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KYPRIANOS M101

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

P. Strasbourg Copt. 5
P. Stras. Copt. 5
P. Stras. Inv. WG. Kopt. 1
Strasbourg, Bibliothèque Nationale Wiss. Ges. Copt. 1

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

Magical (applied)

Contents:

Ro ll. 1-23: Incipit of Gospel of Mark; Psalm LXX 90 (complete); incipits of Gospels of John and Matthew; Luke 4.17-18 (applied amulet for healing/protection).

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Language(s):

Egyptian (Coptic)

Script(s):

Coptic

Dialect:

Sahidic

Language/dialect notes:
Date: question mark icon Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. 501 – 700
Date notes:

Kreps (2014: 112).

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

Published.

Image:

Form:

Sheet

Material:

Papyrus

Dimensions (cm): Height: 14.8 Width: 28.5 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Kreps (2014: 111).

Folding pattern:

12 vertical creases, one horizontal crease (according to our system; Kreps (2014: 112) notes 6 vertical and 1 horizontal fold).

State of preservation:

Complete, some damage.

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 (→), 23 lines.

Hand:

Findspot:

Egypt

(TM places ID: 49)
Place of purchase: (TM places ID: )
Writingspot:

Egypt

(TM places ID: 49)
Present Location:

Strasbourg, Bibliothèque Nationale

Collection History:

Likely acquired through the Deutsches Papyruskartell (KD 7/9/2020).

Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 322
Collection website:

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography
Editions:

Kreps, Anne. “An Ancient Christian Amulet.” In Coptica Argentoratensia (Strasbourg, 18-25 juil 2010) (CBCo 19) (P. Stras. Copt.), edited by A. Boud’hors, A. Delattre, C. Louis, T. S. Richter. Paris: Éditions de Boccard, 2014, p. 111-115, fig. 21 .


Translations:

Piwowarczyk, Przemysław. “Microtheologies behind the Biblical Amulets.” Journal of Juristic Papyrology 49 (2019): 275-277.


General:

Richter, Tonio Sebastian. “Magical Texts in the Papyrus Collection of the Université de Strasbourg.” In Coptica Argentoratensia (Strasbourg, 18-25 juil 2010) (CBCo 19), edited by A. Boud’hors, A. Delattre, C. Louis, T. S. Richter. Paris: Éditions de Boccard, 2014, p. 109.


Trismegistos ID:

382628

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”

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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:

KD (pre 9/2018); EL (25/3/2019); KD (26/3/2019); MPS (3/7/2019); KD (2/9/2020); KD (7/9/2020)


How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP M101," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m101. Accessed on 29/04/2025

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