Magical text(?) (P.Duk.inv. 664 R)

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Catalogue Record

Title: Magical text(?), [5--]
Subject: 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.
	Recipes --Egypt --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
Material: 1 item : papyrus, four joining fragments mounted in
	glass, text faded ; 15 x 17 cm.
Note: Actual dimensions of item are 14.6 x 16.1 cm.
	13(?) lines.
	Written along the fibers on the recto; written across
	the fibers on the verso.
	Upper margin of 3 cm.; left margin of 3 cm.; right
	margin of 2.5 cm.
	P.Duk.inv. 664 R was formerly P.Duk.inv. MF75 5 R.
	Papyrus magical(?) text from Egypt. Has a magical(?)
	recipe with the rare words gum-water and gold writing.
	Verso has a horoscope(?) in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 664 V).
	In Greek.
	Descriptive database available in repository.

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