Sigla: Modern names for the manuscript, including inventory and publication numbers. | PCM 1 34 |
Category: Classification of the contents, e.g. magical (formulary or applied), alchemical, liturgical, documentary or medical. | Magical (formulary) |
Contents: | 1. p. 1 ll.1-27, p. 2 ll. 1-26: Bowl divination procedure for revealing/finding treasure |
Form: | Codex |
Material: | Paper |
Dimensions (cm): | Height: 18.7 | Width: 14.3 | Depth: |
Dimensions (notes): | Dosoo/Preininger 2023: 436; cf. Tibet 2014: p. 134. Dimensions given are for a single page. |
Folding pattern: | |
State of preservation: | Complete, considerable damage. Unclear if complete or if there were further pages, now lost. |
Pages/Columns: Total surviving columns in the manuscript for rolls, sheets and rotuli; total number of pages for codices. | 4 |
Pages/Columns (notes): | 4 surviving pages. Pages 3-4 are written upside down (at 180 degrees) with respect to pages 1-2. I have numbered the pages this way since it seems to be the only way that makes sense from the perspective of a bifolio whose spine is to the left when viewed from the front; as Tibet (2014: 131-132) notes, it may have been part of a larger codex which opened from both sides. The concordance to the original manuscript is that page 1 here = Verso (1), page 2 here = Recto (1), page 3 here = Recto (inverted), page 4 here =Verso (inverted) (KD (25/3/2019). |
Hand: | Strasbourg K 550 hand |
Findspot: | Arsinoites (Fayum), Egypt (?) (TM places ID: 332) |
Place of purchase: | (TM places ID: ) |
Writingspot: | Arsinoites (Fayum), Egypt (?) (TM places ID: 332) |
Present Location: | Strasbourg, Bibliothèque Nationale |
Collection History: | Purchased by the German Papyrus Cartel (Papyruskartell) in 1909, as part of a lot including inventory numbers 550-582 (Inventaire des papyrus, Coptes, Coptes-Arabes, IPC, IPCM, Bibliothèque Nationale et Universitaire, Strasbourg; Dosoo/Preininger 2023: 436). |
Trismegistos collection: Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. | 322 |
Collection website: |
Notes/Discussion: |
Bibiliography |
Editions: | ★ Dosoo, Korshi, and Markéta Preininger. Papyri Copticae Magicae. Coptic Magical Texts, Volume 1: Formularies (PCM I 1), Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete – Beihefte 48. Berlin: De Gruyter, 2023, p. 436-445, no. 34. |
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Trismegistos ID: | 874130 |
PAThs: |
PGM: Papyri Gracae Magicae | SM: Supplementum Magicum | GEMF: Greek and Egyptian Magical Formularies (forthcoming) | ACM: Ancient Christian Magic | ||||
Bélanger Sarrazin: Bélanger-Sarrazin. “Catalogue des textes magiques coptes” | 225 |
AKZ: Ausgewählte koptische Zaubertexte | 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: | KD (25/3/2019); EL (21/6/2019); MPS (4/7/2019); MPS (8/9/2020); MPS (22/3/2021); KD (16/6/2021); KD (16/12/2021); KD (7/3/2023); KD (20/11/2023); KD (8/1/2024) |