The Leiden Magical Papyrus, PGM XII
- Date of account
- Roman imperial or late antique period
- Location
- Leiden, Rijksmuseum van Oudheden
- Source
- model_recalled_reference
- Record updated
- 2026-10-10
Record summary
The Leiden Magical Papyrus, conventionally cited within the Greek Magical Papyri as PGM XII, preserves a group of ritual recipes involving divine names, protective procedures, and practical aims. It is particularly useful for comparing Greek-language magical writing with Demotic Egyptian traditions and for studying how texts circulated in late antique Egypt. The papyrus’s contents are not a single coherent doctrine, and individual recipes may have different origins. Dating, translation, and the classification of fragments should be checked in modern editions. This is an AI-recalled lead; source quality 5 and corroboration 0.
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