Sigla: Modern names for the manuscript, including inventory and publication numbers. | P. Oxy. XXXI 2554 |
Category: Classification of the contents, e.g. magical (formulary or applied), alchemical, liturgical, documentary or medical. | Astrological (almanac) |
Contents: | Original use: 1. Ro cols. 1-3: Pseudo-Manetho’s Apotelesmatica IV.384-415, 417-433, 564-590, 592-604 (astrological poem). Re-use: 2. Vo col. 1 ll. 1-19 + col. 2 ll. 1-14: Astrological predictions |
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. | 201 – 300 |
Date notes: | TM (24/1/2021). Ro: 101-200 CE; vo: 201-400 CE: Neugebauer & van Hoesen (1964: p. 62). |
Archive/collection: Larger collection to which manuscript belongs. | |
Archive name: | |
State of edition: | Published. |
Image: | http://163.1.169.40/gsdl/collect/POxy/index/assoc/HASH0230.dir/POxy.v0031.n2554.a.01.hires.jpg |
Form: | Roll |
Material: | Papyrus |
Dimensions (cm): | Height: 30 | Width: 44.5 | Depth: |
Dimensions (notes): | Fr. 1: 16.5 (W) x 17 (H); fr. 2: 9 (W) x 13 (H); fr. 3: 13 (W) x 30 (H); fr. 4: 6 (W) x 11 (H). |
Folding pattern: | |
State of preservation: | Fragmentary; 4 fragments. |
Pages/Columns: Total surviving columns in the manuscript for rolls, sheets and rotuli; total number of pages for codices. | 3 |
Pages/Columns (notes): | Re-use 3 columns verso surviving. Original use 3 columns surviving. Verso at 180 degrees to 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: | Gift of the Egypt Exploration Fund. |
Trismegistos collection: Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. | 264 |
Collection website: | http://163.1.169.40/cgi-bin/library?e=d-000-00---0POxy--00-0-0--0prompt-10---4------0-1l--1-en-50---20-help---00031-001-1-0utf-00&a=d&c=POxy&cl=CL3.1&d=HASH0230483a365a97137e6b57 |
Notes/Discussion: |
Bibiliography |
Editions: | Rea, John R., et al. The Oxyrhynchus Papyri. Vol. 31 (P. Oxy. XXXI). London: Egypt Exploration Society, 1966, p. 77-83, nos. 2546 + 2554. |
Translations: | |
General: | Neugebauer, Otto and Henry B. van Hoesen. “Astrological Papyri and Ostraca: Bibliographical Notes.” Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 108 (1964): p. 62, no. 125. |
Trismegistos ID: | 64153 |
PAThs: |
PGM: Papyri Gracae Magicae | SM: Supplementum Magicum | 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 | 02043.100 |
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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 (21/5/2019); ST (24/1/2021) |