Sigla: Modern names for the manuscript, including inventory and publication numbers. | PCM 1 31 |
Category: Classification of the contents, e.g. magical (formulary or applied), alchemical, liturgical, documentary or medical. | Magical (formulary) |
Contents: | 1. Ro ll. 1-47: Separation spell (curse). |
Form: | Rotulus |
Material: | Paper |
Dimensions (cm): | Height: 45 | Width: 9.5 | Depth: |
Dimensions (notes): | Stegemann (1938: p. 74); Dosoo/Preininger 2023: p. 413. |
Folding pattern: | |
State of preservation: | Complete, except for three lines at the beginning, which have been rubbed, and a part broken on the left. |
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. 47 lines recto, 28 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: | |
Collection History: | Acquired by Carl Schmidt on the art market in 1934 (Stegemann 1938: p. 74). Formerly Heidelberger Papyrussammlung. Perhaps lost during the Second World War (“Kriegsverlust”) (Dosoo/Preininger 2023: p. 413). |
Trismegistos collection: Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. | |
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Notes/Discussion: |
Bibiliography |
Editions: | ★ Dosoo, Korshi, and Markéta Preininger. Papyri Copticae Magicae. Coptic Magical Texts, Volume 1: Formularies (PCM I 1), Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete – Beihefte 48. Berlin: De Gruyter, 2023, p. 413-419, no. 31. |
Translations: | |
General: | Dosoo, Korshi. “Zōdion and Praxis. An Illustrated Coptic Magical Papyrus in the Macquarie University Collection.” Journal of Coptic Studies 20 (2018): 31-32. |
Trismegistos ID: | 113762 |
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” | 147 |
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 (24/9/18); MPS (12/9/2019); KD (11/12/2019); MPS (5/3/2020); EL (28/7/2020); MPS (6/3/2023); KD (20/11/2023); KD (22/1/2024) |