Sigla: 
Modern names for the manuscript, including inventory and publication numbers.
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Columbia Coptic Parchment 1 & 2 |
| Category:
Classification of the contents, e.g. magical (formulary or applied), alchemical, liturgical, documentary or medical. |
Magical (applied) |
| Contents: | 1. Ro ll. 1-36: Applied amulet containing a prayer implicitly attributed to the Virgin Mary to protect Zacharias, son of Sentiheu, against supernatural forces (protection). |
| Form: | Sheet |
| Material: | Parchment |
| Dimensions (cm): | Height: 16.4 | Width: 12.5 | Depth: |
| Dimensions (notes): | 6.5 x 5 inches (Schiller 1928: p. 26). |
| Folding pattern: | 8 horizontal creases, 5 (?) vertical creases. |
| State of preservation: | Complete, some damage. Small hole (1 x 2 inches = 2.52 x 5.04 cm) between 5th and 6th horizontal creases (counting from top) and 2nd and 4th vertical creases (counting from left). |
| Pages/Columns:
Total surviving columns in the manuscript for rolls, sheets and rotuli; total number of pages for codices.
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1 |
| Pages/Columns (notes): | 1 column recto (flesh side), 36 lines. |
| Hand: |
| Findspot: | Fayum, Egypt (?) (TM places ID: 332) |
| Place of purchase: | (TM places ID: ) |
| Writingspot: | Fayum, Egypt (?) (TM places ID: 332) |
| Present Location: | New York, Columbia University |
| Collection History: | Acquired through Dr. James Horatio Gottheil, “professor in Semitics”, along with other Coptic texts. (Schiller 1928: p. 25). Stored in box F in Columbia. |
| Trismegistos collection:
Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. |
245 |
| Collection website: | http://papyri.info/apis/columbia.apis.p1795 |
| Notes/Discussion: |
| Bibiliography |
| Editions: | ★ Schiller, Arthur A. “A Coptic Charm. Columbia Coptic Parchment, Numbers 1 and 2.” Journal of the Society of Oriental Research no. 12 (1928): 25–34. |
| Translations: | Pernigotti, Sergio. “La magia copta: I testi.” In Aufstieg und Niedergang der römischen Welt II.18.5, edited by Hildegard Temporini and Wolfgang Haase. Berlin and New York: Walter de Gruyter, 1995, p. 3712-3713, no. 17. |
| General: | van der Vliet, Jacques. “Varia magica coptica.” Aegyptus 71.1/2 (1991): p. 239-241. |
| Trismegistos ID: | 102257 |
PAThs: |
| PGM:
Papyri Gracae Magicae
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SM:
Supplementum Magicum
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GEMF:
Greek and Egyptian Magical Formularies (forthcoming)
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ACM:
Ancient Christian Magic
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| Bélanger Sarrazin:
Bélanger-Sarrazin. “Catalogue des textes magiques coptes” |
133 |
AKZ:
Ausgewählte koptische Zaubertexte |
CBd:
Campbell-Bonner Magical Gems Database |
Mert.-Pack:
Mertens-Pack online database |
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| 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: | MPS (25/10/2018); KD (5/12/2018); EL (28/3/19); KD (13/1/2020); KD (22/4/2020); EL (29/7/2020); KD (7/4/2021); KD (13/5/2021) |