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Artefact ID931
TM IDTM 115765
Findspot (DEChriM ID)-   ()
ClassTextual
MaterialPapyrus
Writing mediumSheet/roll
Text contentSubliterary
LanguageCoptic
Archive/DossierArchive
Description

Magical spell in Coptic (A) to damage a certain man called Pamin and a woman called Thekla invoking several archangels and John the Baptist.

Written along the fibres; three crosses at the end.

Layout and handwriting connect it with P.Louvre E 11036B, P.Aberdeen, P.IFAO copte 449. To the archive belong also P.Lond.Copt. I 1223 and P.IFAO copte 451.

Selection criteriaChristian terms/formulas/concepts, Christian onomastics, Christian symbols/gestures/isopsephy, Nomina sacra, Coptic language
Date from301
Date to500
Dating criteria

Palaeography

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context-
Accession number

Paris, Louvre, E 11036A

BIBLIOGRAPHY

unedited

Additonal bibliography

• Roquet, Gérard. 1994. "Deux papyri akhmimiques du Musée du Louvre et leurs parallèles, le pAberdeen et le pIFAO." Comptes rendus des séances de l’Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres 138: 387-389.

Authors
Matthias Müller, Victor Ghica, 2021
Suggested citation
Matthias Müller, Victor Ghica, 2021, "Artefact ID 931", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/931
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