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Artefact ID	583
TM ID	TM 99569
Findspot (DEChriM ID)	- ()
Class	Textual
Material	Papyrus
Writing medium	Sheet/roll
Text content	Subliterary
Language	Coptic
Description	P.Mich. inv. 4932 Paragogic love charm in Coptic (S) written on both sides of the papyrus; differing from others in asking for honest love and matrimony; the invoked personified oil seems to be represented by actual oil used by the sorcerer
Selection criteria	Christian terms/formulas/concepts, Coptic language
Date from	400
Date to	599
Dating criteria	Handwriting
Absolute/relative date	Relative date
Archaeological context	-
Accession number	Ann Arbor, Michigan University, Library P. 4932 [P.Mich. inv. 4932]

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps

• Worrell, William Hoyt. 1935. "Coptic Magical and Medical Texts." Orientalia NS 4: 184-187 #5 [1-37 & 184-94].

Additional bibliography (translations)

• Pernigotti, Sergio. 1995. "La magia copta." In Aufstieg und Niedergang der römischen Welt II.18.5, edited by Hildegard Temporini and Wolfgang Haase, 3685–3730. Berlin & New York: Walter de Gruyter, 3712-3714 #18.

• Skiles, Stephen H. in: Meyer, Marvin, and Richard Smith. 1999. Ancient Christian Magic: Coptic Texts of Ritual Power. Princeton/NJ: Princeton University Press, 175-176 #82.

Additional bibliography (contents)

• Hevesi, Krisztina. 2019. "A Few Remarks on the Persistence of Native Egyptian historiolae in Coptic Magical Texts." In Current Research in Egyptology 2018: Proceedings of the Nineteenth Annual Symposium, Czech Institute of Egyptology, Faculty of Arts, Charles University, Prague, 25-28 June 2018, edited by Marie Peterková Hlouchová, Dana Bĕlohoubková, Jiŕí Honzl and Vĕra Nováková, 42-54. Oxford: Archaeopress Publishing.

• Richter, Tonio Sebastian. 2015. "Markedness and Unmarkedness in Coptic Magical Writing." In Écrire la magie dans l’Antiquité – Scrivere la magia nell’Antichità: Proceedings of the International Workshop (Liège, October 13–15, 2011), edited by Magali de Haro Sanchez, Papyrologica Leodiensia 5, 86–108. Liège: Presses universitaires de Liège, 99.

Authors

Matthias Müller, 2021

Suggested citation

Matthias Müller, 2021, "Artefact ID 583", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/583

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External links

TM 99569 Papyri.info – Catalogue Record: michigan.apis.2349 Kyprianos M129 University of Michigan Library – Digital Collections (P.Mich.Inv. 4932 / Recto) University of Michigan Library – Digital Collections (P.Mich.Inv. 4932 / Verso)

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