Sigla: Modern names for the manuscript, including inventory and publication numbers. | P. Macq. inv. 588 |
Category: Classification of the contents, e.g. magical (formulary or applied), alchemical, liturgical, documentary or medical. | Magical (formulary ?) |
Contents: | See “notes/discussion” field. |
Form: | Sheet |
Material: | Papyrus |
Dimensions (cm): | Height: 8.4 | Width: 12 | Depth: |
Dimensions (notes): | Dosoo (2018: p. 15). |
Folding pattern: | 1 horizontal crease. |
State of preservation: | Fragmentary; upper, lower and right-hand edges lost. |
Pages/Columns: Total surviving columns in the manuscript for rolls, sheets and rotuli; total number of pages for codices. | 1 |
Pages/Columns (notes): | 1 column recto (↓), 14 lines. |
Hand: | P. Macq. inv. 588 Hand |
Findspot: | Egypt (TM places ID: 49) |
Place of purchase: | (TM places ID: ) |
Writingspot: | Egypt (TM places ID: 49) |
Present Location: | Sydney, Macquarie University |
Collection History: | Purchased after 1972 (Dosoo 2018: p. 11-12). |
Trismegistos collection: Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. | 210 |
Collection website: |
Notes/Discussion: | According to the available information it appears that this manuscript was purchased after the implementation of the Egyptian law no. 117 of 1983 on the protection of antiquities, as amended by law no. 3 of 2010, and has not been demonstrated to have left Egypt before this date. For this reason, we provide a basic description of its material format in order to allow it to be traced, but do not comment on its contents, in accordance with the International Association of Coptic Studies Resolution on the Ethical Handling of Cultural Heritage, adopted after the meeting of 16 July 2022. |
Bibiliography |
Editions: | Dosoo, Korshi. “Zōdion and Praxis. An Illustrated Coptic Magical Papyrus in the Macquarie University Collection.” Journal of Coptic Studies 20 (2018): 11–22. |
Translations: | |
General: |
Trismegistos ID: | 754114 |
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” | 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: | KD (21/9/2018); KD (24/10/2018); KD (26/11/2018); MPS (26/2/2019); team (10/7/2020); SVS (11/09/2022) |