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Nahman Amulet |
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Magical (applied) |
Contents: | 1. Ro ll. 1-41: Applied amulet for protection from supernatural influences for Philoxenos son of Euphemia. Includes incipits of Psalm LXX 90, the Gospel of John, Matthew, Luke, and Mark. |
Form: | Sheet |
Material: | Parchment |
Dimensions (cm): | Height: | Width: | Depth: |
Dimensions (notes): | None given by Drescher (1950). |
Folding pattern: | 6 horizontal creases (?) Folded horizontally 3 or 4 times (Drescher 1950: p. 265). |
State of preservation: | Complete. Piece missing at the top-left. |
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Pages/Columns (notes): | 1 column recto, 41 lines. |
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Findspot: | Egypt (TM places ID: 49) |
Place of purchase: | Cairo, Egypt (TM places ID: 2740) |
Writingspot: | Egypt (TM places ID: 49) |
Present Location: | Unknown |
Collection History: | Private collection of M. Robert Nahman, antiquities dealer in Cairo (Drescher 1950: p. 265). |
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Notes/Discussion: |
Bibiliography |
Editions: | Drescher, James. “A Coptic Amulet.” In Coptic Studies in Honor of Walter Ewing Crum (Bulletin of the Byzantine Institute 2). The Byzantine Institute, Inv. Washington 1950, p. 265-270. |
Translations: | Meyer, Marvin W., and Richard Smith. Ancient Christian Magic: Coptic Texts of Ritual Power. Princeton (New Jersey): Princeton University Press, 1999, p. 115-116, no. 62. |
General: | Chapa, Juan. “Su demoni e angeli: il Salmo 90 nel suo contesto.” In I papiri letterari cristiani: atti del convegno internazionale di studi in memoria di Mario Naldini, Firenze, 10-11 Giugno 2010, edited by Guido Bastianini and Angelo Casanova. Florence: Instituto Papirologico “G. Vitelli,” 2011, p. 85, no. 12. |
Trismegistos ID: | 98054 |
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Edit History: | EL (25/3/2019); MPS (20/9/2019); KD (7/10/2019); KD (23/1/2020); MPS (28/8/2020); MPS (22/12/2020); KD (4/10/2023) |