Sigla: Modern names for the manuscript, including inventory and publication numbers. | PCM 1 35 |
Category: Classification of the contents, e.g. magical (formulary or applied), alchemical, liturgical, documentary or medical. | Magical (formulary) |
Contents: | 1. Ro ll. 1-6: Curse, perhaps separation spell (?) |
Language(s): | Egyptian (Coptic) |
Script(s): | Coptic |
Dialect: | Sahidic with slight Fayumic features |
Language/dialect notes: | Dosoo/Preininger 2023: p. 449; cf. Bélanger Sarrazin 2017: p. 396 who classifies as Sahidic. |
Date: Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. | 901 – 1100 |
Date notes: | Dated palaeographically to the tenth or eleventh century by Dosoo/Preininger (202: p. 447). Recto 10th century CE, verso 9th century CE (Bilabel and Grohmann 1934: p. 385), followed by TM (25/9/18) |
Archive/collection: Larger collection to which manuscript belongs. | |
Archive name: | |
State of edition: | Published. New edition desirable. |
Image: | https://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/p_kopt_658/0001/thumbs |
Form: | Sheet (?) |
Material: | Parchment |
Dimensions (cm): | Height: 22.3 | Width: 17.5 | Depth: |
Dimensions (notes): | See Dosoo/Preininger 2023: p. 447. Fragment a: 16 x 9 cm; Fragment b: 6.3 x 8.5 cm (Bilabel and Grohmann 1934: p. 385); Fragment c: 9.3 x 4.3 cm (Mößner and Nauerth 2015: p. 308). Approximate dimensions calculated by adding fragments a + b, since they do not overlap. |
Folding pattern: | |
State of preservation: | Four partially-preserved fragments. Fragmentary. |
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. Recto at 180 degrees to verso. 26 surviving lines recto, 19 surviving lines verso. |
Hand: |
Findspot: | Arsinoites (Fayum), Egypt (?) (TM places ID: 332) |
Place of purchase: | (TM places ID: ) |
Writingspot: | Arsinoites (Fayum), Egypt (?) (TM places ID: 332) |
Present Location: | Heidelberg, Institut für Papyrologie |
Collection History: | No acquisition information (Dosoo/Preininger 2023: p. 448). |
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_658 |
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. 384-388, no. 135. |
Translations: | |
General: | Mößner, Tamara and Claudia Nauerth. “Koptische Text und ihre Bilder.” In Ägyptische Magie und ihre Umwelt, edited by Andrea Jördens, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2015, p. 308-309. |
Trismegistos ID: | 102084 |
PAThs: |
PGM: Papyri Gracae Magicae | SM: Supplementum Magicum | GEMF: Greek and Egyptian Magical Formularies (forthcoming) | ACM: Ancient Christian Magic | ||||
Bélanger Sarrazin: Bélanger-Sarrazin. “Catalogue des textes magiques coptes” | 174 |
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: | EL (25/9/18); MPS (9/9/2019); KD (2/12/2019); MPS (3/9/2020); MPS (10/11/2022); KD (7/3/2023); KD (20/11/2023); KD (20/11/2023); KD (22/1/2024) |