Sigla: Modern names for the manuscript, including inventory and publication numbers. | P. L. Bat. 17 5 |
Category: Classification of the contents, e.g. magical (formulary or applied), alchemical, liturgical, documentary or medical. | Liturgical (hymns) |
Contents: | 1. Ro ll. 1-25: Hymn on the Nativity, ‘developed’ Trisagion, and hymn to Mary (Theotokion) in Greek |
Form: | Ostracon (pottery) |
Material: | Ostracon (pottery) |
Dimensions (cm): | Height: 14 | Width: 12 | Depth: |
Dimensions (notes): | Mihálykó 2019: p. 309. |
Folding pattern: | |
State of preservation: | Fragmentary. The beginnings and ends of some lines and a few entire lines have been lost in the lower part. |
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 (convex) and verso (concave). 25 lines recto. |
Hand: |
Findspot: | Western Thebes? (Deir el Bahri cf. Rahlfs, 46) (TM places ID: 1341) |
Place of purchase: | (TM places ID: ) |
Writingspot: | Western Thebes? (TM places ID: 1341) |
Present Location: | Brussels, Musées Royaux |
Collection History: | No acquisition information. |
Trismegistos collection: Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. | 64 |
Collection website: | https://www.fine-arts-museum.be/en/the-collection |
Notes/Discussion: | The hymn to Mary is also known from MLM M574 p. 146 ll. 18-26, P. Lond. Lit. III 1029 (Kyp M1762), and the Byzantine tradition (Mihálykó 2019: p. 309). Mihálykó (2019: p. 309) lists contents as Psalm 109.1-4, however Crum (1902) lists contents as Psalm 109.1-5. |
Bibiliography |
Editions: | Crum, Walter Erwin with a contribution by F.E. Brightmann. Coptic Ostraca from the Egypt Exploration Fund, The Cairo Museums and others. London: Published by the Order of the Committee, 1902, see part I. p. 4 and part II. p. 95-96, no. Ad. 39. |
Translations: | |
General: | Mihálykó, Ágnes T. The Christian Liturgical Papyri: An Introduction. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2019, p. 309, no. 86. |
Trismegistos ID: | 65310 |
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 | 745 |
Bruyn-Dijkstra: de Bruyn and Dijkstra, “Greek Amulets and Formularies (Checklist)" | TheDefix: Thesaurus Defixionum | To Zodion: |
Edit History: | Imported from checklist of Ágnes T. Mihálykó by KD (11/11/2019); MPS (25/3/2021); JS (19/11/21); JS (30/9/22); KD (21/12/2022); JS (31/01/2023) |