Papyrus 121 (signed as Pap. gr. CXXI, P.Lond. I 121 = PGM VII, TM 60204, LDAB 1321, MP3 0552 + 1868 + 6006 = Van Haelst 1077) is a Greek magical manuscript written on papyrus from the 3rd century CE. It is one of the Greek Magical Papyri. The papyri had been brought from Egypt by Ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis Budge.
This manuscript is preserved in 19 columns, and it has been written by an experienced scribe, who made use of various lectional signs, interpunction, decoration, accurate and regular semi-cursive, with some ligatures and abbreviations. Marks of elision are generally employed. This manuscript also is written along the fibres in columns of 38âÂÂ40 lines by two hands.
The manuscript is magical, and contains different spells, and also Homeromanteion (Homer oracle). It is classified as magic, divination + medicine + poetry, epic, and lyric. The manuscript is dated between 225âÂÂ320 CE.
This manuscript contains the Tetragrammaton ùõÃÂñ (IEà ÂA) written in col. XV, line 10 (PGM VII:531) in the Victory Charm. R. F. Hock transcribes and translates the text as follows:
Bernard Alfrink offers an explanation of the text:
The name ÃÂõÃÂñ is rare and found in a few papyri, for example in the Greek Gospel of the Egyptians.
This manuscript is currently kept in the British Library (London) as Papyrus 121.