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P. Moscow Copt. 33 |
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Magical (formulary ?) |
Contents: | 1. Ro ll. 1-11: Curse invoking scorpion |
Language(s): | Egyptian (Coptic) |
Script(s): | Coptic |
Dialect: | Sahidic (non-standard) |
Language/dialect notes: | See related texts for further notes. |
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901 – 1100 |
Date notes: | 501-700 (Collection Website), but this is too early for paper (KD 22/6/2020). |
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State of edition: | Published. No published image. New edition desirable. |
Image: | http://goskatalog.ru/muzfo-imaginator/rest/images/original/11587891?originalName=18652233.jpg |
Form: | Sheet |
Material: | Paper |
Dimensions (cm): | Height: 11 | Width: 10.5 | Depth: |
Dimensions (notes): | Collection Website (16/6/2020); 11.8 x 10.5 cm: Dimensions not specified as height or width in Jernstedt (1959), but given number of lines it seems likely that it was taller than wide. |
Folding pattern: | Horizontal creases, number unclear. |
State of preservation: | Fragmentary, damaged. |
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2 |
Pages/Columns (notes): | 1 column each, recto and verso, recto 11 lines, verso 4 lines. |
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Findspot: | Egypt (?) (TM places ID: 49) |
Place of purchase: | (TM places ID: ) |
Writingspot: | Egypt (?) (TM places ID: 49) |
Present Location: | Moscow, Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts |
Collection History: | Coming from the collection of V.S. Golenishchev and given to the A.S. Pushkin State Museum of Visual Arts (former: Fine Arts Museum of the Emperor Alexander III.) in 1911 (correspondence with Pushkin Museum 17/10/2022) |
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234 |
Collection website: | http://goskatalog.ru/portal/#/collections?id=13397654 |
Notes/Discussion: | Invocation of scorpion to bring heat and cold – could refer to the symptoms of disease (fever) or of love (often conceptualised as fever). |
Bibiliography |
Editions: | ★ Jernstedt, P. Коптские тексты государственного музея изобразительных искусств (P. Moscow Copt.) (Издательство Академии наук СССР, 1959), p. 81-82, no. 33. |
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Trismegistos ID: | 874152 |
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Edit History: | KD (17/10/2018); EL (14/6/2019); MPS (2/10/2019); KD (22/6/2020); Team (22/6/2020); KD (14/9/2021); SVS (17/10/2022) |