Considering PGM I as GEMF 31: Exploring the Form and Purpose of a Magical Formulary.
Within the context of the reedition of the magical formularies of Greco-Roman Egypt (Faraone and Torallas Tovar 2022), PGM I has been re-edited as GEMF 31. Following the methodology applied to the study of such texts in the above-mentioned work, this paper contemplates the contents of the formulary,...
| Published in: | Symbolae Osloenses Vol. 98; no. 1; pp. 169 - 189 |
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