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Papyrus 147
- Record Id:
- 040-002104528
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000173.0x000337
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143122873.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 147
- Title:
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Magical Spells (P.Lond. II 147 descr., PGM(2) II 11b, TM 64086, LDAB 5304)
- Scope & Content:
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Portions of three short magical spells; the third is a table gimmick to make people who have been drinking at the symposium appear to have donkey snouts from afar to outsiders.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104528 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 147 : Magical Spells (P.Lond. II 147 descr., PGM(2) II 11b, TM 64086, LDAB 5304) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0066]/040-002104528
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Papyrus sheet, lacking the left-hand side, darkened and abraded in places, with a black stain at the bottom. Writing runs along the fibres on one side, the back being blank; parts of 16 lines are preserved. Upper, lower and right margins are extant, with the right being irregular. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143122873.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0200
- End Date:
- 0299
- Date Range:
- 3rd century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 145 x 125 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 205 x 180 mm.
Script: Rather square semi-cursive hand, somewhat sloping to the right and slightly uneven.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Egypt.
Provenance: Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 139-176 from the Reverend Greville John Chester (b. 1830, d. 1892) on 2 February 1891.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. II 147 descr.
PGM (2) II 11b - Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1888-1893 (London: British Museum 1894), p. 398.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum II (London: British Museum 1898), p. xiv, no. 147 descr.
K. Preisendanz, Papyri Graecae Magicae. Die griechische Zauberpapyri 2 (Stuttgart: Teubner 1974), p. 56, no. 11b.
H. D. Betz, The Greek magical papyri in translation, including the Demotic spells (Chicago: University of Chicago Press 1992), p. 151, no. 11b.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)