Magical text (P.Duk.inv. 256)

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Catalogue Record

Title: Magical text, [not before 500]
Subject: Charms --Egypt --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
	Magic drawings --Egypt --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
	Magic, Ancient --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
	Magic --Egypt --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
	Subliterary papyri --Egypt --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
Material: 1 item : papyrus, mounted in glass, incomplete ; 17 cm.
Note: Actual dimensions of item are 16.3 x 9.5 cm.
	12 lines.
	Written across the fibers on the recto.
	Lower margin of 3.5 cm.; small left margin.
	P.Duk.inv. 256 was formerly P.Duk.inv. C 37.
	Magical text from Egypt, written on papyrus. Text has
	instructions for a magical spell that mentions Sabaoth.
	Text has magical symbols.
	In Coptic.
	Descriptive database available in repository.

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