Sigla: Modern names for the manuscript, including inventory and publication numbers. | Bodleian MS. Copt. c (P) 4 |
Category: Classification of the contents, e.g. magical (formulary or applied), alchemical, liturgical, documentary or medical. | Magical (applied) |
Contents: | 1. Ro ll. 1-32 – Vo ll. 1-7: Curse by Jacob asking for vengeance against Maria daughter of Tsibel, Tatore daughter of Tashai, and Andreas, the son of Marthe. |
Form: | Sheet |
Material: | Papyrus |
Dimensions (cm): | Height: 28.8 | Width: 14.7 | Depth: |
Dimensions (notes): | Measured by EL. 28.5 x 14.5 cm (Crum 1896: p. 85). |
Folding pattern: | 5 horizontal, 4 vertical creases; the section on the verso with the address (“A(lpha) O(mega) ⳨ Jesus Christ”) would have been on the outside of the packet after folding in our reconstruction. Crum describes it as having been folded once vertically and horizontally and sealed (Crum 1896: p. 85). |
State of preservation: | Complete. |
Pages/Columns: Total surviving columns in the manuscript for rolls, sheets and rotuli; total number of pages for codices. | 2 |
Pages/Columns (notes): | 1 column each recto and verso; recto 32 lines, verso 7 lines. |
Hand: | Small irregular script, uncial script without ligatures. Lines are irregular(Crum 1896: 85). |
Findspot: | Egypt (TM places ID: 49) |
Place of purchase: | (TM places ID: ) |
Writingspot: | Egypt (TM places ID: 49) |
Present Location: | Oxford, Bodleian Library |
Collection History: | No acquisition information. |
Trismegistos collection: Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. | 265 |
Collection website: |
Notes/Discussion: | Crosses at beginning and end. |
Bibiliography |
Editions: | Crum, Walter E. “Eine Verfluchung.” Zeitschrift für Ägyptische Sprache und Altertumskunde 34 (1896): 85–89. |
Translations: | Kropp, Angelicus. Ausgewählte koptische Zaubertexte. Übersetzungen und Anmerkungen. Vol. 2. Bruxelles: Édition de la Fondation Égyptologique Reine Élisabeth, 1931, p. 234-238, no. 71. |
General: | Bélanger Sarrazin, Roxanne. “’Just as You Quenched the Fiery Furnace of Nebuchadnezzar, Also Quench Every Fever.’ The Three Holy Children in Coptic Magic.” Vigiliae Christianae 78 (2024): 58-86, esp. p. 61, 80. |
Trismegistos ID: | 99581 |
PAThs: |
PGM: Papyri Gracae Magicae | SM: Supplementum Magicum | GEMF: Greek and Egyptian Magical Formularies (forthcoming) | ACM: Ancient Christian Magic | 91 |
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Bélanger Sarrazin: Bélanger-Sarrazin. “Catalogue des textes magiques coptes” | 237 |
AKZ: Ausgewählte koptische Zaubertexte | 2.71 |
CBd: Campbell-Bonner Magical Gems Database | Mert.-Pack: Mertens-Pack online database | ||
Van H: van Haelst, Catalogue des papyrus littéraires | Bruyn-Dijkstra: de Bruyn and Dijkstra, “Greek Amulets and Formularies (Checklist)" | TheDefix: Thesaurus Defixionum | To Zodion: |
Edit History: | EL (17/9/18); MPS (4/2/2019); KD (19/2/2019); KD (7/1/2020); MPS (1/9/2020); KD (17/9/2021); KD (24/9/2021); KD (4/10/2021); KD (16/9/2022); KD (2/2/2024) |