OPES – Oslo Papyri Electronic System

Background and Physical Properties

Material:

Papyrus

Connections:

–

Size:

7.2 x 7.6 cm

Lines:

7

Publication side:

Recto, the Verso is blank

Palaeographic description:

–

State of preservation:

–

Content

Date:

March 11, 150 A.D.

Origin:

Unknown place, province of Egypt

Language:

Greek

Genre:

Sub-literary

Author:

–

Title / Type of text:

Horoscope

Content:

Horoscope of Philoe

Subjects:

Subliterature Horoscope Astrology Magic Religion

Named people:

Philoe Antoninus Pius, emperor

Named places:

–

English translation:

The birth of Philoe. The 14th year of Antoninus Caesar the lord, Phamenoth 15 to 16, 4th hour of the night. Sun in Pisces, Jupiter and Mercury in Aries, Saturn in Cancer, Mars in Leo, Venus and Moon in Aquarius, horoscopus Capricorn

Provenance:

Unknown place, province of Egypt

Acquisition:

Acquired by S.Eitrem in Egypt 1920

Acquisition year:

–

Editions

• Eitrem S, P.Oslo I, 1925, 6, picture: P.Oslo II pl. 1c
• Heegaard P, P. Oslo II, 1931, 146-151, picture: pl. 1c
  ▾ Corrections:

  • Neugebauer O, Greek horoscopes, 1959, p. 48, no. 150 (date)

Further Literature

Hunt & Edgar, Select papyri v.1 (1932), p. 444-445Winter JG, Life and letters in the papyri, p. 264-265Montserrat D, Sex and society in Graeco-Roman Egypt (1996), p. 205