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KYPRIANOS M1029

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

P. Osl. inv. 1644 + P. Schøyen. 1 16
Oslo, University Library P. 1644 + Oslo, Private collection Schøyen MS 244 / 4

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. 1-12: Citations from Matthew 6.9-13 (Lord’s Prayer), 2 Corinthians 13.13, Psalm LXX 90-13, perhaps applied amulet for healing/protection.
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Language(s):

Greek
Script(s):

Greek
Dialect:
Language/dialect notes:
Date: question mark icon Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. 350 – 400
Date notes:

Amundsen (1945: p. 141); 301-500 CE: de Bruyn & Dijkstra (2011: p. 190).
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: 20.6 Width: 13 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Sizes are minimum. Fragment A: 3.9 x 11.7; fragment B: 7.7 x 13; fragment C: 9 x 9.7 cm (Jones 2016: p. 112).
Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

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

2
Pages/Columns (notes):

1 column recto (↓), 12 lines.
Hand:

Findspot:

Oxyrhynchus (Bahanasa), Egypt (?)

(TM places ID: 1524)
Place of purchase: (TM places ID: )
Writingspot:

Oxyrhynchus (Bahanasa), Egypt (?)

(TM places ID: 1524)
Present Location:

Oslo, Private collection Schøyen
Collection History:

Purchased in Egypt 1936 together with a collection of documents from Oxyrhynchus Amundsen (1945: p. 141).
Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 261
Collection website:

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography
Editions:

Amundsen, Leiv. “Christian Papyri from the Oslo Collection.” Symbolae Osloenses 24 (1945): 141-147.

Jones, Brice C. New Testament Texts on Greek amulets from Late Antiquity. London: T&T Clark, 2016, p. 112-117, no. 11.

Pintaudi, Rosario et al. Papyri Graecae Schøyen. Vol. 1. Firenze: Gonnelli, 2005, no. 16.
Translations:
General:

Aland, Kurt (ed.). Repertorium der griechischen christlichen Papyri: 1. Biblische Papyri: Altes Testament, Neues Testament, Varia, Apokryphen. Berlin/New York: de Gruyter, 1976.

Rahlfs, Alfred, et al. Verzeichnis der griechischen Handschriften des Alten Testaments. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2004, p. 270, no. 2115.

Trismegistos ID:

61840

 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” 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

345

 Bruyn-Dijkstra: question mark icon de Bruyn and Dijkstra, “Greek Amulets and Formularies (Checklist)"

50

 TheDefix: question mark icon Thesaurus Defixionum To Zodion:
Edit History:

ST (20/2/2021); ST (22/2/2021); KD (9/3/2021)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP M1029," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m1029. Accessed on 27/04/2025

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