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Modern names for the manuscript, including inventory and publication numbers.
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P. Moscow Copt. 34 |
| Category:
Classification of the contents, e.g. magical (formulary or applied), alchemical, liturgical, documentary or medical. |
Magical (applied) |
| Contents: | 1. Ro ll. 1-28: Applied curse for Moutse against Makare and Loukie. |
| Language(s): | Egyptian (Coptic) |
| Script(s): | Coptic |
| Dialect: | Akhmimic (?) |
| Language/dialect notes: | Text displays phonological features which could be understood either as Akhmimic or Lycopolitan (L4); we opt here for Akhmimic, but note that there is an absence of barred hori (ⳉ) (KD 5/10/2021). |
| 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); No date given by Jernstedt. |
| Archive/collection:
Larger collection to which manuscript belongs. |
KYP A79 |
| Archive name: | Russian-British Akhmimic Curse Group |
| State of edition: | Published. No published image. New edition desirable. |
| Image: | http://goskatalog.ru/portal/#/collections?id=6987385 |
| Form: | Sheet |
| Material: | Papyrus |
| Dimensions (cm): | Height: 21.5 | Width: 13.9 | Depth: |
| Dimensions (notes): | Collection Website (22/6/2020). Two fragments: 21.5 x 9; 20 x 4.9. Height and width not specified in editio princeps. Original width may have been significantly greater (Jernstedt 1959: p. 82). |
| Folding pattern: | 9 (?) horizontal creases. |
| State of preservation: | Fragmentary, two fragments of single sheet. |
| 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 (↓), 28 lines. |
| 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: | Moscow, Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts |
| Collection History: | No acquisition information. |
| Trismegistos collection:
Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. |
234 |
| Collection website: | http://www.museum.ru |
| Notes/Discussion: | The victims of the curse seem to be a grandfather (Makare) and his granddaughter (Loukie). Family members mentioned but not included in the curse are Tanisce (mother of Makare) and Tanoê (daughter of Makare, mother of Loukie). |
| Bibiliography |
| Editions: | ★ Jernstedt, P. Коптские тексты государственного музея изобразительных искусств (P. Moscow Copt) (Издательство Академии наук СССР, 1959), p. 82-83, no. 34. |
| Translations: | |
| General: |
| Trismegistos ID: | 874153 |
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: | KD (17/10/2018); EL (14/6/2019); MPS (2/10/2019); Team (22/6/2020); EL (29/7/2020); KD (30/6/2021); KD (24/9/2021); KD (6/10/2021) |