OPES – Oslo Papyri Electronic System

Background and Physical Properties

Material:

Papyrus

Connections:

–

Size:

4.2 x 4.8 cm.

Lines:

6

Publication side:

Recto, the Verso is blank

Palaeographic description:

–

State of preservation:

Medium brown papyrus. cut on left and right side, cut at the bottom.

Content

Date:

December 26, 394 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 on) the 30th of the month Choiak in the 111th year, the 3rd hour of the night.The horoscope/ascendant (was) in LeoThe Saturn (was) in ScorpioThe Jupiter (was) in Venus

Provenance:

Unknown place, province of Egypt

Acquisition:

Purchased by Eitrem in Egypt 1920, from Abu Bakr Embara

Acquisition year:

–

Editions

• Eitrem S-Amundsen L, P.Oslo III, 1936, 165

Further Literature

Neugebauer O, Greek horoscopes, 1959, p. 73, no. 394