Sigla: Modern names for the manuscript, including inventory and publication numbers. | P. Kairo 10736 + Oxford, Bodleian Library MS. Gr. th. b. 1 (P) |
Category: Classification of the contents, e.g. magical (formulary or applied), alchemical, liturgical, documentary or medical. | Magical (applied ?) |
Contents: | Original use (?): 1. Ro ll. 1-7: Letter (?) Re-use: 2. P. Kairo 10736 vo ll. 1-9 + Ms. gr. th. b 1 (P) ll. 1-19: Letter of Abgar to Jesus with framing narrative. |
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 – 700 |
Date notes: | Grenfell & Hunt (1903: p. 90); 201-400 CE: Madan & Crest (1924: p. 266); but proved to be dated too early (Peppermüller 1971: p. 292). |
Archive/collection: Larger collection to which manuscript belongs. | |
Archive name: | |
State of edition: | Published. |
Image: | http://ipap.csad.ox.ac.uk/4DLink4/4DACTION/IPAPwebquery?vPub=Publ.Sorb.Pap.&vVol=1&vNum=613 |
Form: | Sheet |
Material: | Papyrus |
Dimensions (cm): | Height: 13.8 | Width: 16.6 | Depth: |
Dimensions (notes): | Grenfell & Hunt (1903: p. 90). |
Folding pattern: | |
State of preservation: | Fragmentary; 1 fragment is P. Kairo 10736, 4 fragments are Ms. gr. th. b 1 (P). |
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 (→). 7 surviving lines recto, 28 verso. |
Hand: |
Findspot: | Arsinoites (Fayum), Egypt (?) (TM places ID: 332) |
Place of purchase: | Arsinoites (Fayum), Egypt (TM places ID: 332) |
Writingspot: | Arsinoites (Fayum), Egypt (?) (TM places ID: 332) |
Present Location: | Oxford, Bodleian Library |
Collection History: | Purchased 1878 with other Fayum fragments from G. J. Chester. |
Trismegistos collection: Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. | 265 |
Collection website: | http://ipap.csad.ox.ac.uk/4DLink4/4DACTION/IPAPwebquery?vPub=Publ.Sorb.Pap.&vVol=1&vNum=613 |
Notes/Discussion: | See Peppermüller (1924: p. 292,298) for the evidence that P. Kairo 10736 and Ms. gr. th. b 1 (P) are both fragments of the same manuscript. |
Bibiliography |
Editions: | Grenfell, Bernard P., and Arthur S. Hunt. Catalogue Général des Antiquités Égyptiennes du Musée du Caire: Greek Papyri. Oxford: University Press, 1903, p. 90, no. 10736. |
Translations: | Aufhauser, Johann B. Antike Jesus-Zeugnisse. Bonn: Marcus und Weber, 1925, p. 33. (German translation) |
General: | Geerard, Maurice. Clavis Apocryphorum Novi Testamenti. Turnhout: Brepols, 1992, p. 66, no. 88. |
Trismegistos ID: | 58909 |
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 | 613 |
Bruyn-Dijkstra: de Bruyn and Dijkstra, “Greek Amulets and Formularies (Checklist)" | 183 |
TheDefix: Thesaurus Defixionum | To Zodion: |
Edit History: | KD (25/10/2019); ST (14/7/2021); KD (4/10/2021) |