Sigla: 
Modern names for the manuscript, including inventory and publication numbers.
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Köln Inv. P. 649 + P. 689 |
| Category:
Classification of the contents, e.g. magical (formulary or applied), alchemical, liturgical, documentary or medical. |
Magical (applied) |
| Contents: | 1. Fr. A ll. 1-48 + fr. B ll. 1-16: Christian amulet to protect the wearer from illness and every danger using text from John 1.1-11. |
| Language(s): | Greek |
| Script(s): | Greek |
| Dialect: | |
| Language/dialect notes: | |
| Date:
Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. |
431 – 600 |
| Date notes: | De Bruyn & Dijkstra (2011: p. 190); TM & col. website (29/1/2021). |
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Archive/collection:
Larger collection to which manuscript belongs.
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| Archive name: | |
| State of edition: | Published. |
| Image: | https://papyri.uni-koeln.de/stueck/DS_d1e138832/img/00649_00689/orig/PK689R.JPG |
| Form: | Sheet |
| Material: | Papyrus |
| Dimensions (cm): | Height: 20.9 | Width: 3.5 | Depth: |
| Dimensions (notes): | Fr. a 3.5 x 15.8; fr. b 3.4 x 5.1 (De Bruyn & Dijkstra 2011: p. 191). |
| Folding pattern: | 7 horizontal creases in fr. A; 2 vertical and two horizontal creases in fr. B. |
| State of preservation: | Fragmentary. 2 fragments adhered to each other. |
| Pages/Columns:
Total surviving columns in the manuscript for rolls, sheets and rotuli; total number of pages for codices.
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3 |
| Pages/Columns (notes): | 2 fragments (→ & ↓). 2 columns on fr. A, recto and verso; 1 column fr. B. 48 lines and drawings on fr. A, 16 lines on fr. B. |
| Hand: | Semi-cursive, small, irregular, experienced |
| Findspot: | Egypt (TM places ID: 49) |
| Place of purchase: | (TM places ID: ) |
| Writingspot: | Egypt (TM places ID: 49) |
| Present Location: | Cologne, Papyrussammlung |
| Collection History: | No acquisition information. |
| Trismegistos collection:
Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. |
172 |
| Collection website: | https://papyri.uni-koeln.de/stueck/tm61663 |
| Notes/Discussion: |
| Bibiliography |
| Editions: |
Jones, Brice C. New Testament Texts on Greek amulets from Late Antiquity. London: T&T Clark, 2016, p. 140-146, no. 18. |
| Translations: | |
| General: |
de Bruyn, Theodore. “Papyri, Parchment, Ostraca, Tablets Written with Biblical Texts in Greek and Used as Amulets: A Preliminary List.” In Early Christian Manuscripts: Examples of Applied Method and Approach, edited by Thomas J. Kraus and Tobias Nicklas. Leiden: Brill, 2011, p. 167. |
| Trismegistos ID: |
61663 |
PAThs: |
| PGM:
Papyri Gracae Magicae
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SM:
Supplementum Magicum
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GEMF:
Greek and Egyptian Magical Formularies (forthcoming)
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ACM:
Ancient Christian Magic
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| Bélanger Sarrazin:
Bélanger-Sarrazin. “Catalogue des textes magiques coptes” |
AKZ:
Ausgewählte koptische Zaubertexte |
CBd:
Campbell-Bonner Magical Gems Database |
Mert.-Pack:
Mertens-Pack online database |
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| Van H:
van Haelst, Catalogue des papyrus littéraires |
Bruyn-Dijkstra:
de Bruyn and Dijkstra, “Greek Amulets and Formularies (Checklist)" |
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TheDefix:
Thesaurus Defixionum |
To Zodion: |
| Edit History: | KD (30/6/2020); ST (29/1/2021); ST (8/2/2021); KD (3/3/2021); SG (4/8/2025) |
How to cite:
[Editor names]. "KYP M1011," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, Korshi Dosoo, Markéta Preininger, & Roxanne Bélanger Sarrazin (principal editors), www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m1011. Accessed on 20/10/2026For the "editor names", see the abbreviated names in the field "Edit History", and to resolve the abbreviations, see the help page.