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Berlin P. 5744 |
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Magical (?) |
Contents: | 1. Ro ll. x+1-x+12: Unclear |
Form: | Sheet |
Material: | Papyrus |
Dimensions (cm): | Height: 15.1 | Width: 18.2 | Depth: |
Dimensions (notes): | EL from autopsy (22/11/2019; 15 x 18 (Beltz 1983: p. 63) |
Folding pattern: | 1 vertical and 9 horizontal creases (EL from autopsy 22/11/2019) |
State of preservation: | Fragmentary, in two fragments (partially joined down the middle) with at least the top of the upper edge lost, and damage along the folds, especially the horizontal fold (which appears to have been eaten). Text very faded and mostly illegible. |
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Pages/Columns (notes): | 1 column recto, 12 surviving lines. Beltz numbered 12, yet transcribed only 10 lines (1983: p. 63) |
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Findspot: | Egypt (TM places ID: 49) |
Place of purchase: | (TM places ID: ) |
Writingspot: | Egypt (TM places ID: 49) |
Present Location: | Berlin, Staatliche Museen |
Collection History: | No acquisition information. |
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Collection website: | http://berlpap.smb.museum/ |
Notes/Discussion: | Beltz (1983: p. 63) referred to faded red ink. The ink is indeed very faded, but does not seem to be red (EL from autopsy 22/11/2019) |
Bibiliography |
Editions: | Beltz, Walter. “Die koptischen Zauberpapyri der Papyrus-Sammlung der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin.” Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete 29 (1983): p. 63, no. I 537. |
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General: | Love, Edward O.D. “Bilingualism and Mono-/Bigraphia at the Nexus of Magical Traditions: From Egyptian-Greek to Coptic-Arabic Magical Texts”, in Christians and Muslims in Early Islamic Egypt, edited by Lajos Berkes. Ann Arbor: American Society of Papyrologists, 2002, p. 189. |
Trismegistos ID: | 108881 |
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Edit History: | EL (30/10/2018; 22/11/2019); MPS (30/7/2019); KD (12/11/2019); EL (21/8/2020); KD (24/9/2021); KD (21/3/2022) |