Sigla: Modern names for the manuscript, including inventory and publication numbers. | Vienna, Nationalbibliothek K 04437 Pap |
Category: Classification of the contents, e.g. magical (formulary or applied), alchemical, liturgical, documentary or medical. | Magical (applied) |
Contents: | 1. Ro ll. x+1-x+9: Applied amulet for healing/protection against fever invoking the names of the Three Jewish Youths. |
Language(s): | Egyptian (Coptic) |
Script(s): | Coptic |
Dialect: | Sahidic with Fayumic features |
Language/dialect notes: | See related texts for further notes. |
Date: Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. | 801 – 900 |
Date notes: | Till 1942: p. 102; TM (9/10/2018); Online Catalogue (22/1/2019) |
Archive/collection: Larger collection to which manuscript belongs. | |
Archive name: | |
State of edition: | Published. No published image. New edition desirable. |
Image: | http://data.onb.ac.at/rep/10201DBE |
Form: | Sheet |
Material: | Papyrus |
Dimensions (cm): | Height: 9.5 | Width: 9.5 | Depth: |
Dimensions (notes): | The original size is unknown, the sheet was damaged. Original width probably 10.5 cm (Till 1942: p. 102). 10 x 10cm (Online Catalogue) |
Folding pattern: | 5 horizontal, 3 (?) vertical creases. |
State of preservation: | Fragmentary, broken and the top and left side, otherwise legible. Eaten by worms. |
Pages/Columns: Total surviving columns in the manuscript for rolls, sheets and rotuli; total number of pages for codices. | 1 |
Pages/Columns (notes): | 1 column recto (↓), 9 surviving lines. |
Hand: |
Findspot: | Egypt (TM places ID: 49) |
Place of purchase: | (TM places ID: ) |
Writingspot: | Egypt (TM places ID: 49) |
Present Location: | Vienna, Nationalbibliothek |
Collection History: | No acquisition information. |
Trismegistos collection: Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. | 357 |
Collection website: | http://data.onb.ac.at/rec/RZ00008248 |
Notes/Discussion: |
Bibiliography |
Editions: | ★ Till, Walter. “Koptische Kleinliteratur 1–4.” Zeitschrift für Ägyptische Sprache und Altertumskunde 77 (1942): 102–104, no. 1. |
Translations: | |
General: | Bélanger Sarrazin, Roxanne. “’Just as You Quenched the Fiery Furnace of Nebuchadnezzar, Also Quench Every Fever.’ The Three Holy Children in Coptic Magic.” Vigiliae Christianae 78 (2024): 58-86, esp. p. 82. |
Trismegistos ID: | 108607 |
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” | 238 |
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: | MPS 9/10/2018; EL (22/1/2019); KD (5/9/2019); EL (10/7/2020); EL (21/7/2020); MPS (10/2/2021); KD (25/4/2021); KD (5/1/2023); KD (2/2/2024) |