OPES – Oslo Papyri Electronic System

Background and Physical Properties

Material:

Papyrus

Connections:

–

Size:

8.4 x 18.8 cm.

Lines:

8

Publication side:

Recto, the Verso is blank

Palaeographic description:

–

State of preservation:

Medium brown papyrus. Left margin 1 cm. Part of right side missing, the bottom 8 1/2 cm. are blank.

Content

Date:

January 25, 190 A.D.

Origin:

Unknown place, province of Egypt

Language:

Greek

Genre:

Sub-literary

Author:

–

Title / Type of text:

Horoscope

Content:

Horoscope

Subjects:

Subliterature Horoscope Astrology Magic Religion

Named people:

–

Named places:

–

English translation:

(Born in) the 30th year of Commodus, on the 30th of the month of Tybi, at the beginning of the ninth hour of the day.The Sun and Mercury (were) in Aquarius The moon (was) in PiscesThe Saturn (was) in ScorpioThe Iupiter (was) in VirgoMars and Venus (were) in SagittariusThe horoscope/Ascendant in the Twins

Provenance:

Oxyrhynchos, Oxyrhynchite nome, province of Egypt

Acquisition:

Acquired by S. Eitrem, through Maurice Nahman, in Egypt March 1936. Belongs to a lot from Oxyrhynchus.

Acquisition year:

–

Editions

• Eitrem S-Amundsen L, P.Oslo III, 1936, 163

Further Literature

Neugebauer O, Greek horoscopes, 1959, p. 51-52, no. 190