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Theban magical library 1

TM Arch id: 363

Quick facts
bilingual: Greek and Demotic
archive of magical texts
Found in: U04b - Thebes
AD03 AD04
Also called archive of Bibliothek der Zauberpapyri von Theben

Description: No consensus exists about the protagonist(s). They may have belonged to one man who lived in Thebes, a centre of magic in Roman times. The collection could also be a product of a temple library formed by a community of Egyptian priests. The Theban Library also contains non-magical contents (literary & astrological texts, and alchemical recipes). The magical papyri were written in Demotic and Greek. Greek words occur in the Demotic fragments and vice versa. A few brief spells were added in “mysterious” scripts: Hieratic, Nubian and Old Coptic glosses.

Studies: Preisendanz, Papyrusfunde und Papyrusforschung (1933), p. 91-95; Tait, Theban magic, in P. L. Bat. 27, 1995, p. 169-182; Dieleman, Priests, tongues, and rites, 2005, p. 11-21; de Haro Sanchez, in Delattre / Heilporn (ed.), Thèbes (Pap. Brux. 34), 2008, p. 97-102; K. Dosoo, A history of the Theban magical library, BASP 53 (2016), p. 251-274

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Stable URI (with TM Arch ID): www.trismegistos.org/archive/363
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16 texts (of which 10 certain, 6 uncertain)

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TM number Publication Status Material Language Date
TM 60673 Faraone / Torallas Tovar (ed.), Greek and Egyptian magical formularies 1 30 uncertain papyrus Greek AD 150 - 250
TM 55955 Faraone / Torallas Tovar (ed.), Greek and Egyptian magical formularies 1 16 certain papyrus Demotic / Greek / Old Coptic AD 175 - 250
TM 61300 Halleux, Les alchimistes grecs I p. 84-108 certain papyrus Greek AD 200 - 399
TM 64218 Magica varia (Pap. Brux. 25) p. 73 no. 3 + Betz, The Greek magical papyri in translation p. 323-330 no. PDM Suppl. certain papyrus Demotic / Greek / Hieratic / Old Coptic AD 200 - 299
TM 88396 Faraone / Torallas Tovar (ed.), Greek and Egyptian magical formularies 1 31 certain papyrus Greek / Old Coptic AD 250 - 299
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