Sigla: Modern names for the manuscript, including inventory and publication numbers. | SB 18 13323 |
Category: Classification of the contents, e.g. magical (formulary or applied), alchemical, liturgical, documentary or medical. | Magical (applied) (?) |
Contents: | 1. Ro ll. 1-6: Psalm 28.3 repeated six times; school text or amulet. |
Language(s): | Greek |
Script(s): | Coptic |
Dialect: | |
Language/dialect notes: | Includes the Sahidic inventory of Coptic letters. |
Date: Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. | 501 – 700 |
Date notes: | 6th-7th century (Préaux 1935, 362). |
Archive/collection: Larger collection to which manuscript belongs. | |
Archive name: | |
State of edition: | Published. |
Image: | https://www.carmentis.be/eMP/eMuseumPlus?service=DynamicAsset&sp=SU5mxm4Yx%2FVbhp94nksEmWhUPPCPARCxmRF3wZoiekBYI9dLioBnZzXySIRTomizoxxT9oo9OlonT%0APnyO6EhNhqJhq4t%2F%2BLzvsfbLBbc2NAKqW677oPUO4s0Ke0T8uKj4u7H1%2FIk32Pc%3D&sp=Simage%2Fjpeg |
Form: | Tablet |
Material: | Wood |
Dimensions (cm): | Height: 12.1 | Width: 29.8 | Depth: 1.8 |
Dimensions (notes): | Collection Website (17/9/2020) |
Folding pattern: | |
State of preservation: | Complete, slightly faded. |
Pages/Columns: Total surviving columns in the manuscript for rolls, sheets and rotuli; total number of pages for codices. | 2 |
Pages/Columns (notes): | 1 column each, recto and verso. 6 lines each. Gap in the middle of each line of recto. |
Hand: |
Findspot: | Upper Egypt (?); Middle Egypt (?) (TM places ID: ) |
Place of purchase: | (TM places ID: ) |
Writingspot: | Upper Egypt (?); Middle Egypt (?) (TM places ID: ) |
Present Location: | Brussels, Musées Royaux |
Collection History: | No acquisition information. |
Trismegistos collection: Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. | 64 |
Collection website: | https://www.carmentis.be:443/eMP/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&module=collection&objectId=83661&viewType=detailView |
Notes/Discussion: | TM (17/9/2020) say that the tablet is painted white, but this is not apparent in photographs. Holes at top for suspension. Préaux (1935) understood this text as an amulet. Cribiore (1996) and de Haro Sanchez & Carlig (2015) argue that this is a school exercise. |
Bibiliography |
Editions: | Préaux, Claire, “Une amulette chrétienne aux Musées Royaux d’Art et d’Histoire de Bruxelles”, Chronique d‘Égypte 10 (1935): 361-370. |
Translations: | |
General: | Bucking, Scott. “A Sahidic Coptic Manuscript in the Private Collection of Lloyd E. Cotsen (P. Cotsen 1) and the Limits of Papyrological Interpretation,” Journal of Coptic Studies 8 (2006), p. 67-68; |
Trismegistos ID: | 62205 |
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 (17/9/2020) |