Sigla: 
Modern names for the manuscript, including inventory and publication numbers.
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P. Hermitage Copt. 70 |
| Category:
Classification of the contents, e.g. magical (formulary or applied), alchemical, liturgical, documentary or medical. |
Magical (applied) |
| Contents: | 1. Ro ll. 1-28-Vo ll. 1-2: Applied curse against Prēstasia, Tnounte and Ebōnh |
| Language(s): | Egyptian (Coptic) |
| Script(s): | Coptic |
| Dialect: | Akhmimic |
| Language/dialect notes: | Dialect is Akhmimic, but lacks the characteristic barred hori (ⳉ). |
| Date:
Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. |
401 – 500 |
| Date notes: | 5th century date likely based on dialect and hand, cf. Vienna K 10157 (PAThs Manuscript 1028; KD + EL 22/9/2021); 5th-6th according to Crum (Kropp 1931: p. x); 301-500 CE (Jernstedt 1959: p. 151); 301-500 CE (TM 25/3/2019) |
| Archive/collection:
Larger collection to which manuscript belongs. |
KYP A79 |
| Archive name: | Russian-British Akhmimic Curse Group |
| State of edition: | Published. New edition desirable. |
| Image: |
| Form: | Rotulus |
| Material: | Papyrus |
| Dimensions (cm): | Height: 29.8 | Width: 14.9 | Depth: |
| Dimensions (notes): | From photograph (max). 30 x 15cm (Jernstedt 1959: p. 151) |
| Folding pattern: | 4 (?) horizontal creases. |
| State of preservation: | Complete, some damage to right hand side. |
| 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 recto and verso; verso text at 90 degrees to recto. 28 lines recto, 2 lines verso |
| Hand: | Russian-British Akhmimic Curse Group Hand |
| Findspot: | Upper Egypt, Egypt (?) (TM places ID: 2766) |
| Place of purchase: | (TM places ID: ) |
| Writingspot: | Upper Egypt, Egypt (?) (TM places ID: 2766) |
| Present Location: | St Petersburg, Hermitage Museum |
| Collection History: | From the collection of N. Likhachov; once housed in the Paleographical Museum of the Academy of Science in St. Petersburg; now in the Hermitage Museum (papyri.info 22/11/2018). |
| Trismegistos collection:
Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. |
316 |
| Collection website: |
| Notes/Discussion: |
| Bibiliography |
| Editions: | ★ Jernstedt, Peter V. Коптские тексты государственного Эрмитажа (P.Hermitage). Moskow-Leningrad: Izd-vo Akademii Nauk SSSR, 1959, p. 151-157, no. 70. |
| Translations: | Kropp, Angelicus. Ausgewählte koptische Zaubertexte. Übersetzungen und Anmerkungen. Vol. 2, Bruxelles: Édition de la Fondation Égyptologique Reine Élisabeth, 1931, p. 232-234, no. 70. |
| General: | Kropp, Angelicus. Ausgewählte koptische Zaubertexte. Textpublikation. Vol. 1. Bruxelles: Édition de la Fondation Égyptologique Reine Élisabeth, 1931, p. x. |
| Trismegistos ID: | 99580 |
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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90 |
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| Bélanger Sarrazin:
Bélanger-Sarrazin. “Catalogue des textes magiques coptes” |
187 |
AKZ:
Ausgewählte koptische Zaubertexte |
2.70 |
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: | KD (22/11/2018); EL (25/3/2019); MPS (17/6/2019); EL (14/8/2020); KD (2/6/2021); KD (9/6/2021); KD (22/9/2021); KD (6/10/2021); KD (25/4/2022) |