The Theban Magical Library

No excavation lies behind it: ten papyri are linked by dealers' word, Anastasi's sales and shared hands. In 2016 Korshi Dosoo argued they need not have had one owner.

Elien Zoete, 'Theban Magical Library', Trismegistos Archives, ArchID 363 (2018), summarising Korshi Dosoo, 'A History of the Theban Magical Library', BASP 53 (2016) 251-274

Greek and Demotic magical papyri of the 3rd–4th century AD from Thebes, sold by Giovanni Anastasi.

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