Sigla: 
Modern names for the manuscript, including inventory and publication numbers.
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Berlin P. 21911 |
| Category:
Classification of the contents, e.g. magical (formulary or applied), alchemical, liturgical, documentary or medical. |
Magical (applied) |
| Contents: | 1. Ro ll. 1-9: Prayer for the healing of the eye ailments of Phoibammon, son of Athanasios. |
| Language(s): | Greek |
| Script(s): | Greek |
| Dialect: | |
| Language/dialect notes: | |
| Date:
Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. |
401 – 500 |
| Date notes: | Daniel & Maltomini (1990: p. 72); Meyer & Smith (1994: p. 32). |
| Archive/collection:
Larger collection to which manuscript belongs. |
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| Archive name: | |
| State of edition: | Published. |
| Image: | https://berlpap.smb.museum/Original/P_21911_V_001.jpg |
| Form: | Sheet |
| Material: | Papyrus |
| Dimensions (cm): | Height: 4.2 | Width: 5.2 | Depth: |
| Dimensions (notes): | Meyer & Smith (1994: p. 32). |
| Folding pattern: | Two vertical creases. |
| State of preservation: | Complete with some damage. Broken away at the bottom. |
| 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. |
| Hand: |
| Findspot: | Egypt (TM places ID: 49) |
| Place of purchase: | (TM places ID: ) |
| Writingspot: | Egypt (TM places ID: 49) |
| Present Location: | Berlin, Staatliche Museen |
| Collection History: | No acquisition information. |
| Trismegistos collection:
Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. |
40 |
| Collection website: | https://berlpap.smb.museum/04918/ |
| Notes/Discussion: | Meyer & Smith (1994: p. 32) note that the prayer must be addressed to the Virgin Mary and that the text closes with a citation of Psalm 91:1. |
| Bibiliography |
| Editions: | Daniel, Robert W., and Franco Maltomini. Supplementum Magicum. Vol. 1. Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag, 1990, p. 72-73, no. 26. |
| Translations: | Meyer, Marvin W., and Richard Smith. Ancient Christian Magic: Coptic Texts of Ritual Power. Princeton (New Jersey): Princeton University Press, 1999, p. 32, no. 5. |
| General: | Horsley, Greg H. R. New Documents Illustrating Early Christianity. Sydney: Macquarie University, 1983, p. 118-119, no. 93. |
| Trismegistos ID: | 64703 |
PAThs: |
| PGM:
Papyri Gracae Magicae
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SM:
Supplementum Magicum
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26 |
GEMF:
Greek and Egyptian Magical Formularies (forthcoming)
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ACM:
Ancient Christian Magic
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5 |
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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 |
06033.000 |
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| Van H:
van Haelst, Catalogue des papyrus littéraires |
Bruyn-Dijkstra:
de Bruyn and Dijkstra, “Greek Amulets and Formularies (Checklist)" |
67 |
TheDefix:
Thesaurus Defixionum |
To Zodion: |
| Edit History: | ST (13/11/2020); KD (17/11/2020) |