Papyri.info

sign in

HGV 20457 = toronto.apis.20



open in editor
Canonical URI: http://papyri.info/hgv/20457

HGV: P.Oxy. 4 804 [source] [xml]

Title keiner
Publications P.Oxy. 4 804
More in series P.Oxy.More in series P.Oxy., vol. 4
Support/Dimensions Papyrus
Post-Concordance BL Entries X 139
Translations Burnet, L'Égypte ancienne (2003), Nr. 127
Origin Oxyrhynchos
More from Oxyrhynchos
Material Papyrus
Date 2. Okt. 4 v.Chr.
More from the period between 4 BCE and 3 BCE
Commentary Descr. Zur Datierung vgl. BL I, S. 328.
Subjects Horoskop; Mahnung zur Vorsicht wegen Gefahr
Images http://www.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/dlo?obj=toronto.apis.20...
License Creative Commons License © Heidelberger Gesamtverzeichnis der griechischen Papyrusurkunden Ägyptens. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Trismegistos: 20457 [source]

Publications P. Oxy. 4 804 descr. (Grenfell, Bernard P. / Hunt, Arthur S.; 1904)
Inv. no. Toronto, Victoria University P. Oxy. 804
Date BC 4 Oct 2 (cf. BL 1, p. 328)
Language Greek
Provenance Egypt, U19 - Oxyrynchos (Bahnasa)[found & written]

Catalog Record: toronto.apis.20 [xml]

Title Horoscope
Author Unknown
Summary Horoscope which ends with an appeal for caution, since Mars, the evil planet, is in the agathos daimon.
Citations Neugebauer and van Hoesen, Greek Horoscopes, no. -3 [BL 1, 328; 10, 139]
P.Oxy.:4:804
Inv. Id P.Oxy. IV 804
Support/Dimensions 2 papyri; 27.4 x 9.3 cm.
Condition MS collection, 175; Box 3
Preservation The two fragments are joined by a patch on the verso.
Lines 17 lines, on recto along the fibers.
Recto/Verso Verso empty.
Hands Regular cursive.
Origin Oxyrhynchus
More from Oxyrhynchus
Language Greek
Date 2 October 4 B.C.
More from the period between 4 BCE and 3 BCE
Note (general) Margins: left, 1.2 cm.; right, .2 cm.; bottom, 8.1 cm.; top, 3.8 cm.; M3 78
Note (general) 27th year of the Emperor Augustus, fifth day of the Egyptian month Phaophi.
Note (local/note) F0830
Subjects Astrology; Horoscopes; Oxyrhynchus; Papyri; Sub-literary papyri
License Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License.

APIS Translation (English)

Year 27 of Caesar (Augustus), Phaophi 5 according to the Augustan calendar, about the 3rd hour of the day. Sun in Libra, moon in Pisces, Saturn in Taurus, Jupiter in Cancer, Mars in Virgo, [Venus in Scorpio], [Mercury in Virgo], [Scorpio is rising], [Leo is at Midheaven], [Taurus is then] setting. Lower Midheaven Aquarius. There are dangers. Take care for 40 days because of Mars.