Sigla: Modern names for the manuscript, including inventory and publication numbers. | P. Palau Rib. inv. 3 |
Category: Classification of the contents, e.g. magical (formulary or applied), alchemical, liturgical, documentary or medical. | Magical (unclear) (?) |
Contents: | 1. Ro ll. 1-3: Drawing of Seth with short text (his attributes). |
Form: | Sheet |
Material: | Papyrus |
Dimensions (cm): | Height: 13 | Width: 9 | Depth: |
Dimensions (notes): | Daniel & Maltomini 1992: p. 86. |
Folding pattern: | 4 horizontal creases, no vertical (folded horizontally into 5 sections; Michailides 1952: p. 45). |
State of preservation: | Complete. |
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, 3 lines of text next to image. |
Hand: |
Findspot: | Arsinoites (Fayum), Egypt (?) (TM places ID: 49) |
Place of purchase: | (TM places ID: ) |
Writingspot: | Egypt (TM places ID: 332) |
Present Location: | Barcelona, Palau-Ribes |
Collection History: | Michailides reports that this papyrus, together with others written in Greek and Coptic, have been brought to him from the Fayum by Egyptian fellahs. This papyrus was “petrified” and covered with silt and dirt (Michailides 1952: p. 45). Previously belonged to the private collection of Michailides. |
Trismegistos collection: Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. | 304 |
Collection website: |
Notes/Discussion: | Drawing of Seth. The firs letters of each line from the Greek name of Seth (ΣΗΘ) – acrostic. |
Bibiliography |
Editions: | Bartina, Sebastián. “Set o el horrendo y gruñidor jabalí verrugoso.” Studia Papyrologica 6 (1967): 109-121. |
Translations: | |
General: | Horak, Ulrike. Illuminierte Papyri, Pergamente und Papiere. Vol. I. Wien, Holzhausen, 1992, p. 246, no. 207. |
Trismegistos ID: | 63186 |
PAThs: |
PGM: Papyri Gracae Magicae | SM: Supplementum Magicum | 69 |
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: | MPS (14/12/2020) |