papyrus
Egypt
9th Century
Source: Hammed, Ursula. "Arabic Magical Texts in Original Documents: A Papyrologist Answers Five Questions You Always Wanted to Ask." In Amulets and Talismans of the Middle East and North Africa in Context, edited by Petra M. Sijpesteijn and Marcela Garcia A. Probert, 209–227. Leiden: Brill, 2022.
Recipe Details
Preparation Steps
The text contains Quranic verses (Q 2/137, 7/182, 112) and magical symbols like simple stars (five-pointed or six-pointed) or bullets (p. 218, 222). The script imitates formal inscriptions to borrow the perceived power of the ruling elite into the magical object (p. 218).
Original Recipe Text
The text contains Quranic verses (Q 2/137, 7/182, 112) and magical symbols like simple stars (five-pointed or six-pointed) or bullets (p. 218, 222). The script imitates formal inscriptions to borrow the perceived power of the ruling elite into the magical object (p. 218).
Evidence
"In the special case of P.Vind.inv. A.P. 7719r, an Arabic papyrus amulet from the 3rd c. AH (9th c. CE, dated according to paleography), the text (Q 2/137, 7/182, 112) has been written in an archaic style that resembles inscriptional KŦfĩ."
Remarks
The use of the Kufi style in amulets is frequent and intended to increase the text's efficacy by demonstrating the power of the ruling elite (p. 218). The manuscript is preserved in the Austrian National Library in Vienna (p. 215).
Scientific Analysis
Analytical Techniques
paleography
Certainty Level
Inferred
Instrumentally Verified
Not Verified
Metadata
Material Type
paper
Paper TypePapyrus
RegionEgypt
Approx. Year850
Source Information
AuthorHammed, Ursula. "Arabic Magical Texts in Original Documents: A Papyrologist Answers Five Questions You Always Wanted to Ask." In Amulets and Talismans of the Middle East and North Africa in Context, edited by Petra M. Sijpesteijn and Marcela Garcia A. Probert, 209–227. Leiden: Brill, 2022.
CollectionP.Vind.inv. A.P. 7719r
Language
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