Sigla: 
Modern names for the manuscript, including inventory and publication numbers.
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P. CtYBR inv. 1792 qua |
| Category:
Classification of the contents, e.g. magical (formulary or applied), alchemical, liturgical, documentary or medical. |
Magical (applied) |
| Contents: | 1. Ro ll.1-22: Applied amulet for healing/protection against snakebites (?) |
| Language(s): | Egyptian (Coptic) |
| Script(s): | Coptic |
| Dialect: | Sahidic |
| Language/dialect notes: | |
| Date:
Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. |
575 – 625 |
| Date notes: | TM 20/9/2018. Parássoglou 1974: p. 107 states late sixth or early seventh century. |
| Archive/collection:
Larger collection to which manuscript belongs. |
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| Archive name: | |
| State of edition: | Published |
| Image: | https://hdl.handle.net/10079/digcoll/2759554 |
| Form: | Sheet |
| Material: | Papyrus |
| Dimensions (cm): | Height: 24.2 | Width: 22.9 | Depth: |
| Dimensions (notes): | Parássoglou (1974: p. 107); Meyer & Smith (1999: p. 101); Collection Website (2/1/2019) |
| Folding pattern: | 6 horizontal and 2 vertical creases. |
| State of preservation: | May be complete, but ink traces at top suggest that the upper margin may have been lost. Small amount of damage, holes, which constituted the corners of the folded package. |
| 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): | 1 column recto, 22 lines. |
| Hand: | P. CtYBR inv. 1792 qua hand |
| Findspot: | Egypt (TM places ID: 49) |
| Place of purchase: | (TM places ID: ) |
| Writingspot: | Egypt (TM places ID: 49) |
| Present Location: | New Haven, Yale University, Beinecke Library |
| Collection History: | Acquired in 1964, purchased from Hans P. Kraus in New York along with P. CtYBR inv. 1739-1878, 2248-2268, 2896-2943, 2956, 2978-2981, 2987-3033, 3037-3056, 3548 (Online Catalogue 1/2/2019; Emmel 1993-2017). |
| Trismegistos collection:
Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. |
242 |
| Collection website: | https://hdl.handle.net/10079/digcoll/2759554 |
| Notes/Discussion: | Cf. Stud. Pap. 13 (1974), p. 107: ‘P. Yale inv. 1792’; the same inv_no in P. Yale 1 45, so apparently some mistake has been made. |
| Bibiliography |
| Editions: | Parássoglou, George M. “A Christian Amulet against Snakebite.” Studia Papyrologica no. 13 (1974): 107–110 (transcription and translation). |
| Translations: | Meyer, Marvin W., and Richard Smith. Ancient Christian Magic: Coptic Texts of Ritual Power. Princeton (New Jersey): Princeton University Press, 1999, p. 101-102, no. 55. |
| General: | Bélanger Sarrazin, Roxanne. “Les appels au « Jésus guérisseur » dans les formules iatromagiques coptes”, in Études coptes XVI. Dix-huitième journée d’études (Bruxelles, 22-24 juin 2017) (Cahiers de la bibiothèque copte 23), edited by Anne Boud’hors, Esther Garel, Catherine Louis and Naïm Vanthieghem. Paris: Éditions de Boccard, 2020, p. 196. |
| Trismegistos ID: | 98049 |
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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55 |
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| Bélanger Sarrazin:
Bélanger-Sarrazin. “Catalogue des textes magiques coptes” |
232 |
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: | MPS (20/9/2018); EL (1/2/2019; 5/2/2019); KD (23/1/2020); MPS (13/4/2021); KD (13/6/2024); KD (14/6/2024) |