (GEMF; TM 15/5/2019; Daniel & Maltomini (1992: p. 196); P. Oxy. XXXVI p. 27). Original use is late third to early third century (TM 15/5/2019; P. Oxy. XXXVI p. 21). |
| Archive/collection:
Larger collection to which manuscript belongs. |
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| Archive name: | |
| State of edition: | Published |
| Image: | https://portal.sds.ox.ac.uk/ndownloader/files/37535047/preview/37535047/preview.jpg |
| Form: | Roll (?) |
| Material: | Papyrus |
| Dimensions (cm): | Height: 18 | Width: 15 | Depth: |
| Dimensions (notes): | Height given is the minimum, 3 fragments; fr. A: ?; fr. B: 3 x 3; fr. C: 4 x 2.5; fr. D: 15 x 15.5; fr. E: 2.5 x 3. |
| Folding pattern: | |
| State of preservation: | Fragmentary. Two columns each survive on recto (original use) and verso (re-use). Considerable damage to entire piece. |
| Pages/Columns:
Total surviving columns in the manuscript for rolls, sheets and rotuli; total number of pages for codices.
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2 |
| Pages/Columns (notes): | 2 surviving columns verso (↓) (magical re-use); original use: 2 surviving columns recto (→). |
| Hand: |
| 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: | Excavated by the Egypt Exploration Society in Oxyrhynchus. |
| Trismegistos collection:
Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. |
264 |
| Collection website: | https://portal.sds.ox.ac.uk/articles/online_resource/P_Oxy_XXXVI_2753_Magical_Spells/21165883 |
| Notes/Discussion: |
| Bibiliography |
| Editions: | Coles, R.A. et al (editor). The Oxyrhynchyus Papyri, volume XXXVI (P. Oxy. XXXVI). London: Egypt Exploration Society, 1970, p. 21-24, 27-28, nos. 2751 (recto), 2753 (verso). |
| Translations: | Betz, Hans D. The Greek Magical Papyri in Translation. Including the Demotic Spells. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1986, p. 309, no. 102. |
| General: |
| Trismegistos ID: | 64487 |
PAThs: |
| PGM:
Papyri Gracae Magicae
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102 |
SM:
Supplementum Magicum
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90 |
GEMF:
Greek and Egyptian Magical Formularies (forthcoming)
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62 | 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 |
01418.100 |
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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 (15/5/2019); KD (26/9/2023); KD (27/3/2024) |