Sigla: 
Modern names for the manuscript, including inventory and publication numbers.
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PCM 1 17 |
| Category:
Classification of the contents, e.g. magical (formulary or applied), alchemical, liturgical, documentary or medical. |
Magical (formulary) |
| Contents: | 1. Ro ll. 1-35 – Vo ll. 1-28: Spell for good singing voice (ACM 122) (hand 1). |
| Language(s): | Egyptian (Coptic) |
| Script(s): | Coptic |
| Dialect: | Sahidic (non-standard) |
| Language/dialect notes: | See related texts for further notes; Sahidic (Bélanger Sarrazin 2017: p. 379) |
| Date:
Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. |
701 – 800 |
| Date notes: | 8th century according to Dosoo/Preininger (2023: p. 247). 6th or 7th century according to online catalogue (1/2/2019) |
| Archive/collection:
Larger collection to which manuscript belongs. |
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| Archive name: | |
| State of edition: | Published. |
| Image: | https://findit.library.yale.edu/catalog/digcoll:2759562 |
| Form: | Sheet |
| Material: | Papyrus |
| Dimensions (cm): | Height: 37.3 | Width: 25.4 | Depth: |
| Dimensions (notes): | Online Catalogue (1/2/2019). 25.0cm x 36.5 cm (Petersen 1964: p. 39). |
| Folding pattern: | 2 horizontal creases, 10 (?) vertical creases. |
| State of preservation: | Complete, damage across folds. |
| Pages/Columns:
Total surviving columns in the manuscript for rolls, sheets and rotuli; total number of pages for codices.
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4 |
| Pages/Columns (notes): | 2 columns each, recto (↓) and verso (→), written in different hands and containing two different texts. Text 1 28 lines recto, 34 lines verso; text 2 18 lines verso, 3 lines recto (written at 180 degrees to other texts). The areas treated as “columns” here are directly above and below one another, rather than side by side as is usual. |
| Hand: | “Several varieties of the early Coptic cursive” (Petersen 1964: p. 39). At least two hands, perhaps three. |
| Findspot: | Middle Egypt, Egypt (?) (TM places ID: 2800) |
| Place of purchase: | (TM places ID: ) |
| Writingspot: | Middle Egypt, Egypt (?) (TM places ID: 2800) |
| Present Location: | New Haven, Yale University, Beinecke Library |
| Collection History: | Acquired on 1 May 1964 from Hans P. Kraus in new York (Online Catalogue 1/2/2019). |
| Trismegistos collection:
Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. |
242 |
| Collection website: | http://hdl.handle.net/10079/digcoll/2759562 |
| Notes/Discussion: |
| Bibiliography |
| Editions: | ★ Dosoo, Korshi, and Markéta Preininger. Papyri Copticae Magicae. Coptic Magical Texts, Volume 1: Formularies (PCM I 1), Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete – Beihefte 48. Berlin: De Gruyter, 2023, p. 238-245, no. 17. |
| Translations: | Meyer, Marvin W., and Richard Smith. Ancient Christian Magic: Coptic Texts of Ritual Power. Princeton (New Jersey): Princeton University Press, 1999, p. 158-159, 246-248, nos. 74, 122. |
| General: | http://papyri.info/apis/yale.apis.0017910032 |
| Trismegistos ID: | 98065 |
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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74, 122 |
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| Bélanger Sarrazin:
Bélanger-Sarrazin. “Catalogue des textes magiques coptes” |
7.8 |
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: | EL (1/2/2019); KD (21/4/2019); MPS (28/8/2019); KD (27/11/2019); MPS (4/9/2020); KD (16/2/2021); KD (24/2/2021); KD (20/11/2023); KD (11/12/2023) |