Sigla: 
Modern names for the manuscript, including inventory and publication numbers.
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BL Ms. Or. 6794 |
| Category:
Classification of the contents, e.g. magical (formulary or applied), alchemical, liturgical, documentary or medical. |
Magical (formulary ?) |
| Contents: | 1. Ro ll. 1-61: Spell to obtain a good singing voice for Severos, the son of Iouanna. |
| Language(s): | Egyptian (Coptic) |
| Script(s): | Coptic |
| Dialect: | Sahidic |
| Language/dialect notes: | See related texts for further notes; cf. Bélanger Sarrazin (2017: p. 382) |
| Date:
Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. |
551 – 650 |
| Date notes: | c. 600 CE (Crum in Kropp 1931: p. xi); 501-700 (Bélanger Sarrazin 2017: p. 382); 476-525 (TM 23/1/2019) |
| Archive/collection:
Larger collection to which manuscript belongs. |
KYP A15 |
| Archive name: | British Museum Portfolio |
| State of edition: | Published. New edition desirable. |
| Image: |
| Form: | Rotulus |
| Material: | Papyrus |
| Dimensions (cm): | Height: 59 | Width: 16.5 | Depth: |
| Dimensions (notes): | Kropp (1931: p. 29) |
| Folding pattern: | |
| State of preservation: | Complete, damaged along folds (squashed roll). |
| 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, 61 lines. |
| Hand: | British Museum Scribe |
| Findspot: | Thebes, Egypt (?) (TM places ID: 2355) |
| Place of purchase: | (TM places ID: ) |
| Writingspot: | Thebes, Egypt (?) (TM places ID: 2355) |
| Present Location: | London, British Library |
| Collection History: | Acquired in 1907 with Or 6795, 6796 (1-4) (List of Oriental Manuscripts: p. 301) |
| Trismegistos collection:
Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. |
192 |
| Collection website: |
| Notes/Discussion: | Mounted in such a way that the verso is not visible. Contains generic name marker several times, but also contains a personal name at the end. |
| Bibiliography |
| Editions: | Kropp, Angelicus. Ausgewählte koptische Zaubertexte. Textpublikation. Vol. 1, Bruxelles: Édition de la Fondation Égyptologique Reine Élisabeth, 1931, p. 29-34, no. E. |
| Translations: | Kropp, Angelicus. Ausgewählte koptische Zaubertexte. Übersetzungen und Anmerkungen. Vol. 2, Bruxelles: Édition de la Fondation Égyptologique Reine Élisabeth, 1931, p. 104-109, no. 32. |
| General: | Department of Oriental P.B. and Mss. (British Library), List of Oriental Manuscripts 1890-1908, Or. 4047-6947, p. 301. |
| Trismegistos ID: | 100017 |
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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129 |
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| Bélanger Sarrazin:
Bélanger-Sarrazin. “Catalogue des textes magiques coptes” |
45 |
AKZ:
Ausgewählte koptische Zaubertexte |
1.E, 2.32 |
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 (21/3/2019); KD (4/4/2019); KD (5/4/2019); MPS (30/8/2019); EL (2/9/2020); KD (27/1/2022) |