Sigla: 
Modern names for the manuscript, including inventory and publication numbers.
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PCM 1 27 |
| Category:
Classification of the contents, e.g. magical (formulary or applied), alchemical, liturgical, documentary or medical. |
Magical (formulary) |
| Contents: | 1. Ro ll. 1-26, Vo ll. 1-9: Highly illustrated curse for removing favour, with variant for separation. |
| Language(s): | Egyptian (Coptic) |
| Script(s): | Coptic |
| Dialect: | Sahidic with Fayumic features |
| Language/dialect notes: | See Dosoo/Preininger (2023): 261-262, 363. Cf. Bélanger Sarrazin (2017: p. 396), who lists as Fayumic. |
| Date:
Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. |
901 – 1100 |
| Date notes: | Dated palaeographically by Dosoo/Preininger (2023: p. 362) to the tenth or eleventh century. Stegemann dates to the eleventh century (Bilabel & Grohmann 1934: p. 410), followed by TM (25/9/2018) |
| Archive/collection:
Larger collection to which manuscript belongs. |
KYP A8 |
| Archive name: | Heidelberg Library |
| State of edition: | Published. |
| Image: | https://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/p_kopt_679/0002/image |
| Form: | Sheet |
| Material: | Paper |
| Dimensions (cm): | Height: 19.5 | Width: 14.2 | Depth: |
| Dimensions (notes): | Mößner & Nauerth 2015: p. 309; 19 x 13,9 Bilabel & Grohmann (1934: p. 410). |
| Folding pattern: | 6 (?) vertical and 4 horizontal creases (EL from image 8/9/2020). |
| State of preservation: | Complete, minor damage along creases. |
| Pages/Columns:
Total surviving columns in the manuscript for rolls, sheets and rotuli; total number of pages for codices.
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2 |
| Pages/Columns (notes): | 1 column each, recto and verso. 26 lines recto, 9 lines verso. |
| Hand: | Heidelberg Scribe 2 |
| Findspot: | Arsinoites (Fayum), Egypt (?) (TM places ID: 332) |
| Place of purchase: | Arsinoites (Fayum), Egypt (?) (TM places ID: 332) |
| Writingspot: | Arsinoites (Fayum), Egypt (?) (TM places ID: 332) |
| Present Location: | Heidelberg, Institut für Papyrologie |
| Collection History: | Inherited from Carl Schmidt’s collection, purchased by him in May 1930, perhaps in the Fayum, perhaps via Maurice Nahman (Gardner & Johnston 2019: p. 32; Dosoo/Preininger 2023: 259, 362). |
| Trismegistos collection:
Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. |
156 |
| Collection website: | https://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/p_kopt_679 |
| Notes/Discussion: |
| Bibiliography |
| Editions: | Bilabel, Friedrich, and Adolf Grohmann. Griechische, koptische und arabische Texte zur Religion und religiösen Literatur in Ägyptens Spätzeit, Heidelberg: Verlag der Universitätsbibliothek, 1934, p. 410-414, no. 142. |
| Translations: | Meyer, Marvin W., and Richard Smith. Ancient Christian Magic: Coptic Texts of Ritual Power. Princeton (New Jersey): Princeton University Press, 1999, p. 222-224, no. 110. |
| General: | Gardner, Iain and Jay Johnston. “‘I, Deacon Iohannes, Servant Of Michael’: A New Look at P. Heid. Inv. Kopt. 682 and a Possible Context for the Heidelberg Magical Archive.” Journal of Coptic Studies 21 (2019): 31-32. |
| Trismegistos ID: | 102079 |
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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110 |
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| Bélanger Sarrazin:
Bélanger-Sarrazin. “Catalogue des textes magiques coptes” |
181 |
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: | EL (25/9/18); MPS (30/8/2019); KD (13/9/2019); EL (8/9/2020); KD (26/5/2021); SVS (08/09/2022); MPS (21/10/2022); KD (20/11/2023); KD (19/1/2024) |