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Papyrus 46
- Record Id:
- 040-002104464
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000173.0x0002f4
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100058108291.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 46
- Title:
- Handbook of Magic (P. Lond. I. 46, PGM V, TM 64368)
- Scope & Content:
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ff. 1r-1v: Oracle of Sarapis
f. 1v: Direct vision (Clairvoyance) Spell
ff. 1v-2r: [Spell to Catch a Thief]
ff. 2r-3r: Stele of Ieu the Hieroglyphists
ff. 3-3v: Another Way to Catch a Thief
ff. 3v-7v: Hermes's Ring
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104464 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 46 : Handbook of Magic (P. Lond. I. 46, PGM V, TM 64368) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0013]/040-002104464
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 7 pages of a papyrus codex, writing on both sides; written in one column containing an average of 37 lines on a page. Housed in seven glass frames.
- Digitised Content:
- https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/iiif/ark:/81055/vdc_100058108291.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0300
- End Date:
- 0399
- Date Range:
- 4th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: Seven folios, measuring 280x240 mm, all in glazed frames.
Script: Uncial ("Rather coarse and irregular" P. Lond. I, p. 65.)
Decoration: Magical diagrams with the representation of the magic eye (f. 2v); Hermes's Ring (kirikos) (f. 7v).
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Thebes (cf. Legge 'The Names of Demons', p. 42: "purchased in Thebes")
Provenance: The collection of Giovanni d'Anastasi (b. 1780, d. 1860) who sold it to the British Museum on 30 October 1839.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. I 46
PGM V - Information About Copies:
- Complete digital coverage available for this manuscript: http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Papyrus_46
- Publications:
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List of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1836-1840, London 1843, p. 21.
Charles Wycliffe Goodwin, Fragment of a Græco-Egyptian Work Upon Magic: From a Papyrus in the British Museum (Cambridge: Antiquarian Society, 1852), pp. 1-21.
Carl Wessely, 'Griechische Zauberpapyrus von Paris und London', Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Philologisch-historische Classe 36,2 (1888), pp. 127-139.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum I, (London: British Museum 1893), pp. 64-81. no. XLVI.
Adolf Deissmann, Licht vom Osten: Das Neue Testament und die neuentdeckten Texte der hellenistisch-römischen Welt, (Tübingen: Mohr/Siebeck, 1923), pp. 94-95.
Karl Preisendanz, 'Papyrus XLVI', Archiv für Papyrusforschung 8 (1927), 116-117 (with detailed bibliography).
Karl Preisendanz, Papyri Graecae Magicae I, (Leipzig-Berlin: Teubner, 1928), pp. 180-198.
Marc Philonenko, 'Une prière magique au dieu créateur (PMG 5, 459-489)' In: Comptes-Rendus des séances de l'année 1985, Janvier-Mars., pp.433-452.
Tom Pattie and Eric Gardiner Turner, The Written Word on Papyrus, (London: British Library), 1974, 42. no. 64.
Hans Dieter Betz, The Greek Magical Papyri in Translation (Chicago, 1986), pp. 101-110.
Craig Jendza 'Supplemental Persuasive Analogies in PGM V.70-95,' Archiv für Religionsgeschichte 15 (2014), pp. 247-267.
- Exhibitions:
- A History of Magic, (online), 31 July 2017-
Greek Manuscripts, (online), 18 September 2016- - Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)