DCLP/Trismegistos 64011 = LDAB 5226 = duke.apis.31194693

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Title	Magical handbook with various spells and a prayer to the Sun
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 More from the period between 100 CE and 299 CE
Origin	Found: Egypt; written: Egypt More from 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.

Title	Magical handbook [2--]
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
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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 More from the period between 200 CE and 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
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License	This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License.