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Papyrus 148
- Record Id:
- 040-002104529
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000173.0x000338
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143122881.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 148
- Title:
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Magical Text (P.Lond. II 148 descr., PGM 2) II 11c, TM 63836, LDAB 5050)
- Scope & Content:
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A love spell to secure the affection of a woman, arranged in two columns; with a list of magical words at the end.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104529 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 148 : Magical Text (P.Lond. II 148 descr., PGM 2) II 11c, TM 63836, LDAB 5050) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0067]/040-002104529
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Papyrus sheet, darker by patches, lacking its right-hand side and with some holes in the middle. Writing runs along the fibres on one side, the back being blank. There are two columns: the first is complete, of the second, only the beginnings of the lines survive. Upper, lower and left margins are extant; the intercolumn measures 3-10 mm. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143122881.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0100
- End Date:
- 0299
- Date Range:
- 2nd century-3rd century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 220 x 135 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 280 x 180 mm.
Script: Medium-sized and somewhat rough semi-cursive hand.
- 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 148 descr.
PGM (2) II 11c - 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. 148 descr.
K. Preisendanz, Papyri Graecae Magicae. Die griechische Zauberpapyri 2 (Stuttgart: Teubner 1974), pp. 56-57, no. 11c.
H. D. Betz, The Greek magical papyri in translation, including the Demotic spells (Chicago: University of Chicago Press 1992), p. 152, no. 11c.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)