Trismegistos 64011 = LDAB 5226 = duke.apis.31194693
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Title | Magical handbook with various spells and a prayer to the Sun |
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Reference Edition | 96044. Christopher A. Faraone and Sofía Torallas Tovar eds., Greek and Egyptian Magical Formularies: Text and Translation, Vol. 1, (2022). https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9650x69r21 |
Fragments | Durham (NC), Duke University P. 729 |
Support Material | papyrus |
Date | 100 - 299 |
Origin | Found: Egypt; written: Egypt |
Form and Layout | papyrus codex (columns: 1, written lines: 27, pagination: 0) |
Genre | magic; prayer |
Culture | religion |
Religion | classical |
Images | scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/.../729 |
Print Illustrations | GRBS 46 (2006), pl. 1-2 |
Availability | © Digital Corpus of Literary Papyri. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License. |
Trismegistos: 64011 [source]
Publications | Greek, Roman and Byzantine Studies 46 (2006), p. 159-173 (2006) |
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Inv. no. | Durham (NC), Duke University P. 729 |
Date | AD 100 - 299 |
Language | Greek |
Provenance | Egypt[found & written] |
Catalog Record: duke.apis.31194693 [xml]
Title | Magical handbook [2--] |
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Summary | Leaf of a papyrus codex with a magical handbook from Egypt. Has instructions for various spells including a love-charm that details the preparation of a potion and mentions Aphrodite, a charm to force silence on a person, a love charm or binding spell containing magical symbols, and a hymn to the sun (Helios) to accompany any request. The hymn identifies the sun with among other things, Harpokrates, Yahweh, Abrasax, Hephaistos and Mithras |
Citations | |
Inv. Id | P.Duk.inv. 729 |
Support/Dimensions | 1 item : papyrus, reconstructed from several fragments, mounted in glass ; 15 cm |
Language | In Greek |
Date | 200 CE – 299 CE |
Note (general) | Actual dimensions of item are 14.8 x 10.2 cm |
Note (general) | 54 lines |
Note (general) | Written along the fibers on the recto; written across the fibers on the verso |
Note (general) | Margin of 1 cm. on the recto; left margin of 1 cm. on the verso |
Note (general) | P.Duk.inv. 729 was formerly P.Duk.inv. LK76 2 |
Subjects | Magic -- Egypt -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. -- Early works to 1800.; Magic, Ancient -- 30 B.C.-640 A.D.; Aphrodite (Greek deity); Aphrodisiacs -- Egypt -- 30 B.C.-640 A.D.; Charms -- Egypt -- 30 B.C.-640 A.D.; Subliterary papyri Egypt 30 B.C.-640 A.D; Papyri |
Images | thumbnail |
Images | 72dpi |
Images | 150dpi |
Images | thumbnail |
Images | 72dpi |
Images | 150dpi |
License | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License. |
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