Papyri Graecae Magicae: Die griechischen Zauberpapyri, edited by Karl Preisendanz and published by B. G. Teubner in Leipzig across two volumes in 1928 and 1931, is the standard critical edition of the Greek magical papyri, and it is the source of the PGM numbering system still used to cite these texts today. As the originating critical edition it is the correct source for that numbering and for the codicological facts of which papyrus carries which spell. Its limit is that it is cited here strictly for the numbering and cataloguing it established, not quoted directly, so a claim about the actual content or translated wording of a specific spell needs a source that engages the text itself rather than this edition's apparatus alone.
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Edited by Karl Preisendanz and published by B. G. Teubner, Leipzig, the standard critical edition of the Greek magical papyri and the origin of the PGM numbering system still used today, treated at the top tier as that standard critical edition. NotesThe Greek text edition, two volumes 1928 and 1931, and the origin of the PGM numbering. Cited here for the numbering and the codicology, not quoted.
Citation
AuthorKarl Preisendanz (editor)
PublisherB. G. Teubner, Leipzig
Publication Year1928
Source TypeCritical edition
Claims Backed By This Source (32 claims)
This source backs 32 claims across the atlas. As facts: 26 well-attested. As cited relationships: 3 holds. Plus 3 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Incantations, Spells & Curses, 16 claims: 12 well-attested, 2 holds, 2 general references.
- Articles, 9 claims: 7 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 general references.
- Sources, 7 claims: 7 well-attested.
Well-attested
26Incantations, Spells & Curses
Holds
3Incantations, Spells & Curses
General References
3Incantations, Spells & Curses
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