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Magical (formulary) |
Contents: | 1. Ro pp. 1-13, ll. 1-275: Love spell attributed to Cyprian of Antioch |
Language(s): | Egyptian (Coptic) |
Script(s): | Coptic |
Dialect: | Sahidic with Fayumic influence |
Language/dialect notes: | Dosoo/Preininger (2023: p. 261-262, 363). Cf. Bilabel and Grohmann (1934: p. 305) who classify the text as Fayumic, followed by Bélanger-Sarrazin. See related text for further notes. |
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901 – 1100 |
Date notes: | Palaeographically dated to the tenth to eleventh century by Dosoo/Preininger (2023: p. 363). Eleventh century dating in Bilabel and Grohmann (1934: p. 305) followed by Mößner and Nauerth (2015: p. 311); 901-1000 (TM 24/9/2018). |
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KYP A8 |
Archive name: | Heidelberg Library |
State of edition: | Published. |
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Form: | Codex |
Material: | Paper |
Dimensions (cm): | Height: 14.3 | Width: 9 | Depth: |
Dimensions (notes): | Folios measure 14.3 x 18.5cm (Mößner and Nauerth 2015: p. 311) |
Folding pattern: | One horizontal, one vertical crease on codex (Dosoo/Preininger 2023: p. 369). |
State of preservation: | Complete. |
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16 |
Pages/Columns (notes): | 16 pages (1 quaternion = 4 bifolios). Last 3 pages blank. Bound with thread. No pagination or cover (Bilabel and Grohmann 1934: p. 304). |
Hand: | Heidelberg Scribe 2 |
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: | Heidelberg, Institut für Papyrologie |
Collection History: | Purchased by Carl Schmidt in May 1930, perhaps in the Fayum, perhaps via Maurice Nahman (Gardner and Johnston 2019: p. 32; Seider 1964: p. 163; Dosoo/Preininger 2023: p. 260). |
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156 |
Collection website: | https://www.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/papyri/view/p_kopt_684/ |
Notes/Discussion: |
Bibiliography |
Editions: | Bilabel, Friedrich, and Adolf Grohmann. Griechische, koptische und arabische Texte zur Religion und religiösen Literatur in Ägyptens Spätzeit, Heidelberg: Verlag der Universitätsbibliothek, 1934, p. 304-325, no. 122. |
Translations: | Meyer, Marvin W., and Richard Smith. Ancient Christian Magic: Coptic Texts of Ritual Power. Princeton (New Jersey): Princeton University Press, 1999, p. 153-158, no. 73. |
General: | Camplani, Alberto. “‘Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani’. Pluralità dei linguiaggi religiosi e loro rielaborazione rituale in alcune preghiere magihche copte,” Studi e Materiali di Storia delle Religioni 76.1 (2010): p. 145-146. |
Trismegistos ID: | 98064 |
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Edit History: | EL (25/9/2018); MPS (9/7/2019); KD (13/9/2019); EL (31/7/2020); KD (16/3/2021); SVS (08/09/22); KD (20/11/2023); KD (17/1/2024) |