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Document Details : Title: Intertextuality between Compilation and Application Subtitle: A Demotic Spell for Compulsion and the So-Called Greco-Egyptian Magical Formularies Author(s): SCALF, Foy , RITNER, Robert K. Journal: Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists Volume: 62 Date: 2025 Pages: 67-94 DOI: 10.2143/BASP.62.0.3294679 Abstract : An incompletely published papyrus currently in the University of Michigan collection is inscribed with an applied erotic binding spell in Demotic to cause a man to lust after a woman. The relative paucity of applied Demotic spells combined with the rare occurrence of love spells in which the beneficiary is a woman and the target a man makes this manuscript nearly unique in its content. The following article compares this applied manuscript to the Greco-Egyptian formularies and demonstrates the intertextuality between the two corpora, down to technical vocabulary, formula, and particular passages. Although previously suggested to be from the Fayum, that provenience is called into question and further suggestions about potential lines of transmission from applied manuscript to formularies are offered. |
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