Sigla: 
Modern names for the manuscript, including inventory and publication numbers.
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British Library MS Or 6019 |
| Category:
Classification of the contents, e.g. magical (formulary or applied), alchemical, liturgical, documentary or medical. |
Magical (applied) |
| Contents: | 1. Ro ll. 1-26: Applied amulet for gathering (?) for Gabriel son of Te[…] (business spell?) |
| Form: | Sheet |
| Material: | Paper |
| Dimensions (cm): | Height: 14.9 | Width: 9.8 | Depth: |
| Dimensions (notes): | Maximum dimensions (EL from autopsy on 18/12/2019); 6 x 3 7/8 inches (Crum 1905: p. 421) |
| Folding pattern: | 4 vertical and 9 (?) horizontal creases (EL form autopsy on 18/12/2019) |
| State of preservation: | Complete, folding has rendered many letters illegible. |
| 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): | Recto 1 column, 26 lines. Crum (1905: p. 421) only counted 19 lines, excluding the initial lines with kharaktēres. |
| Hand: | Sloping hand of Zeoga’s 9th class (Crum 1905: p.421) |
| Findspot: | Thebes, Egypt (?) (TM places ID: 576) |
| Place of purchase: | Luxor, Egypt (?) (TM places ID: 2985) |
| Writingspot: | Thebes, Egypt (?) (TM places ID: 576) |
| Present Location: | London, British Library |
| Collection History: | Acquired from Rev. Chauncey Murch (1856-1907) in 1901. Catalogued with Or, 5987-6176. (Crum 1905: p. 421; List of Oriental Manuscripts: p. 226) |
| Trismegistos collection:
Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. |
192 |
| Collection website: |
| Notes/Discussion: | Framed with Or 6127 (cat. 1158), 6147 (cat. 1183), 6160 (cat. 1199), 6174 (cat. 1239) (EL from autopsy on 18/12/2019) Listed with 5987-6176 as “miscellaneous fragments” in Coptic and Greek, acquired by the British Library in 1901 (EL from British Library Catalogue on 18/12/2019) |
| Bibiliography |
| Editions: | |
| Translations: | |
| General: | Crum, Walter E. Catalogue of the Coptic Manuscripts in the British Museum. London: British Museum, 1905, 421, no. 1009. |
| Trismegistos ID: | 874171 |
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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| Bélanger Sarrazin:
Bélanger-Sarrazin. “Catalogue des textes magiques coptes” |
207 |
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 (20/9/2018); MPS (25/2/2019); KD (5/4/2019); EL (18/12/2019); Team (6/7/2020); EL (2/9/2020); KD (23/9/2020); MPS (12/1/2022) |