Sigla: Modern names for the manuscript, including inventory and publication numbers. | Faras II 72 |
Category: Classification of the contents, e.g. magical (formulary or applied), alchemical, liturgical, documentary or medical. | Magical (applied ?) |
Contents: | 1. Ro ll.1-3: Character with initials of names of Four Living Creatures arranged in a cross |
Language(s): | Egyptian (Coptic) (?) |
Script(s): | Greek |
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Date: Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. | 1101 – 1500 |
Date notes: | DBMNT 1812 (20/3/2019); TM (20/3/2019) |
Archive/collection: Larger collection to which manuscript belongs. | KYP A43 |
Archive name: | Faras Cathedral |
State of edition: | Published. |
Image: |
Form: | Ostracon (pottery) |
Material: | Ostracon (pottery) |
Dimensions (cm): | Height: | Width: | Depth: |
Dimensions (notes): | Inscribed on bottom of vessel with 8cm diameter. |
Folding pattern: | |
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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Findspot: | Pachora (Faras), Sudan (TM places ID: 3170) |
Place of purchase: | (TM places ID: ) |
Writingspot: | Pachora (Faras), Sudan (TM places ID: 3170) |
Present Location: | Present location unknown |
Collection History: | TM (20/3/2019) |
Trismegistos collection: Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. | |
Collection website: |
Notes/Discussion: |
Bibiliography |
Editions: | Jakobielski, Stefan. “Inscriptions chrétiennes.” In Fouilles Polonaises 1961–1962 [= Faras II], edited by Kazimierz Michałowski. Warsaw, 1965, p. 192 (no. 72), pl. 58.1 |
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General: | DBMNT 1812 (http://www.dbmnt.uw.edu.pl) |
Trismegistos ID: | 370344 |
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” | 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: | KD (20/3/2019); EL (14/6/2019); KD (26/6/2019); MPS (26/11/2019); EL (13/8/2020) |