Magical (formulary)Bought from Christie’s in 1996 (Collection website 26/8/2020).https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details/collection_image_gallery.aspx?partid=1&assetid=1613282438&objectid=1554118https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/Y_EA75406BlackSee “notes/discussion” field.Placeholder date as manuscript is unpublished and so undated.401900Calculated by KD from photo using Photoshop (5/2/2020).EL (11/3/2019); MPS (24/9/2019); KD (5/2/2020); MPS (26/8/2020); KD (24/9/2021)EgyptSheet55519Egyptian (Coptic)PapyrusAccording to the available information it appears that this manuscript was purchased after the implementation of the Egyptian law no. 117 of 1983 on the protection of antiquities, as amended by law no. 3 of 2010, and has not been demonstrated to have left Egypt before this date. For this reason, we provide a basic description of its material format in order to allow it to be traced, but do not comment on its contents,…
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KYP M554
Magical (formulary)Acquired in 1996 from Christie’s auction house (coll. website 5/2/2020).https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details/collection_image_gallery.aspx?partid=1&assetid=1613284091&objectid=108663https://www.britishmuseum.org/collectionBlackSee “notes/discussion” field.Placeholder date as manuscript is unpublished and so undated.401900Collection website (21/3/2019)EL (21/3/2019); MPS (24/9/2019); KD (5/2/2020); MPS (27/8/2020); KD (24/9/2021)EgyptSheetUpright majuscule hand (Collection Website 21/3/2019)55419Egyptian (Coptic)PapyrusAccording to the available information it appears that this manuscript was purchased after the implementation of the Egyptian law no. 117 of 1983 on the protection of antiquities, as amended by law no. 3 of 2010, and has not been demonstrated to have left Egypt before this date. For this reason, we provide a basic description of its material format in order to allow it to be traced, but do not comment on…
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KYP M553
Depuydt, Leo. Catalogue of Coptic Manuscripts in the Pierpont Morgan Library. Leuven, 1993, vol. I, no. 304.Depuydt, Leo. Catalogue of Coptic Manuscripts in the Pierpont Morgan Library. Leuven, 1993, vol. I, no. 304.Magical (applied ?)Purchased by J. P. Morgan in 1920. Part of a lot purchased ca. 1920 from the Cairo dealer Maurice Nahman by Francis Willey Kelsey. Later brought to Rome by Kelsey in the beginning of 1920 and purchased by Henri Hyvernat on behalf of J. P. Morgan (Col. website)http://corsair.themorgan.org/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=352482https://www.themorgan.org/BlackSheet 1 (c) 1. Ro ll. 1-21 (?): Curse 2. Vo.:Empty Sheet 2 (d) 1. Ro ll. 1-22 (?): Curse including invocation of frankincense. 2. Vo. ll. 1-2: Recipe…
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KYP M552
Depuydt, Leo. Catalogue of Coptic Manuscripts in the Pierpont Morgan Library. Leuven, 1993, vol. I, no. 303.Depuydt, Leo. Catalogue of Coptic Manuscripts in the Pierpont Morgan Library. Leuven, 1993, vol. I, no. 303.Magical (applied ?)Purchased by J. P. Morgan in 1920. Part of a lot purchased ca. 1920 from the Cairo dealer Maurice Nahman by Francis Willey Kelsey. Later brought to Rome by Kelsey in the beginning of 1920 and purchased by Henri Hyvernat on behalf of J. P. Morgan (Col. website 27/8/2020).https://www.themorgan.org/manuscript/351280BrownOrigina use: 1. Ro: Unclear Re-use: 2. Ro ll. 1-27: Applied amulet (?), perhaps for favour; cf. Yale inv. 1793.Placeholder date as manuscript is unpublished and so undated.3011200SahidicCollection…
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KYP M551
http://papyri.info/apis/yale.apis.0017940000Petersen, Theodore C. A Collection of Papyri. New York: H.P. Krause, 1964, p. 44-45, no. 56.Petersen, Theodore C. A Collection of Papyri. New York: H.P. Krause, 1964, p. 44-45, no. 56.Magical (formulary)No acquisition information.https://findit.library.yale.edu/catalog/digcoll:2759454https://findit.library.yale.edu/catalog/digcoll:2759454Black1. Ro ll. 1-26 – Vo ll. 1-13: Formulary for invocations for revelation (divination).APIS (27/8/2020)601800Dimensions given here represent minimum. Fragment A: 15.0 x 13.2. Fragment B: 2.8 x 9.2cm. Fragment C: 5.3 x 12.8 cm. Online Catalogue (5/2/2019). “Preserved in its full height” (Petersen 1964: p. 45), but there seem to be traces of a partial line at the bottom of the recto (KD 3/2/2020).EL (29/3/2019); MPS (24/9/2019); KD (3/2/2020); MPS (27/8/2020)Egypt13 (?) vertical creases, perhaps rolled.Rotulus…
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KYP M549
Petersen, Theodore C. A Collection of Papyri. New York: H.P. Krause, 1964, p. 48, no. 63.http://papyri.info/apis/yale.apis.0018010000http://papyri.info/apis/yale.apis.0018010000Magical (formulary)No acquisition information.https://findit.library.yale.edu/catalog/digcoll:2759761https://findit.library.yale.edu/catalog/digcoll:2759761Black1. Ro ll. 1-22 – Vo ll. 1-7: CursePetersen 1964: p. 48501700Petersen 1964: p. 48MPS (25/4/2019); EL (21/6/2019); KD (3/2/2020); MPS (27/8/2020)EgyptSheet54919Egyptian (Coptic)Papyrus11 column each, recto (→) and verso (↓). Verso at 180 degrees to recto. 22 lines recto, 7 line verso.New Haven, Yale University, Beinecke LibraryTM (3/2/2020)CopticYale inv. 1801 P. CtYBR inv. 1801Unpublished. Edition forthcoming by Michael Zellmann-Rohrer.Complete, damage to the left margin.874206245494912.5Egypt
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KYP M548
Delattre, Alain. “Un contrat de prêt copte du monastère de Baouît.” Chronique d‘Égypte 97 (2004): p. 386-387. Hasitzka, Monika R. M. Koptisches Sammelbuch IV. Berlin: De Gruyter, 2012, no. 1794 (SB Kopt. 4 1794). [non vidi] MacCoull, Leslie. “Three Coptic Papyri in the Duke University Collection.” Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists 20 (1983): p. 137-138, no. 1 Ro.Magical (applied ?) Documentary (loan contract)Purchased in Cairo in 1968 from M. R. el-Chaer (MacCoull 1983: p. 137).https://library.duke.edu/rubenstein/scriptorium/papyrus/images/150dpi/811r-at150.gifhttp://papyri.info/apis/duke.apis.32077949Black (faded)Original use: 1. Ro ll. 1-5: Loan contract mentioning monastery of of Apa Apollo (P.Duk.inv. 811 V) Re-use: 2. Ro ll. x+1-4: Incipit of Matthew.Delattre (2004: p. 387); APIS (22/1/2019): 501-700; TM (22/1/2019):…
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KYP M547
Crum, Walter E. Catalogue of the Coptic Manuscripts in the British Museum. London: British Museum, 1905, p. 174, no. 370.Magical (applied)Purchased from [Theodor?] Graf, perhaps in 1893 (Crum 1905: p. 174)1. Ro ll. 1-2: Applied amulet (?) asking for salvation for Piakou Kosma (protection/healing ?)Placeholder date as hand has not been dated.3011200SahidicMaximum dimensions (EL from autopsy on 17/12/2019); 1/2 x 8 inches (Crum 1905: p. 174).EL (19/9/18; 17/12/2019); MPS (24/9/2019); KD (10/12/2019); MPS (27/8/2020); EL (2/9/2020)EgyptSheet54719Egyptian (Coptic)Bélanger Sarrazin (2017: p. 405). See related texts for further notes.ParchmentFramed as: MS Or 4720 (10); 4721 (1); 4721 (2); 4721 (3); 4721 (4); 4721 (5); 4721 (6) (EL from autopsy on 17/12/2019) Wrinkled…
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KYP M546
Mirecki, Paul. “A Seventh-Century Limestone in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.” In Magic and Ritual in the Ancient World. Leiden, Brill, 2002, p. 47-69.Crum, Walter E. “La magie copte: nouveaux textes.” In Recueil d’études égyptologiques dédiées à la mémoire de Jean-François Champollion à l’occasion du centenaire de la lettre à M. Dacier relative à l’alphabet des hiéroglyphes phonétiques. Paris: Champion, 1922, p. 544. Kropp, Angelicus. Ausgewählte koptische Zaubertexte. Einleitung in Koptische Zaubertexte. Vol. 3. Bruxelles: Édition de la Fondation Égyptologique Reine Élisabeth, 1930, p. 210-211, §360.Crum, Walter E. “La magie copte: nouveaux textes.” In Recueil d’études égyptologiques dédiées à la mémoire de Jean-François Champollion à l’occasion du centenaire de la lettre…
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KYP M545
Crum, Walter Ewing. “An Egyptian text in Greek characters”, Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 28, 1942, p. 20-31. Dieleman, Jacco. “Ein spätägyptisches magisches Handbuch. Eine neue PDM oder PGM?”, in: F., Hoffmann, H. J., Thissen, (eds.), Res severa verum gaudium: Festschrift für Karl-Theodor Zauzich zum 65. Geburtstag am 8. Juni 2004, 2004, p. 121-128. Love, Edward O. D. “GEMF 14 (BM EA 10808).” In Greek and Egyptian Magical Formularies: Text and Translation, edited by Christopher A. Faraone and Sofía Torallas-Tovar, vol. 1, 2022, no. 14. Osing, Jürgen. Der spätägyptische Papyrus BM 10808, Wiesbaden, 1976. Quack, Joachim Friedrich, Demotische magische Papyri, vol. 4 (in preparation), no. 23. Quack, Joachim F.. Review: “Sederholm,…