Sigla: Modern names for the manuscript, including inventory and publication numbers. | Köln Inv. P. 649 + P. 689 |
Category: Classification of the contents, e.g. magical (formulary or applied), alchemical, liturgical, documentary or medical. | Magical (applied) |
Contents: | 1. Fr. A ll. 1-48 + fr. B ll. 1-16: Christian amulet to protect the wearer from illness and every danger using text from John 1.1-11. |
Language(s): | Greek |
Script(s): | Greek |
Dialect: | |
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Date: Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. | 431 – 600 |
Date notes: | De Bruyn & Dijkstra (2011: p. 190); TM & col. website (29/1/2021). |
Archive/collection: Larger collection to which manuscript belongs. | |
Archive name: | |
State of edition: | Published. |
Image: | https://papyri.uni-koeln.de/stueck/DS_d1e138832/img/00649_00689/orig/PK689R.JPG |
Form: | Sheet |
Material: | Papyrus |
Dimensions (cm): | Height: 20.9 | Width: 3.5 | Depth: |
Dimensions (notes): | Fr. a 3.5 x 15.8; fr. b 3.4 x 5.1 (De Bruyn & Dijkstra 2011: p. 191). |
Folding pattern: | 7 horizontal creases in fr. A; 2 vertical and two horizontal creases in fr. B. |
State of preservation: | Fragmentary. 2 fragments adhered to each other. |
Pages/Columns: Total surviving columns in the manuscript for rolls, sheets and rotuli; total number of pages for codices. | 3 |
Pages/Columns (notes): | 2 fragments (→ & ↓). 2 columns on fr. A, recto and verso; 1 column fr. B. 48 lines and drawings on fr. A, 16 lines on fr. B. |
Hand: | Semi-cursive, small, irregular, experienced |
Findspot: | Egypt (TM places ID: 49) |
Place of purchase: | (TM places ID: ) |
Writingspot: | Egypt (TM places ID: 49) |
Present Location: | Cologne, Papyrussammlung |
Collection History: | No acquisition information. |
Trismegistos collection: Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. | 172 |
Collection website: | https://papyri.uni-koeln.de/stueck/tm61663 |
Notes/Discussion: |
Bibiliography |
Editions: | Jones, Brice C. New Testament Texts on Greek amulets from Late Antiquity. London: T&T Clark, 2016, p. 140-146, no. 18. |
Translations: | |
General: |
Trismegistos ID: | 61663 |
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)" | 45 |
TheDefix: Thesaurus Defixionum | To Zodion: |
Edit History: | KD (30/6/2020); ST (29/1/2021); ST (8/2/2021); KD (3/3/2021) |