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KYPRIANOS M713

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[Akhsa curse jar]

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Magical (applied)
Contents:

1. l. 1: Text invoking God’s curse and promising blindness to those who touch the content of the vessel
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Language(s):

Egyptian (Coptic)
Script(s):

Coptic
Dialect:
Language/dialect notes:
Date: question mark icon Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. 701 – 1100
Date notes:

DBMNT 2922 (22/11/2018); TM (22/11/2018)
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Archive name:
State of edition:

Unpublished.
Image:

Form:

Jar
Material:

Terracotta (jar)
Dimensions (cm): Height: Width: Depth:
Dimensions (notes):
Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

Complete, some damage.
Pages/Columns: question mark icon Total surviving columns in the manuscript for rolls, sheets and rotuli; total number of pages for codices.

1
Pages/Columns (notes):

1 column, 1 line.
Hand:

Findspot:

Serra, Aksha, Nubia

(TM places ID: 2806)
Place of purchase: (TM places ID: )
Writingspot:

Serra, Aksha, Nubia

(TM places ID: 2806)
Present Location:

Present location unknown
Collection History:

TM (22/11/2018)
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Collection website:

Notes/Discussion:

Text painted in white on mouth of jar.

Bibiliography
Editions:
Translations:
General:

Vercoutter, Jean. “Les trouvailles chrétiennes françaises à Aksha, Mirgissa et Sai”. In Kunst und Geschichte nubiens in Christlicher Zeit edited by Erich Dinkler. Recklinghausen: Verlag Aurel Bongers, 1970, p. 156, 162, fig. 129.

DBMNT no. 2922 (http://www.dbmnt.uw.edu.pl)

Trismegistos ID:

371403

 PAThs:
PGM: question mark icon Papyri Gracae Magicae SM: question mark icon Supplementum Magicum GEMF: question mark icon Greek and Egyptian Magical Formularies (forthcoming) ACM: question mark icon Ancient Christian Magic
Bélanger Sarrazin: question mark icon Bélanger-Sarrazin. “Catalogue des textes magiques coptes” AKZ: question mark icon Ausgewählte koptische Zaubertexte CBd: question mark icon Campbell-Bonner Magical Gems Database Mert.-Pack: question mark icon Mertens-Pack online database
Van H: question mark icon van Haelst, Catalogue des papyrus littéraires Bruyn-Dijkstra: question mark icon de Bruyn and Dijkstra, “Greek Amulets and Formularies (Checklist)" TheDefix: question mark icon Thesaurus Defixionum To Zodion:
Edit History:

KD (22/11/2018); EL (14/6/2019); MPS (11/10/2019)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP M713," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m713. Accessed on 11/09/2024

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