Sigla: Modern names for the manuscript, including inventory and publication numbers. | Berlin P. 4974 |
Category: Classification of the contents, e.g. magical (formulary or applied), alchemical, liturgical, documentary or medical. | Magical (unclear ?) (?) |
Contents: | 1. Ro ll. 1-10: Brief texts and alphabet; contains part of 2 Corinthians 5.17. |
Language(s): | Egyptian (Coptic) |
Script(s): | Coptic |
Dialect: | Sahidic (?) |
Language/dialect notes: | |
Date: Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. | 701 – 800 |
Date notes: | TM (29/3/2019); 8th century (?) (Hasitzka 1990: p. 119). |
Archive/collection: Larger collection to which manuscript belongs. | KYP A37 |
Archive name: | Etmoulon Archive |
State of edition: | Published. |
Image: |
Form: | Ostracon (pottery) |
Material: | Ostracon (pottery) |
Dimensions (cm): | Height: 9.8 | Width: 29.2 | Depth: |
Dimensions (notes): | Fragment A 9.8 (H) x 13.2 (W), fragment B 9.4 (H) x 16 (W) (Hasitzka 1990: p. 119). |
Folding pattern: | |
State of preservation: | Fragmentary, some damage; broken into two fragments, bottom lost. |
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, 10 lines. |
Hand: |
Findspot: | Middle Egypt, Egypt (TM places ID: 2800) |
Place of purchase: | (TM places ID: ) |
Writingspot: | Middle Egypt, Egypt (TM places ID: 2800) |
Present Location: | Berlin, Staatliche Museen |
Collection History: | |
Trismegistos collection: Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. | 40 |
Collection website: | http://berlpap.smb.museum/ |
Notes/Discussion: |
Bibiliography |
Editions: | Delattre, Alain. “Bemerkungen zu Papyri XXIII.” Tyche 25 (2010): p. 212, no. 658. |
Translations: | |
General: |
Trismegistos ID: | 108827 |
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 (13/12/2018); EL (29/3/2019); MPS (31/5/2019); MPS (18/8/2020); MPS (2/9/2020) |