Sigla: Modern names for the manuscript, including inventory and publication numbers. | PCM 1 1 |
Category: Classification of the contents, e.g. magical (formulary or applied), alchemical, liturgical, documentary or medical. | Magical (formulary) |
Contents: | 1. Ro ll. 1-22: Separation spell (curse). |
Language(s): | Egyptian (Coptic) |
Script(s): | Coptic |
Dialect: | Lycopolitan (L*) |
Language/dialect notes: | See related texts for further notes.; Gardner et al (1999: p. 84-95) and Shisha-Halevy (2002) for comments. |
Date: Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. | 351 – 390 |
Date notes: | Based on date range suggested for Psais, the addressee (KD); TM (21/3/2019) |
Archive/collection: Larger collection to which manuscript belongs. | KYP A6 |
Archive name: | Kellis Area A House 3 Archive |
State of edition: | Published. |
Image: |
Form: | Sheet |
Material: | Papyrus |
Dimensions (cm): | Height: 23.7 | Width: 7.7 | Depth: |
Dimensions (notes): | Gardner et al 1999: p. 224. |
Folding pattern: | 5 (?) horizontal creases, 3 (?) vertical creases. |
State of preservation: | Complete. |
Pages/Columns: Total surviving columns in the manuscript for rolls, sheets and rotuli; total number of pages for codices. | 3 |
Pages/Columns (notes): | 1 column recto (→), 2 columns verso (↓). Recto 42 lines, verso column 1 (address) 2 lines, verso column 2 (continuation of letter) 8 lines. |
Hand: | Ouales |
Findspot: | Kellis (Ismant el-Kharab), Egypt (TM places ID: 2762) |
Place of purchase: | (TM places ID: ) |
Writingspot: | Kellis (Ismant el-Kharab), Egypt (?) (TM places ID: 2762) |
Present Location: | Egypt, Kellis, excavations Dakleh Oasis Project |
Collection History: | Excavated at Kellis. Presumably held in magazine nearby. |
Trismegistos collection: Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. | |
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Notes/Discussion: |
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. 47-53, no. 1. |
Translations: | Hope, Colin A., and Gillian E. Bowen. Kellis: A Roman-Period Village in Egypt’s Dakhleh Oasis. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2022, p. 423-424, document 23. |
General: | Love, E. O. D. Code-switching with the Gods. Zeitschrift für Ägyptische Sprache Beihefte: Band 4. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 2016, p. 273-276, §7.6.1. |
Trismegistos ID: | 85886 |
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” | 189 |
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: | EL (21/3/2019); MPS (27/9/2019); KD (11/11/2019); KD (23/4/2020); KD (8/9/2020); KD (13/10/2020); KD (21/3/2022); KD (10/4/2022); KD (20/11/2023) |