Sigla: Modern names for the manuscript, including inventory and publication numbers. | P. Hermitage Copt. 69 |
Category: Classification of the contents, e.g. magical (formulary or applied), alchemical, liturgical, documentary or medical. | Unclear |
Contents: | 1. Ro ll. 1-7: Unclear; mention of the “kingdom of Satan in the West” (ⲧⲙⲛⲧⲉⲣⲟ ⲙⲡⲥⲁⲇⲁⲛⲁⲥ ϩⲛ ⲙⲙⲁ ⲛϩⲱⲧⲡ) |
Form: | Sheet |
Material: | Paper |
Dimensions (cm): | Height: 3.2 | Width: 12.2 | Depth: |
Dimensions (notes): | Jernstedt (1959: p. 150). |
Folding pattern: | |
State of preservation: | Incomplete, ‘upper part of the sheet lost’ (Jernstedt 1959: p. 150). |
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. 5 surviving lines recto, 3 verso. Recto text is written in various directions – lines 1-2 at 180 degrees to verso, lines 3-5 in same orientation as verso, and one line each at either side at ninety degrees. |
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Findspot: | Egypt (TM places ID: 49) |
Place of purchase: | (TM places ID: ) |
Writingspot: | Egypt (TM places ID: 49) |
Present Location: | St Petersburg, Hermitage Museum |
Collection History: | No acquisition information. |
Trismegistos collection: Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. | 316 |
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Notes/Discussion: | Described in Jernstedt 1959: p. 150 as “Бумага”, i.e. paper, pace TM which lists as parchment (KD 10/11/2020). |
Bibiliography |
Editions: | Jernstedt, Peter Viktorovich. Коптские тексты государственного Эрмитажа (P.Hermitage). Moskow-Leningrad: Izd-vo Akademii Nauk SSSR, 1959, p. 150-151, no. 69. |
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Trismegistos ID: | 109332 |
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” | 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 (22/3/2019); MPS (24/6/2019); KD (10/11/2020) |