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KYPRIANOS M1043

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

Florence, Istituto Papirologico ’G. Vitelli’ PSI inv. 533

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

Magical (applied ?) (?)
Contents:

1. Ro col. 1 ll. 1-6: Unclear text mentioning a Psalm.
2. Ro col. 2 ll. 1-6, col. 3 ll. 1-6 + col. 4: Psalm 1. 1-2; applied amulet for protection (?)
3. Vo ll. 1-5: Unclear
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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. 401 – 600
Date notes:

Bartoletti et al. (1957: p. 176).
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 Width: 15 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Bartoletti et al. (1957: p. 176).
Folding pattern:

1 horizontal, 1 vertical crease.
State of preservation:

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

5
Pages/Columns (notes):

3 surviving columns recto (→), 6 lines each, a fourth column reconstructed in Bartoletti et al. 1957: 1st column written above col. 2 and largely illegible. 1 column verso, 5 surviving lines, illegible.
Hand:

Cursive

Findspot:

Egypt

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

Egypt

(TM places ID: 49)
Present Location:

Florence, Istituto Papirologico
Collection History:

No acquisition information.
Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 131
Collection website:

Notes/Discussion:

Ro col. 1 here corresponds to the upper column not fully edited in Bartoletti et al. 1957, while cols. 2-4 here correspond to cols. I-III in Bartoletti et al. 1957.

Bibiliography
Editions:

Bartoletti, Vittorio, Antonia Dianich, Vincenzo di Bendetto, and Domenico Musti. “Papiri inediti della Raccolta Fiorentina.” Annali della Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa 26 (1957): 176-178.
Translations:

Naldini, Mario. Documenti dell’antichità cristiana: papiri e pergamene greco-egizie della raccolta fiorentina. Firenze: Le Monnier, 1965, p. 33, no. 41.
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. 126, no. 2133.

Trismegistos ID:

62109

 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

85

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

91

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

ST (26/2/2021); ST (15/3/2021); ST (16/3/2021); KD (30/4/2021)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP M1043," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m1043. Accessed on 05/11/2025

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