Detail View: Papyri Collection: Charm
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Reference number:
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Coptic P 102
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Side:
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recto
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Image Number:
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JRL17010016
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Image Title:
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Charm
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Trismegistos Number:
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Subject:
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Magic
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Subject:
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Christianity
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Subject:
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Religion
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Citation reference:
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P. Ryl. Copt. 102
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Description:
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Charms, the first against ophthalmia, the second 'a safeguard in everything.' The former invokes the lance wherewith Christ was pierced and refers presumably to the legend of Longinus' blindness.
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Creation site:
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Egypt
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Date created:
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500 - 799 CE
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Time period covered:
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500 - 1000 CE
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Language:
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Coptic
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Language code:
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cop
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Script:
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Script of Zoega's 9th class
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Item height:
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250 mm
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Item width:
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100 mm
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Technique used:
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Handwriting
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Medium:
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Ink
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Support material:
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Paper
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Discovery site:
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Egypt
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Bibliographic Reference:
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Crum, W. E., Catalogue of the Coptic manuscripts in the collection of the John Rylands Library, Manchester: University Press, 1909.
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Current repository:
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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Category:
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Manuscripts
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Sub-Category:
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Fragments
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Image rights:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Work rights:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Image sequence number:
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cop0102r
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Image technique:
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Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
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Date image captured:
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2017-01-09
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Date: issued:
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2017-03
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Metadata language:
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eng-GB
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Collection Code:
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Papyri
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