Sigla: 
Modern names for the manuscript, including inventory and publication numbers.
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P. Heid. Inv. Kopt. 544b |
| Category:
Classification of the contents, e.g. magical (formulary or applied), alchemical, liturgical, documentary or medical. |
Magical (applied) |
| Contents: | 1. Ro ll. 1-21: Applied amulet for the healing and protection of Ahmēt, the son of Mariam. |
| Language(s): | Egyptian (Coptic) |
| Script(s): | Coptic |
| Dialect: | Sahidic with Fayumic features |
| Language/dialect notes: | See related text for further notes. Sahidic (Bélanger Sarrazin 2017: p. 394). |
| Date:
Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. |
901 – 1100 |
| Date notes: | Tenth to eleventh century date seems likely; the and resembles an informal version of those of the Teshlot archive (see PCM vol. I p. 455) dating to the early 11th century (KD 8/4/2023); 641-1400 (TM 19/9/2018). |
| Archive/collection:
Larger collection to which manuscript belongs. |
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| Archive name: | |
| State of edition: | Published. |
| Image: | http://www.rzuser.uni-heidelberg.de/~gv0/Papyri/K0544_Quecke/ |
| Form: | Sheet |
| Material: | Parchment |
| Dimensions (cm): | Height: 7.3 | Width: 6.5 | Depth: |
| Dimensions (notes): | Quecke (1963); 8.1 x 6.4cm (Meyer & Smith 1999: p. 101) |
| Folding pattern: | 7 horizontal creases and 2 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.
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1 |
| Pages/Columns (notes): | 1 column recto, 21 lines. |
| Hand: |
| Findspot: | Egypt (TM places ID: 49) |
| Place of purchase: | (TM places ID: ) |
| Writingspot: | Egypt (TM places ID: 49) |
| Present Location: | Heidelberg, Institut für Papyrologie |
| Collection History: | Acquired in 1896 by K. Reinhardt as part of a large number of papyri, parchments and wooden tablets, and sold 1897 to the University of Heidelberg (Seider 1964: p. 143-4. 168). |
| Trismegistos collection:
Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. |
156 |
| Collection website: | http://www.rzuser.uni-heidelberg.de/%7Egv0/Papyri/K0544_Quecke/K0544_Quecke.html |
| Notes/Discussion: | Not catalogued by Mößner and Nauerth 2015 [EL] |
| Bibiliography |
| Editions: | Quecke, Hans. “Zwei koptische Amulette der Papyrussammlung der Universität Heidelberg.” Le Muséon 76 (1963): 248–254. |
| Translations: | Meyer, Marvin W., and Richard Smith. Ancient Christian Magic: Coptic Texts of Ritual Power. Princeton (New Jersey): Princeton University Press, 1999, p. 101, no. 54. |
| General: | Seider, Richard. “Aus der Arbeit der Universitätsinstitute. Die Universitäts-Papyrussammlung.” Heidelberger Jahrbücher 8 (1964): 142-203. |
| Trismegistos ID: | 98048 |
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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54 |
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| Bélanger Sarrazin:
Bélanger-Sarrazin. “Catalogue des textes magiques coptes” |
150 |
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 |
0 |
Bruyn-Dijkstra:
de Bruyn and Dijkstra, “Greek Amulets and Formularies (Checklist)" |
TheDefix:
Thesaurus Defixionum |
To Zodion: |
| Edit History: | MPS (19/9/2018); EL (24/9/18); KD (11/12/2019); MPS (2/9/2020); EL (24/2/2021); SVS (08/09/2022) |