Magical text (P.Duk.inv. 751 R)

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Catalogue Record

Title: Magical text, [1--]
Subject: Magic --Egypt --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
	Magic, Ancient --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
	Subliterary papyri --Egypt --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
Material: 1 item : papyrus, mounted in glass, incomplete, abraded ; 12 cm.
Note: Actual dimensions of item are 11.5 x 6.4 cm.
	14 lines.
	Written along the fibers on the recto; written across
	the fibers on the verso in a different hand and inverse
	to the text on the recto.
	Upper margin of 1.5 cm.; lower margin(?) of about 1
	cm.; left margin of 1  cm.
	P.Duk.inv. 751 R was formerly P.Rob.inv. 9 R.
	Instruction for a magical text from Egypt, written
	on papyrus. Contains the magic words to be pronounced.
	Verso has a subliterary(?) text in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 751 V).
	In Greek.
	Descriptive database available in repository.

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