Sigla: 
Modern names for the manuscript, including inventory and publication numbers.
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Pap. Wessely Pragensis Orient. Kopt. II,31 |
| Category:
Classification of the contents, e.g. magical (formulary or applied), alchemical, liturgical, documentary or medical. |
Magical (formulary) |
| Contents: | 1. Ro, Vo: Magical formulary, very fragmentary. |
| Form: | Sheet (?) |
| Material: | Papyrus |
| Dimensions (cm): | Height: 10.9 | Width: 5.2 | Depth: |
| Dimensions (notes): | Private communication from Zuzana Vítková 16/9/2024. |
| Folding pattern: | 4 horizontal and 6 vertical creases. Folded size ca. 2 cm (H) x 1.7 cm (W). |
| State of preservation: | Very fragmentary; left margin (viewed from recto) preserved, all other margins lost, only 3 letters survive on each line of recto, 1 per line of verso. |
| 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 (→). 15 preserved lines recto, 9 verso. |
| Hand: |
| Findspot: | Egypt (TM places ID: 49) |
| Place of purchase: | (TM places ID: ) |
| Writingspot: | Egypt (TM places ID: 49) |
| Present Location: | Prague, Oriental Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences (Czech Republic) |
| Collection History: | Formerly the property of Karl Wessely, bequeathed to Theodor Hopfner, who subsequently sold them to the National Library in Prague (Private communication Zuzana Vítková 24/4/2020). |
| Trismegistos collection:
Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. |
1892 |
| Collection website: | The manuscript belongs to the oriental part of the private collection of prof. Karl Wessely, probably acquired in 1904 in Paris. After the death of prof. Wessely, the whole collection was inherited by prof. Theodor Hopfner, who sorted the manuscripts and sold them to the Prague University Library. The oriental part of the collection has found its place in the Oriental Institute (information from Z. Vítková (16/9/2024)). |
| Notes/Discussion: |
| Bibiliography |
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| General: |
| Trismegistos ID: | 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” |
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: | KD (16/9/2024) |