Sigla: Modern names for the manuscript, including inventory and publication numbers. | PCM 1 3 |
Category: Classification of the contents, e.g. magical (formulary or applied), alchemical, liturgical, documentary or medical. | Magical (formulary) |
Contents: | 1. Ro col. 1 ll. 1-34: Curse to make a woman bleed. |
Language(s): | Egyptian (Coptic) |
Script(s): | Coptic |
Dialect: | Sahidic (non-standard) |
Language/dialect notes: | Worrell 1934: p. 145 notes that there is no trace of Lycopolitan influence. See related texts for further notes. |
Date: Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. | 401 – 600 |
Date notes: | Dosoo/Preininger (2023: p. 59) suggest a fifth or sixth century date. Worrell 1934: p. 145 dates to the fifth century; Online Catalogue (19/11/2018); 401-800 (TM 2/11/2018). |
Archive/collection: Larger collection to which manuscript belongs. | |
Archive name: | |
State of edition: | Published. |
Image: | https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-1328/1190ro.tif |
Form: | Roll |
Material: | Papyrus |
Dimensions (cm): | Height: 29.9 | Width: 29.6 | Depth: |
Dimensions (notes): | (Online Catalogue 19/11/2018); 11 1/2 inches (Worrell 1935: p. 5). |
Folding pattern: | |
State of preservation: | Complete, some damage in the middle of the papyrus. |
Pages/Columns: Total surviving columns in the manuscript for rolls, sheets and rotuli; total number of pages for codices. | 4 |
Pages/Columns (notes): | 2 columns each, recto and verso. Recto (→) col. 1 35 lines, col. 2 38 lines, verso (↓) col. 1 19 lines, col. 2 10 lines, verso col. 2 is at 90 degrees (→) to col. 1. |
Hand: |
Findspot: | Abydos, Egypt (TM places ID: 34) |
Place of purchase: | (TM places ID: ) |
Writingspot: | Abydos. Egypt (?) (TM places ID: 34) |
Present Location: | Ann Arbor, Michigan University, Library |
Collection History: | Acquired by Nahman. Numbers 1190-1201 were purchased from an appropriation by the Regents. Received Jan. 5, 1922 (Online Catalogue 17/8/2020). |
Trismegistos collection: Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. | 12 |
Collection website: | https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-1328/1190v.tif |
Notes/Discussion: | Two columns on recto divided by a vertical stroke. |
Bibiliography |
Editions: | ★ Dosoo, Korshi, and Markéta Preininger. Papyri Copticae Magicae. Coptic Magical Texts, Volume 1: Formularies (PCM I 1), Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete – Beihefte 48. Berlin: De Gruyter, 2023, p. 58-67, no. 3. |
Translations: | Meyer, Marvin W., and Richard Smith. Ancient Christian Magic: Coptic Texts of Ritual Power. Princeton (New Jersey): Princeton University Press, 1999, p. 125-127, no. 66. |
General: |
Trismegistos ID: | 98058 |
PAThs: |
PGM: Papyri Gracae Magicae | SM: Supplementum Magicum | GEMF: Greek and Egyptian Magical Formularies (forthcoming) | ACM: Ancient Christian Magic | 66 |
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Bélanger Sarrazin: Bélanger-Sarrazin. “Catalogue des textes magiques coptes” | 162 |
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 (2/11/2018); EL (19/11/2018); KD (24/1/2020); MPS (17/8/2020); KD (14/2/2022); SVS (08/09/2022); KD (20/11/2023); KD (8/1/2024) |