Sigla: Modern names for the manuscript, including inventory and publication numbers. | P. Kell. II 94 |
Category: Classification of the contents, e.g. magical (formulary or applied), alchemical, liturgical, documentary or medical. | Magical (applied) (?) |
Contents: | 1. Ro ll. 1-7: Short eulogy praising God. |
Language(s): | Greek |
Script(s): | Greek |
Dialect: | |
Language/dialect notes: | |
Date: Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. | 301 – 400 |
Date notes: | All material from Kellis Area House 3 is dated to the fourth century based on the archaeological context (Gardner and Worp 1996: p. x). |
Archive/collection: Larger collection to which manuscript belongs. | KYP A6 |
Archive name: | Kellis Area A House 3 Archive |
State of edition: | Published. |
Image: |
Form: | Tablet |
Material: | Wood |
Dimensions (cm): | Height: 8.2 | Width: 5 | Depth: |
Dimensions (notes): | Gardner & Worp (1996: p. 299). |
Folding pattern: | |
State of preservation: | Complete |
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 recto, 7 lines. |
Hand: |
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 |
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. | |
Collection website: |
Notes/Discussion: | Gardner and Worp (1996: p. 143) suggest it was intended to be used as an amulet. |
Bibiliography |
Editions: | Gardner, Iain, and Klaas A. Worp. Kellis Literary Texts. Vol. 2. Oxford: Oxbow Books, 1996, no. 94, p. 142-143. |
Translations: | |
General: |
Trismegistos ID: | 64437 |
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 | Bruyn-Dijkstra: de Bruyn and Dijkstra, “Greek Amulets and Formularies (Checklist)" | TheDefix: Thesaurus Defixionum | To Zodion: |
Edit History: | ST (19/12/2020); KD (9/2/2021) |