Sigla: 
Modern names for the manuscript, including inventory and publication numbers.
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Louvre E 14.250 |
| Category:
Classification of the contents, e.g. magical (formulary or applied), alchemical, liturgical, documentary or medical. |
Magical (applied) |
| Contents: | 1. Ro ll. 1-36 -Vo ll. 1-13: Applied curse of separation intended to separate Sipa son of Siheu from Ouerteihla the daughter of Cahaure and Cahaure herself. |
| Language(s): | Egyptian (Coptic) |
| Script(s): | Coptic |
| Dialect: | Sahidic with Lycopolitan features |
| Language/dialect notes: | See related texts for further notes. Cf. Bélanger Sarrazin (2017: p. 394), who lists as Sahidic. |
| Date:
Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. |
901 – 1000 |
| Date notes: | Based on the morphology of ⲕ and ⲙ (Drioton 1946: p. 479); TM (16/11/2018) |
| Archive/collection:
Larger collection to which manuscript belongs. |
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| Archive name: | |
| State of edition: | Published. |
| Image: | https://collections.louvre.fr/ark:/53355/cl010048235 |
| Form: | Sheet |
| Material: | Parchment |
| Dimensions (cm): | Height: 33 | Width: 15 | Depth: |
| Dimensions (notes): | Drioton 1946: p. 479 |
| Folding pattern: | 3 vertical creases, unclear number of horizontal creases (EL from image 16/11/2018) |
| State of preservation: | Complete, although considerable damage along centre fold and at the left-hand side of the middle between vertical 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. 36 lines recto, 13 lines verso. |
| Hand: |
| Findspot: | Apollonopolis (Edfu), Egypt (TM places ID: 269) |
| Place of purchase: | (TM places ID: ) |
| Writingspot: | Apollonopolis (Edfu), Egypt (?) (TM places ID: 269) |
| Present Location: | Paris, Louvre |
| Collection History: | Excavated by the French Institute at Edfu (Drioton 1946: p. 479). Acquired by the Louvre on 16/6/1932 (coll. website 1/10/2021). |
| Trismegistos collection:
Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. |
274 |
| Collection website: | https://collections.louvre.fr/ark:/53355/cl010048235 |
| Notes/Discussion: | Parchment shaped like a knife. |
| Bibiliography |
| Editions: | Crum MSS 5.5 (Griffith Institute Archive) |
| Translations: | Meyer, Marvin W., and Richard Smith. Ancient Christian Magic: Coptic Texts of Ritual Power. Princeton (New Jersey): Princeton University Press, 1999, p. 218-222, no. 109. |
| General: | Dosoo, Korshi. “Zōdion and Praxis. An Illustrated Coptic Magical Papyrus in the Macquarie University Collection.” Journal of Coptic Studies 20 (2018): 28-38. |
| Trismegistos ID: | 99997 |
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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109 |
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| Bélanger Sarrazin:
Bélanger-Sarrazin. “Catalogue des textes magiques coptes” |
149 |
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 (16/11/2018); KD (24/6/2019); MPS (12/9/2019); KD (11/12/2019); EL (8/9/2020); KD (24/9/2020); MPS (6/9/2021) |