Sigla: 
Modern names for the manuscript, including inventory and publication numbers.
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Leiden F 1965/8.5 |
| Category:
Classification of the contents, e.g. magical (formulary or applied), alchemical, liturgical, documentary or medical. |
Magical (applied) |
| Contents: | 1. Concave ll. 1-44: Applied curse against Harōn son of Tkouikira. |
| Language(s): | Egyptian (Coptic) |
| Script(s): | Coptic |
| Dialect: | Sahidic (non-standard) |
| Language/dialect notes: | Drescher suggests Lower Thebaid (Drescher 1948: p. 267) |
| Date:
Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. |
901 – 1000 |
| Date notes: | Collection Website; c.901 (Drescher 1948: p. 268); 801-1100 (TM 21/3/2019). |
| Archive/collection:
Larger collection to which manuscript belongs. |
KYP A47 |
| Archive name: | Asyut Bone Curse Dossier |
| State of edition: | Published. |
| Image: | https://www.rmo.nl/imageproxy/jpg/204906 |
| Form: | Rib |
| Material: | Bone (bovine, rib) |
| Dimensions (cm): | Height: 52 | Width: 5 | Depth: 1 |
| Dimensions (notes): | 46-52 x 5 x 1 cm (Drescher 1948: p. 267). |
| Folding pattern: | |
| State of preservation: | Complete (almost). |
| 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 concave and convex, concave 44 lines, convex 86 lines. |
| Hand: | Asyut Bone Curse scribe. |
| Findspot: | Panopolis (Akhmim), Egypt (?) (TM places ID: 1589) |
| Place of purchase: | (TM places ID: ) |
| Writingspot: | Panopolis (Akhmim), Egypt (?) (TM places ID: 1589) |
| Present Location: | Leiden, National Museum of Antiquities |
| Collection History: | Sold to the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden in 1965 from Johan Möger, a dealer from Soest in the Netherlands (private communication from Daniel Soliman, 24/6/2019). Previously in the collection of M. Robert Nahman, Cairo Antiquities Dealer (Drescher 1948: p. 267). Photographs in the Coptic Museum (Drescher 1948: p. 267). |
| Trismegistos collection:
Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. |
178 |
| Collection website: | https://www.rmo.nl/collectie/collectiezoeker/collectiestuk/?object=22460 |
| Notes/Discussion: | Written in blood or red ink (Drescher 1948: p. 267). For the identification of the bone as a bovine, see Kitagawa (2023), discussing KYP M456, another bone from the dossier. |
| Bibiliography |
| Editions: | Drescher, James. “A Coptic Malediction.” Annales du service des antiquités de l‘Égypte (ASAE) 48 (1948), p. 267-276. |
| Translations: | Pernigotti, Sergio. “La magia copta: i testi.” In Aufstieg und Niedergang der römischen Welt II 18.5, edited by W. Hasse and H. Temporini. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 1995, p. 3721-3722, no. 26. |
| General: | Dosoo, Korshi. “The Powers of Death: Memory, Place, and Eschatology in a Coptic Curse”, Religion in the Roman Empire 7.2 (2021), 167-194. |
| Trismegistos ID: | 874161 |
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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98 |
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| Bélanger Sarrazin:
Bélanger-Sarrazin. “Catalogue des textes magiques coptes” |
42 |
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: | EL (21/3/2019); KD (24/5/2019); MPS (20/9/2019); MPS (27/8/2020); KD (27/11/2020); MPS (15/2/2021); KD (26/3/2021); KD (8/11/2021) |