Modalités et conséquences de l’adaptation d’un même texte magique sur différents papyrus : le cas des versions turinoises de P. Chester Beatty IX, vº, B1-B18

Several versions of the P. Chester Beatty IX verso magical texts are preserved in the
collection of the Museo Egizio, Turin. Those documents were written by several scribes and
using various formats. Based on the comparative material and paleographical study of those
papyri, this paper aims to question their status in the written production from Deir el-Medina
and beyond. A set of objective criteria to distinguish a handbook version from a true amuletic papyrus is discussed. The purpose of the paper is also to showcase, using this particular study case, that a same text on the same material support can follow the specific features corresponding to various graphical registers.