Sigla: Modern names for the manuscript, including inventory and publication numbers. | IFAO Copte 449 |
Category: Classification of the contents, e.g. magical (formulary or applied), alchemical, liturgical, documentary or medical. | Magical (applied) |
Contents: | 1. Ro ll. 1-14 -Vo ll. 1- 2: Applied curse against Jacob |
Language(s): | Egyptian (Coptic) |
Script(s): | Coptic |
Dialect: | Akhmimic |
Language/dialect notes: | See related texts for further notes. |
Date: Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. | 401 – 500 |
Date notes: | 5th century date likely based on dialect and hand (KD + EL 22/9/2021); 351-500 CE according to TM (30/10/2018); 301-500 (Rémondon 1953: p. 157). |
Archive/collection: Larger collection to which manuscript belongs. | KYP A28 |
Archive name: | Aberdeen Scribal Group |
State of edition: | Published. |
Image: |
Form: | Sheet |
Material: | Papyrus |
Dimensions (cm): | Height: 18 | Width: 18 | Depth: |
Dimensions (notes): | Rémondon (1953: p. 157). |
Folding pattern: | 7 horizontal creases and 4 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. | 2 |
Pages/Columns (notes): | 1 column each, recto and verso. 13 lines recto, 2 lines verso. |
Hand: | Aberdeen Scribe |
Findspot: | Upper Egypt, Egypt (?) (TM places ID: 2766) |
Place of purchase: | (TM places ID: ) |
Writingspot: | Upper Egypt, Egypt (?) (TM places ID: 2766) |
Present Location: | Cairo, IFAO |
Collection History: | No acquisition information. |
Trismegistos collection: Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. | 74 |
Collection website: |
Notes/Discussion: | Linked with IFAO Copte 451 (M468) in so far as they were found in the same drawer and Rémondon had worked on both, they exhibit similar hands, and have similar content (Louis 2009: 25) |
Bibiliography |
Editions: | ★ Rémondon, Roger. “Un papyrus magique copte.” Bulletin de l‘Institut français d‘archéologie orientale 52 (1953): 157–161. |
Translations: | Meyer, Marvin W., and Richard Smith. Ancient Christian Magic: Coptic Texts of Ritual Power. Princeton (New Jersey): Princeton University Press, 1999, p. 207-208, no. 101. |
General: | Louis, Catherine. “Une prière magique copte en dialecte achmimîque.” In Anne Boud’hors & Catherine Louis, Études coptes XII Quatorzième journée d’études (Rome, 11-13 juin 2009), p. 25-36. |
Trismegistos ID: | 99596 |
PAThs: |
PGM: Papyri Gracae Magicae | SM: Supplementum Magicum | GEMF: Greek and Egyptian Magical Formularies (forthcoming) | ACM: Ancient Christian Magic | 101 |
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Bélanger Sarrazin: Bélanger-Sarrazin. “Catalogue des textes magiques coptes” | 54 |
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: | MPS 30/10/2018; KD (15/5/2019); EL (29/8/2019); KD (14/1/2020); Team (6/7/2020); KD (8/5/2021); KD (11/5/2021); KD (2/6/2021); KD (22/9/2021); MPS (30/3/2022) |