Sigla: Modern names for the manuscript, including inventory and publication numbers. | Berlin P. 10587 |
Category: Classification of the contents, e.g. magical (formulary or applied), alchemical, liturgical, documentary or medical. | Magical (unclear) |
Contents: | 1. Ro col. 1 ll. 1-32 – col. 2 ll. 1-32: Curse against perjurer |
Form: | Sheet |
Material: | Papyrus |
Dimensions (cm): | Height: 28.9 | Width: 26.7 | Depth: |
Dimensions (notes): | Maximum dimensions (EL 22/11/2019); 28.5 x 26.5 (Beltz 1983: p. 79) |
Folding pattern: | 3 vertical and 7 horizontal creases (?) |
State of preservation: | Complete, damage to the top right-hand corner. |
Pages/Columns: Total surviving columns in the manuscript for rolls, sheets and rotuli; total number of pages for codices. | 2 |
Pages/Columns (notes): | 2 columns recto (→), 31 and 32 lines respectively (pace Beltz who read 34 lines in column 2). |
Hand: | Berlin P. 10587 hand |
Findspot: | Hermopolis (El-Ashmunein), Egypt (TM places ID: 816) |
Place of purchase: | (TM places ID: ) |
Writingspot: | Hermopolis (El-Ashmunein), Egypt (?) (TM places ID: 816) |
Present Location: | Berlin, Staatliche Museen |
Collection History: | Excavated in Ashmunein in 1912 (Beltz 1983: p. 79). |
Trismegistos collection: Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. | 40 |
Collection website: | http://berlpap.smb.museum/ |
Notes/Discussion: | Kropp used work by (Wilhelm ?) Hengstenberg in his edition (Kropp 1931.2: p. 240). Kollesis in col. 1. |
Bibiliography |
Editions: | Beltz, Walter. “Die koptischen Zauberpapyri der Papyrus-Sammlung der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin.” Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete 29 (1983): p. 79-81, no. I 555. |
Translations: | Kropp, Angelicus. Ausgewählte koptische Zaubertexte. Übersetzungen und Anmerkungen. Vol. 2. Bruxelles: Édition de la Fondation Égyptologique Reine Élisabeth, 1931, p. 238-240, no. 72. |
General: |
Trismegistos ID: | 99582 |
PAThs: |
PGM: Papyri Gracae Magicae | SM: Supplementum Magicum | GEMF: Greek and Egyptian Magical Formularies (forthcoming) | ACM: Ancient Christian Magic | 92 |
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Bélanger Sarrazin: Bélanger-Sarrazin. “Catalogue des textes magiques coptes” | 16 |
AKZ: Ausgewählte koptische Zaubertexte | 2.72 |
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 (4/10/2018; 4/9/2019; 22/11/2019); MPS (17/9/2019); KD (22/1/2020); MPS (28/8/2020); KD (4/2/2021) |