Sigla: 
Modern names for the manuscript, including inventory and publication numbers.
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PCM 1 4 |
| Category:
Classification of the contents, e.g. magical (formulary or applied), alchemical, liturgical, documentary or medical. |
Magical (formulary) |
| Contents: | 1. p. 1 ll. 1-10: Letters, characters and voces magicae. |
| Language(s): | Egyptian (Coptic) |
| Script(s): | Coptic |
| Dialect: | Sahidic (non-standard) |
| Language/dialect notes: | Occasional ⲥⲁⲛ/ⲣⲉⲛ vocalism and final unstressed vowel sometimes written as -ⲓ (Dosoo/Preininger 2023: 69). Pernigotti describes the text as largely Sahidic, with possible influences from several dialects: Bohairic, Akhmimic, and particularly Fayumic and Sub-Akhmimic; he suggests the region of Beni Suef as a region where such influence might be possible (Pernigotti (1979 p. 46; 1993 p. 120). |
| Date:
Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. |
401 – 700 |
| Date notes: | Dosoo/Preininger (2023: 69) and Pernigotti (1979: 21); 5th to 7th century according to TM (12/11/2018). |
| Archive/collection:
Larger collection to which manuscript belongs. |
KYP A17 |
| Archive name: | Multilingual Library |
| State of edition: | Published. |
| Image: |
| Form: | Codex |
| Material: | Papyrus |
| Dimensions (cm): | Height: 9.5 | Width: 9.1 | Depth: |
| Dimensions (notes): | fol. A: 9.4 x 9.1 cm, fol. B 8.9 x 9 cm, fol. C 9.5 x 9 cm (Pernigotti 1993: p. 95; cf. Dosoo/Preininger 2023: 68). |
| Folding pattern: | |
| State of preservation: | Incomplete. |
| Pages/Columns:
Total surviving columns in the manuscript for rolls, sheets and rotuli; total number of pages for codices.
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12 |
| Pages/Columns (notes): | 12 pages; text on pages 1-4, remainder blank, pages 7-8 lost (Dosoo/Preininger 2023: 68). |
| Hand: |
| Findspot: | Middle Egypt (?) (TM places ID: 2800) |
| Place of purchase: | (TM places ID: ) |
| Writingspot: | Middle Egypt (?) (TM places ID: 2800) |
| Present Location: | Milan, Università Statale |
| Collection History: | The manuscipt was purchased by the Università Statale in Milan through the antiquities market in the early 1960s (Pernigotti 1979: 21; Gallazzi/Piacenti 1998: 5-6; Dosoo/Preininger 2023: 68; ) |
| Trismegistos collection:
Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. |
229 |
| Collection website: |
| Notes/Discussion: | The codex belongs to Turner group 11 (‘miniature’; Pernigotti p.19). |
| 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. 68-75, no. 4. |
| Translations: | Pernigotti, Sergio. “La magia copta: I testi.” In Aufstieg und Niedergang der römischen Welt, edited by Hildegard Temporini and Wolfgang Haase, II.18.5, 3685–3730. Berlin and New York: Walter de Gruyter, 1995, p. 3707-3708, no. 9. |
| 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): 5-6. |
| Trismegistos ID: | 102252 |
PAThs: |
| PGM:
Papyri Gracae Magicae
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SM:
Supplementum Magicum
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GEMF:
Greek and Egyptian Magical Formularies (forthcoming)
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ACM:
Ancient Christian Magic
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| Bélanger Sarrazin:
Bélanger-Sarrazin. “Catalogue des textes magiques coptes” |
230 |
AKZ:
Ausgewählte koptische Zaubertexte |
CBd:
Campbell-Bonner Magical Gems Database |
Mert.-Pack:
Mertens-Pack online database |
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| 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: | MPS (12/11/2018); EL (21/6/2019); KD (12/9/2019); MPS (8/9/2020); MPS (25/3/2021); MPS (18/10/2022); JS (23/1/2023); KD (20/11/2023); KD (8/1/2024) |