papyrus
Egypt
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 the shahāda and SŦrat al-Ikhlāᅣ (Q 112). It is framed by a vertically aligned tabula ansata (tablet with handles) design and a zigzag pattern (p. 218).
Original Recipe Text
The text contains the shahāda and SŦrat al-Ikhlāᅣ (Q 112). It is framed by a vertically aligned tabula ansata (tablet with handles) design and a zigzag pattern (p. 218).
Evidence
"The only specimen hitherto known to have a (probably) magical, Arabic text inside a tabula ansata is P.Vind.inv. A.P. 10042... The text has... been written into a vertically aligned tabula ansata that is framed by a zigzag pattern."
Remarks
The tabula ansata layout is inferred from Greco-Roman traditions and was later adapted into Arabic and Coptic magical documents (p. 218). The small size and shape suggest it may have served as a model for metal pendants (p. 219).
Scientific Analysis
Analytical Techniques
visual analysis
Certainty Level
Inferred
Instrumentally Verified
Not Verified
Metadata
Material Type
paper
Paper TypePapyrus
RegionEgypt
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. 10042
Language
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