KYPRIANOS DATABASE OF ANCIENT RITUAL TEXTS search icon
MANUSCRIPTS
TEXTS
ARCHIVES
HELP


KYPRIANOS M2

Sigla: question mark icon Modern names for the manuscript, including inventory and publication numbers.

Columbia Coptic Parchment 1 & 2
554
Columbia inv. 554
Parch 1 and 2; Inv. 19 and 19
Columbia Coptic Document 1

Category: question mark icon Classification of the contents, e.g. magical (formulary or applied), alchemical, liturgical, documentary or medical.

Magical (applied)

Contents:

1. Ro ll. 1-36: Applied amulet containing a prayer implicitly attributed to the Virgin Mary to protect Zacharias, son of Sentiheu, against supernatural forces (protection).

See all texts in this manuscript.

Language(s):

Egyptian (Coptic)

Script(s):

Coptic

Dialect:

Sahidic with Fayumic features

Language/dialect notes:

Schiller (1928: p. 26). See related texts for further notes.

Date: question mark icon Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. 501 – 800
Date notes:

Schiller (1928: p. 26)

Archive/collection: question mark icon Larger collection to which manuscript belongs.
Archive name:
State of edition:

Published. New edition desirable.

Image:

Form:

Sheet

Material:

Parchment

Dimensions (cm): Height: 16.4 Width: 12.5 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

6.5 x 5 inches (Schiller 1928: p. 26).

Folding pattern:

8 horizontal creases, 5 (?) vertical creases.

State of preservation:

Complete, some damage. Small hole (1 x 2 inches = 2.52 x 5.04 cm) between 5th and 6th horizontal creases (counting from top) and 2nd and 4th vertical creases (counting from left).

Pages/Columns: question mark icon Total surviving columns in the manuscript for rolls, sheets and rotuli; total number of pages for codices.

1

Pages/Columns (notes):

1 column recto (flesh side), 36 lines.

Hand:

Findspot:

Fayum, Egypt (?)

(TM places ID: 332)
Place of purchase: (TM places ID: )
Writingspot:

Fayum, Egypt (?)

(TM places ID: 332)
Present Location:

New York, Columbia University

Collection History:

Acquired through Dr. James Horatio Gottheil, “professor in Semitics”, along with other Coptic texts. (Schiller 1928: p. 25). Stored in box F in Columbia.

Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 245
Collection website: http://papyri.info/apis/columbia.apis.p1795

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography
Editions:

★ Schiller, Arthur A. “A Coptic Charm. Columbia Coptic Parchment, Numbers 1 and 2.” Journal of the Society of Oriental Research no. 12 (1928): 25–34.


Translations:

Pernigotti, Sergio. “La magia copta: I testi.” In Aufstieg und Niedergang der römischen Welt II.18.5, edited by Hildegard Temporini and Wolfgang Haase. Berlin and New York: Walter de Gruyter, 1995, p. 3712-3713, no. 17.


General:

van der Vliet, Jacques. “Varia magica coptica.” Aegyptus 71.1/2 (1991): p. 239-241.


Trismegistos ID:

102257

PAThs:
PGM: question mark icon Papyri Gracae Magicae SM: question mark icon Supplementum Magicum GEMF: question mark icon Greek and Egyptian Magical Formularies (forthcoming) ACM: question mark icon Ancient Christian Magic
Bélanger Sarrazin: question mark icon Bélanger-Sarrazin. “Catalogue des textes magiques coptes”

133

AKZ: question mark icon Ausgewählte koptische Zaubertexte CBd: question mark icon Campbell-Bonner Magical Gems Database Mert.-Pack: question mark icon Mertens-Pack online database
Van H: question mark icon van Haelst, Catalogue des papyrus littéraires Bruyn-Dijkstra: question mark icon de Bruyn and Dijkstra, “Greek Amulets and Formularies (Checklist)" TheDefix: question mark icon Thesaurus Defixionum To Zodion:
Edit History:

MPS (25/10/2018); KD (5/12/2018); EL (28/3/19); KD (13/1/2020); KD (22/4/2020); EL (29/7/2020); KD (7/4/2021); KD (13/5/2021)


How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP M2," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m2. Accessed on 29/03/2024

Found a mistake? Let us know!