Sigla: 
Modern names for the manuscript, including inventory and publication numbers.
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Cambridge UL T-S 12.740 |
| Category:
Classification of the contents, e.g. magical (formulary or applied), alchemical, liturgical, documentary or medical. |
Magical (applied ?) |
| Contents: | 1. Ro ll. 1-28: Spell for protection against evil |
| Language(s): | Egyptian (Coptic) |
| Script(s): | Coptic |
| Dialect: | Bohairic |
| Language/dialect notes: | |
| Date:
Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. |
901 – 1200 |
| Date notes: | Estimated date by KD (18/3/2019); the material from the Cairo Genizah is said to date to 10th CE at the earliest. |
| Archive/collection:
Larger collection to which manuscript belongs. |
KYP A21 |
| Archive name: | Cairo Genizah |
| State of edition: | Unpublished. Edition in preparation by Bill Rebiger, Sebastian Richter and Jacques van der Vliet. |
| Image: |
| Form: | Sheet |
| Material: | Paper |
| Dimensions (cm): | Height: 23 | Width: 8 | Depth: |
| Dimensions (notes): | Worman 1909. |
| Folding pattern: | Folded. |
| State of preservation: | Complete. |
| Pages/Columns:
Total surviving columns in the manuscript for rolls, sheets and rotuli; total number of pages for codices.
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2 |
| Pages/Columns (notes): | 1 column recto, 1 column verso. |
| Hand: |
| Findspot: | Genizah of the Ben Ezra Synagogue, Cairo, Egypt (TM places ID: 389) |
| Place of purchase: | (TM places ID: ) |
| Writingspot: | Cairo, Egypt (?) (TM places ID: 389) |
| Present Location: | Cambridge, University Library |
| Collection History: | Part of the Cairo Genizah archive. |
| Trismegistos collection:
Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. |
79 |
| Collection website: |
| Notes/Discussion: | Contains generic name marker, but folded. Spell for protection against the evil eye and other evils followed by crosses, letter omega, six-pointed stars and the alphabet. |
| Bibiliography |
| Editions: | |
| Translations: | |
| General: | Entry for “Cambridge UL TS 12.740”, Friedberg Cairo Genizah Project (https://fgp.genizah.org; 3/10/2023) |
| Trismegistos ID: | 874269 |
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 (18/3/2019); EL (26/3/2019); MPS (14/10/2019); MPS (17/10/2019); KD (3/10/2023) |