Sigla: Modern names for the manuscript, including inventory and publication numbers. | IFAO Copte 451 |
Category: Classification of the contents, e.g. magical (formulary or applied), alchemical, liturgical, documentary or medical. | Magical (applied) |
Contents: | Ro ll. 1-36 -Vo ll. 1-17: Applied curse against Mariam, her brother Kallinikos, and various other figures. |
Form: | Sheet |
Material: | Papyrus |
Dimensions (cm): | Height: 29 | Width: 16.2 | Depth: |
Dimensions (notes): | Louis 2009: p. 25. |
Folding pattern: | Folded in antiquity (TM 19/10/2018); possibly folded 8 times (Louis 2009: p. 25), i.e. 8 horizontal creases. |
State of preservation: | Complete. |
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. Recto 36 lines, verso 17 lines. |
Hand: | Similar to IFAO Copte 449 (Aberdeen Scribe) |
Findspot: | Upper Egypt, Egypt (?) (TM places ID: 2766) |
Place of purchase: | (TM places ID: ) |
Writingspot: | Upper Egypt, Egypt (?) (TM places ID: 2766) |
Present Location: | Cairo, IFAO |
Collection History: | Found in a drawer in IFAO in Cairo in February 2007 (Louis 2009: p. 25). |
Trismegistos collection: Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. | 74 |
Collection website: |
Notes/Discussion: | Linked with IFAO Copte 449 in so far as they were found in the same drawer and Rémondon had worked on both; they exhibit similar hands, and have similar content (Louis 2009: p. 25) |
Bibiliography |
Editions: | Louis, Catherine. “Une prière magique copte en dialecte achmimîque.” In Études coptes XII. Quatorzième journée d’études (Rome, 11-13 juin 2009), edited by Anne Boud’hors and Catherine Louis. Paris: De Boccard, 2013, p. 25-36. |
Translations: | |
General: | van der Vliet, Jacques. “Christian Spells and Manuals from Egypt.” In Guide to the Study of Ancient Magic, edited by David Frankfurter. Leiden: Brill, 2019, p. 346-347 |
Trismegistos ID: | 316185 |
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” | 125 |
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 (19/10/2018); MPS (16/9/2019); KD (14/1/2020); MPS (1/9/2020); KD (28/4/2021); KD (11/5/2021); KD (2/6/2021); KD (22/9/2021) |