Sigla: Modern names for the manuscript, including inventory and publication numbers. | P. Mich. Inv. 4451a |
Category: Classification of the contents, e.g. magical (formulary or applied), alchemical, liturgical, documentary or medical. | Magical (formulary) |
Contents: | 1. Ro col. 1 l. 1: Unclear |
Form: | Sheet (?) |
Material: | Papyrus |
Dimensions (cm): | Height: 9 | Width: 15 | Depth: |
Dimensions (notes): | Zellmann-Rohrer (2015: p. 177); 9 x 16 cm: Col. website (17/1/2021). |
Folding pattern: | |
State of preservation: | Fragmentary. Broken on all sides, edges frayed. |
Pages/Columns: Total surviving columns in the manuscript for rolls, sheets and rotuli; total number of pages for codices. | 3 |
Pages/Columns (notes): | 2 surviving columns recto (→), 1 verso (↓). 20 surviving lines recto, 12 lines verso. |
Hand: | Semi cursive, irregular, sub-literary |
Findspot: | Arsinoites (Fayum), Egypt (?) (TM places ID: 332) |
Place of purchase: | (TM places ID: ) |
Writingspot: | Arsinoites (Fayum), Egypt (?) (TM places ID: 332) |
Present Location: | Ann Arbor, Michigan University, Library |
Collection History: | Purchased by D.L. Askren and A.E.R. Boak in 1925 (Zellmann-Rohrer 2015: p.177). |
Trismegistos collection: Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. | 12 |
Collection website: | http://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-13035/4451av.tif |
Notes/Discussion: | Separation between texts has been inferred from paragraphos. |
Bibiliography |
Editions: | Zellmann-Rohrer, Michael. “Three Magical Papyri from the Michigan Collection.” Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 194 (2015) 177-183, no.1. |
Translations: | |
General: |
Trismegistos ID: | 397802 |
PAThs: |
PGM: Papyri Gracae Magicae | SM: Supplementum Magicum | GEMF: Greek and Egyptian Magical Formularies (forthcoming) | 78 | 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 (12/3/2019); ST (17/1/2021); KD (23/2/2021) |