Published on 25 October 2020

A binding model of Greek Papyrus 28

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Peri palmon mantike (Divination by twitches) Egypt, 4th century AD Greek Papyrus 28 This manuscript is composed of four papyrus sheets, each with four pages of text (two on each side). The four sheets were put one on top of the other, folded and then stitched together. There are remains of sewing thread on some sheets. The subject of the book is prognostications to be derived from involuntary movement (quivering or twitching) of various parts of the body. That such movements portended certain events was a popular belief which finds expression in both Greek and Latin classical literature. The various members of the body are taken one after the other, starting from the head downwards, and the omens associated with their movement are concisely enumerated. After the prognostications, directions are given to pray to or propitiate appropriate divinities.Source: Objaverse 1.0 / Sketchfab

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Dataset Index

0.3

FAIR Score

13%

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0

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0

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Publication Details

DOI

Publisher

Zenodo

Assigned Domain

Subfield

Sociology and Political Science

Field

Social Sciences

Domain

Social Sciences

Confidence Score

99%

Source

Open Alex

Normalization Factors

FT

13.46

CTw

1.00

MTw

1.00