Sigla: Modern names for the manuscript, including inventory and publication numbers. | SB XVIII 13602 |
Category: Classification of the contents, e.g. magical (formulary or applied), alchemical, liturgical, documentary or medical. | Magical (applied) |
Contents: | 1. Ro ll. 1-18: Christian amulet calling upon Jesus Christ for the healing of a woman. |
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. | 601 – 700 |
Date notes: | Brashear (1991: p. 63); De Bruyn & Dijkstra (2011: p. 192); TM (29/1/2021). |
Archive/collection: Larger collection to which manuscript belongs. | |
Archive name: | |
State of edition: | Published. |
Image: | https://collections.louvre.fr/ark:/53355/cl010048784 |
Form: | Sheet |
Material: | Parchment |
Dimensions (cm): | Height: 11.7 | Width: 7.2 | Depth: |
Dimensions (notes): | Brashear (1991: p. 63); De Bruyn & Dijkstra (2011: p. 193). 5.4 (W) x 11.7 (H) collection website – note that dimensions are reversed in the online description. |
Folding pattern: | 6 horizontal, 4 vertical folds. |
State of preservation: | Complete, some damage along folds. |
Pages/Columns: Total surviving columns in the manuscript for rolls, sheets and rotuli; total number of pages for codices. | 1 |
Pages/Columns (notes): | 1 column recto (flesh), 18 lines. |
Hand: |
Findspot: | Egypt (TM places ID: 49) |
Place of purchase: | (TM places ID: ) |
Writingspot: | Egypt (TM places ID: 49) |
Present Location: | Paris, Louvre |
Collection History: | Purchased from John Greville Chester in 1881 (coll. website 11/10/2021). |
Trismegistos collection: Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. | 274 |
Collection website: | https://collections.louvre.fr/ark:/53355/cl010048784 |
Notes/Discussion: |
Bibiliography |
Editions: | Brashear, William M. “A Christian Amulet.” Journal of Ancient Civilizations 3 (1988): 35-45. |
Translations: | |
General: |
Trismegistos ID: | 38750 |
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)" | 54 |
TheDefix: Thesaurus Defixionum | To Zodion: |
Edit History: | ST (29/1/2021); KD (3/3/2021); KD (1/10/2021) |