Sigla: Modern names for the manuscript, including inventory and publication numbers. | PGM XXIIb |
Category: Classification of the contents, e.g. magical (formulary or applied), alchemical, liturgical, documentary or medical. | Magical (formulary) |
Contents: | 1. Ro ll. 1-26: Prayer of Jacob (for protection, favour, strength) |
Form: | Sheet |
Material: | Papyrus |
Dimensions (cm): | Height: 27 | Width: 38 | Depth: |
Dimensions (notes): | Preisendanz 1974: no. 22b. |
Folding pattern: | |
State of preservation: | Complete, some damage. |
Pages/Columns: Total surviving columns in the manuscript for rolls, sheets and rotuli; total number of pages for codices. | 1 |
Pages/Columns (notes): | 1 column recto (→), 35 lines. |
Hand: |
Findspot: | Egypt (?) (TM places ID: 49) |
Place of purchase: | (TM places ID: ) |
Writingspot: | Egypt (?) (TM places ID: 49) |
Present Location: | Berlin, Staatliche Museen |
Collection History: | No acquisition information. |
Trismegistos collection: Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. | 40 |
Collection website: | https://berlpap.smb.museum/03921/ |
Notes/Discussion: |
Bibiliography |
Editions: | Merkelbach, Reinhold, and Totti, Maria. Abrasax. Ausgewählte Papyri religiösen und magischen Inhalts. Vol. IV. Sonderreihe Papyrologica Coloniensia 17. Opladen: Wescdc. Verl., 1990, p. 105-110 (only ll. 1-26) and Vol. V, p. 89f. (only ll. 27-35). |
Translations: | Betz, Hans D. The Greek Magical Papyri in Translation. Including the Demotic Spells. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1986, p. 261, no. PGM 22 b. |
General: | Brashear, William M. “The Greek Magical Papyri: An Introduction and Survey; Annotated Bibliography (1928–1994).” In Aufstieg und Niedergang der römischen Welt 2.18.5, edited by Wolfgang Haase. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter & Co., 1995, p. 3547. |
Trismegistos ID: | 64376 |
PAThs: |
PGM: Papyri Gracae Magicae | 22b |
SM: Supplementum Magicum | GEMF: Greek and Egyptian Magical Formularies (forthcoming) | 61 | 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 (17/5/2019); MPS (16/9/2020) |