Sigla: 
Modern names for the manuscript, including inventory and publication numbers.
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Columbia inv. 556 |
| Category:
Classification of the contents, e.g. magical (formulary or applied), alchemical, liturgical, documentary or medical. |
Magical (applied ?) |
| Contents: | 1. Ro ll. 1-9: Sheet with images and magical names, perhaps love spell based on tableau (?). |
| Language(s): | Egyptian (Coptic) (?) |
| Script(s): | Coptic |
| Dialect: | |
| Language/dialect notes: | |
| Date:
Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. |
301 – 1200 |
| Date notes: | TM (26/4/2019); Placeholder date as manuscript is unpublished and so undated. Probably towards the latter end of this range (KD 2/4/2020). |
| Archive/collection:
Larger collection to which manuscript belongs. |
KYP A26 |
| Archive name: | Oxford Magical Artist Dossier |
| State of edition: | Unpublished. |
| Image: |
| Form: | Sheet |
| Material: | Parchment |
| Dimensions (cm): | Height: 11.4 | Width: 15.9 | Depth: |
| Dimensions (notes): | APIS (26/4/2019) |
| Folding pattern: | 2 horizontal, 3 vertical creases. |
| State of preservation: | Complete, substantial damage along folds and from being worm-eaten. |
| 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, 9 lines. Written on hair side (col. website). |
| Hand: | Oxford Magical Artist |
| Findspot: | Egypt (TM places ID: 49) |
| Place of purchase: | (TM places ID: ) |
| Writingspot: | Egypt (TM places ID: 49) |
| Present Location: | New York, Columbia University |
| Collection History: | Acquired by Columbia University through Professor Gottheil (personal communication, Lajos Berkes 6/7/2018). |
| Trismegistos collection:
Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. |
245 |
| Collection website: | http://papyri.info/apis/columbia.apis.p1797 |
| Notes/Discussion: | Trismegistos mistakenly lists as papyrus. |
| Bibiliography |
| Editions: | http://papyri.info/apis/columbia.apis.p1797 |
| Translations: | |
| General: |
| Trismegistos ID: | 321258 |
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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| 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 |
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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 (26/4/2019); EL (21/6/2019); KD (2/4/2020); MPS (26/8/2020) |