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KYPRIANOS M1047

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

P. Gr. Vind. 26166
Vienna, Nationalbibliothek G 26166
MPER N.S. IV 11
MPER N.S. 4 11
P. Vindob. G 26166

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. 1-10, vo ll. 1-5: Psalm LXX 62. 2-3 (Ro) + Psalm LXX 3. 5-6 (Vo); applied amulet for 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. 401 – 600
Date notes:

Sanz (1946: p. 26); de Bruyn & Dijkstra (2011: p. 198).
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Archive name:
State of edition:

Published.
Image: https://digital.onb.ac.at/RepViewer/viewer.faces?doc=DTL_168482&order=1&view=SINGLE

Form:

Sheet
Material:

Papyrus
Dimensions (cm): Height: 8 Width: 9 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Sanz (1946: p. 26); de Bruyn & Dijkstra (2011: p. 199).
Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

Complete with some damage.
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 each, recto (↓) and verso (↓). 10 lines recto, 6 lines verso. Verso at 90 degrees to recto.
Hand:

Cursive

Findspot:

Arsinoites (Fayum), Egypt

(TM places ID: 322)
Place of purchase: (TM places ID: )
Writingspot:

Arsinoites (Fayum), Egypt (?)

(TM places ID: 322)
Present Location:

Vienna, Nationalbibliothek
Collection History:

No acquisition information.
Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 357
Collection website: https://search.onb.ac.at/primo-explore/fulldisplay?docid=ONB_alma71249205190003338&context=L&vid=ONB&lang=de_DE

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography
Editions:

Sanz, Peter. Griechische literarische Papyri christlichen Inhalts I. Biblica, Väterschriften und Verwandtes ( MPER N.S. IV). Vol. 4. Wien: Rohrer, 1946, p. 26-27, no. 11.

Schefzyk, Jürgen. Alles echt. Älteste Belege zur Bibel aus Ägypten. Mainz am Rhein: Zabern, 2006, p. 92, no. 12.
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, no. 11.

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. 173.

de Bruyn, Theodore and Jitse H. F. Dijkstra. “Greek Amulets and Formularies from Egypt Containing Christian Elements: A Checklist of Papyri, Parchments, Ostraka, and Tablets.” BASP 48 (2011): 198, no. 96.

Rahlfs, Alfred, et al. Verzeichnis der griechischen Handschriften des Alten Testaments. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2004, p. 409-410, no. 2093.

Sanzo, Joseph E. Scriptual Incipts on Amulets from Late Antique Egypt. Text, Typology and Theory, Mohr Siebeck: Tübingen, 2014, pp. 126-127, no. 51.

van Haelst, J. Catalogue des papyrus littéraires juifs et chrétiens, Paris: Publications de la Sorbonne, 1976, pp. 74-75, no. 160.

Trismegistos ID:

62131

 		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

160

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

96

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

ST (14/3/2021); ST (19/3/2021); KD (30/4/2021); KD (30/4/2021); SG (7/8/2025)

How to cite:
[Editor names]. "KYP M1047," 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-m1047. Accessed on 20/10/2026
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