Sigla: Modern names for the manuscript, including inventory and publication numbers. | P. Köln 4 168 |
Category: Classification of the contents, e.g. magical (formulary or applied), alchemical, liturgical, documentary or medical. | Magical (applied) (?) |
Contents: | 1. Ro ll. 1-4: Psalm LXX 16.6b-7a; perhaps applied amulet for healing/protection. |
Language(s): | Greek |
Script(s): | Greek |
Dialect: | |
Language/dialect notes: | |
Date: Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. | 501 – 600 |
Date notes: | Römer (1982: p. 16); de Bruyn & Dijkstra (2011: p. 210). |
Archive/collection: Larger collection to which manuscript belongs. | |
Archive name: | |
State of edition: | Published. |
Image: | http://www.uni-koeln.de/phil-fak/ifa/NRWakademie/papyrologie/PKoeln/PK594r.jpg |
Form: | Sheet |
Material: | Papyrus |
Dimensions (cm): | Height: 4.5 | Width: 9 | Depth: |
Dimensions (notes): | Römer (1982: p. 16); de Bruyn & Dijkstra (2011: p. 211). |
Folding pattern: | 2 (?) horizontal folds. |
State of preservation: | Incomplete; broken away at the bottom, left and right margins intact. |
Pages/Columns: Total surviving columns in the manuscript for rolls, sheets and rotuli; total number of pages for codices. | 1 |
Pages/Columns (notes): | 1 column recto (→). 4 surviving lines. |
Hand: | Cursive |
Findspot: | Egypt (?) (TM places ID: 49) |
Place of purchase: | (TM places ID: ) |
Writingspot: | Egypt (?) (TM places ID: 49) |
Present Location: | Cologne, Papyrussammlung |
Collection History: | No acquisition information. |
Trismegistos collection: Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. | 172 |
Collection website: | https://papyri.uni-koeln.de/stueck/tm62160 |
Notes/Discussion: | Römer (1982: p. 16) states that this fragment is the only attestation of this Psalm on papyrus. |
Bibiliography |
Editions: | Römer, Cornelia E. “168. Psalm 16,6b-7a (Amulett?)” In: Kölner Papyri. Vol. 4 (P. Köln IV). Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag, 1982, p. 16-18, no. 168. |
Translations: | |
General: | Rahlfs, Alfred, et al. Verzeichnis der griechischen Handschriften des Alten Testaments. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2004, p. 179-180. |
Trismegistos ID: | 62160 |
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” | 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)" | 167 |
TheDefix: Thesaurus Defixionum | To Zodion: |
Edit History: | KD (25/20/2019); ST (23/6/2021); KD (27/7/2021) |