Sigla: Modern names for the manuscript, including inventory and publication numbers. | Os. Mil. Vogl. inv. 1 |
Category: Classification of the contents, e.g. magical (formulary or applied), alchemical, liturgical, documentary or medical. | Magical (applied) |
Contents: | 1. Convex ll. 1-67: Applied curse against the soul of Harōn son of Tkouikira. |
Language(s): | Egyptian (Coptic) |
Script(s): | Coptic |
Dialect: | Sahidic (non-standard) |
Language/dialect notes: | Drescher suggests Lower Thebaid (Drescher 1948: p. 267) |
Date: Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. | 901 – 1000 |
Date notes: | Collection Website (from KYP 535); c. 901 (Drescher 1948: p. 268); 801-1100 (TM 21/3/2019) |
Archive/collection: Larger collection to which manuscript belongs. | KYP A47 |
Archive name: | Asyut Bone Curse Dossier |
State of edition: | Published. |
Image: |
Form: | Rib |
Material: | Bone (camel, rib) |
Dimensions (cm): | Height: 52 | Width: 5.33 | Depth: 1 |
Dimensions (notes): | Height 47-52 cm. |
Folding pattern: | |
State of preservation: | Complete, considerable damage. |
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 convex side. |
Hand: | Asyut Bone Curse scribe. |
Findspot: | Panopolis (Akhmim), Egypt (?) (TM places ID: 1589) |
Place of purchase: | (TM places ID: ) |
Writingspot: | Panopolis (Akhmim), Egypt (?) (TM places ID: 1589) |
Present Location: | Milan, Istituto di Papirologia dell’Università degli Studi |
Collection History: | Previously in the collection of M. Robert Nahman, Cairo Antiquities Dealer (Drescher 1948: p. 267). Donated to the University of Milan by Alexandra Nahman, sister of Robert Nahman, in 1990. Photographs in the Coptic Museum (Drescher 1948: p. 267). |
Trismegistos collection: Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. | 229 |
Collection website: |
Notes/Discussion: | Written in blood or red ink (Drescher 1948: p. 267). Previously included in same entry as ID 535, another bone with nearly identical text. |
Bibiliography |
Editions: | Dosoo, Korshi. “The Powers of Death: Memory, Place, and Eschatology in a Coptic Curse”, Religion in the Roman Empire 7.2 (2021), 167-194. |
Translations: | Pernigotti, Sergio. “La magia copta: i testi.” In Aufstieg und Niedergang der römischen Welt II 18.5, edited by W. Hasse and H. Temporini. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 1995, p. 3721, no. 25. |
General: | Gallazzi, Claudio, and Patrizia Piacentini. “Testi copti ed arabi dell’Istituto di Papirologia dell’Università degli Studi di Milano.” Acme. Annali della Facoltà di Filosofia e Lettere dell’Università Statale di Milano 51.3 (1998): p. 7, fig. 8. |
Trismegistos ID: | 99589 |
PAThs: |
PGM: Papyri Gracae Magicae | SM: Supplementum Magicum | GEMF: Greek and Egyptian Magical Formularies (forthcoming) | ACM: Ancient Christian Magic | 98 |
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Bélanger Sarrazin: Bélanger-Sarrazin. “Catalogue des textes magiques coptes” | 42 |
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 (24/6/2019); EL (1/8/2019); MPS (26/11/2019); MPS (17/8/2020); KD (27/11/2020); KD (26/3/2021) |