PGM VIII 110
Title
PGM VIII 110
PGM VIII
Format
Roll
inv. nr.
P.Lond. inv. 122
institution
British Library
image description
A drawing of a crowned man wearing a skirt and holding a sword resting on his neck in the right hand and a wand in the left hand
city
London
country
UK
publication
F. Kenyon, Greek Papyri in the British Museum. Catalogue with Texts, I. London, 1893, pp. 115-120.
PGM
PGM VIII
TMnr
59324
LDABnr
422
date
300-499 CE
provenance
Hermonthis
Location
col. III, 110
image dispositio
At the end of the prescription (end of the column)
image purpose
Request for a dream oracle of Bes
image technique
Drawing in black ink
image identification
Bes
associated powerful
ιαεω
Σαβαωθ
Αδωναι
Ζαβαρβαθιαω
Σαλβαναχαμβρη
Ανουθ
ιηιειηιε
image aim
Invocation
additional description
ἄνθρωπος γυμός, ἑστώς, ἔχων βασίλειον ἐπὶ τῆς κεφαλῆς, ἐν δὲ τῇ δεξιᾷ χειρὶ ξίφος καμπῇ ἐπὶ τὸν τράχηλον κείμενον καὶ ἐν τῇ εὐωνύμῳ ῥάβδον
A naked man, standing, having a crown on his head, and in his right hand a sword resting which is turned over and resting on his neck and in the left hand a wand
additional material
ἔστι δὲ τὸ μέλα[ν], ἐν ᾧ γράφεις· αἷμα κορώνης, αἷμα περιστερᾶς λευκῆς, λίβανος ἄτμητος καὶ ζμύρνα καὶ μέλαν γραφικ[ὸ]ν καὶ κιννάβαρις καὶ ὀπὸς συκαμίνου καὶ ὕδωρ ὄμβριον καὶ χυλὸς ἀρτεμι<σί>ας μονοκλώνου καὶ κατανάγκης
This is the ink with which you draw: Blood of a crow, blood of a white dove, lumps of incense, myrrh, black writing ink, cinnabar, sap of mulberry tree, rainwater, juice of a single-stemmed wormwood and vetch
additional technique
οὕτω ζωγράφησον εἰς τὴν εὐώνυμόν σου χεῖραν τὸν Βησᾶν, ὡς ὑποδείκνυταί σοι
On your left hand draw Besa in the way shown to you below
kind of document
Formulary
Materials
Papyrus
Bibliography
H. D. Betz (ed.), The Greek magical papyri in translation, Chicago, 1986, pp 145-148.
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Citation
“PGM VIII 110,” TO ZODION, accessed May 27, 2018, http://to-zodion.net/items/show/15.