Sigla: Modern names for the manuscript, including inventory and publication numbers. | Uppsala, University Library Pap. Gr. 8 |
Category: Classification of the contents, e.g. magical (formulary or applied), alchemical, liturgical, documentary or medical. | Magical (applied) |
Contents: | 1. Ro, Vo ll.1-19: Applied curse for Sabinos against Severine, his daughter, and Didymos. |
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. | 501 – 600 |
Date notes: | Daniel and Maltomini 1992: p. 50. |
Archive/collection: Larger collection to which manuscript belongs. | KYP A56 |
Archive name: | Sabinos Curse Dossier |
State of edition: | Published. |
Image: |
Form: | Sheet |
Material: | Papyrus |
Dimensions (cm): | Height: 32.5 | Width: 16 | Depth: |
Dimensions (notes): | Daniel and Maltomini 1992: p. 50. |
Folding pattern: | Seems to have been folded (Daniel and Maltomini 1992: p. 50). |
State of preservation: | Well preserved, some damage. |
Pages/Columns: Total surviving columns in the manuscript for rolls, sheets and rotuli; total number of pages for codices. | 2 |
Pages/Columns (notes): | 1 column each, recto (→) and verso (↓). 18 lines recto, 1 lines verso. |
Hand: |
Findspot: | Panopolis (Akhmim), Egypt (TM places ID: 1589) |
Place of purchase: | (TM places ID: ) |
Writingspot: | Panopolis (Akhmim), Egypt (TM places ID: 1589) |
Present Location: | Uppsala, University Library |
Collection History: | Purchased on the antiquities market prior to 1938 (Björck 1938: p. 5 n. 1). |
Trismegistos collection: Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. | 343 |
Collection website: |
Notes/Discussion: |
Bibiliography |
Editions: | Björck, Gudmund. Der Fluch des Christen Sabinus (Pap. Upsaliensis 8). Uppsala: Almqvist et Wiksell, 1938, p. 6-7 et passim. |
Translations: | |
General: | Bell, Harold Idris. “Review of Gudmund Björck, Der Fluch des Christen Sabinus. Papyrus Upsaliensis 8.” Journal of Hellenic Studies 59 (1939): p. 327. |
Trismegistos ID: | 65108 |
PAThs: |
PGM: Papyri Gracae Magicae | SM: Supplementum Magicum | 59 |
GEMF: Greek and Egyptian Magical Formularies (forthcoming) | ACM: Ancient Christian Magic | |||
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 | ||||
Van H: van Haelst, Catalogue des papyrus littéraires | 1000 |
Bruyn-Dijkstra: de Bruyn and Dijkstra, “Greek Amulets and Formularies (Checklist)" | 78 |
TheDefix: Thesaurus Defixionum | 311 |
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Edit History: | KD (25/3/2019); KD (11/12/2020) |