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KYPRIANOS M1063

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

P. Oxy. XVI 1928
P. Oxy. 16 1928
SB XXII 15581
SB 22 15581
Oxford, Sackler Library, Papyrology Rooms P. Oxy. 1928 Ro
Oxford, Sackler Library, Papyrology Rooms P. Oxy. 1928 Vo

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

Magical (applied)
Contents:

Original use:

1. Ro ll. 1-5: Protocol

Re-use:

2. Vo ll. 1-16: Psalm LXX 90.1-16, incipits of gospels of John, Luke, Mark, and Matthew 1; applied amulet for protection
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Language(s):

Greek
Script(s):

Geek
Dialect:
Language/dialect notes:
Date: question mark icon Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. 533 – 600
Date notes:

Text on recto is a protocol dated: 5/10/533 CE: Rupprecht (2001: p. 257). Verso dated palaeographically to 5th or early 6th century CE: Grenfell, Hunt & Bell (1924: p. 208).
Archive/collection: question mark icon Larger collection to which manuscript belongs.
Archive name:
State of edition:

Published.
Image: http://163.1.169.40/gsdl/collect/POxy/index/assoc/HASH0158.dir/POxy.v0016.n1928.a.01.hires.jpg

Form:

Sheet
Material:

Papyrus
Dimensions (cm): Height: 30 Width: 215 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Grenfell, Hunt & Bell (1924: p. 208).
Folding pattern:

7 (?) horizontal, 12 (?) vertical creases.
State of preservation:

Fragmentary.
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 (↓). 5 lines recto, 16 lines verso.
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:

Oxford, Sackler Library
Collection History:

Found in situ by the Egypt Exploration Fund.
Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 264
Collection website: http://163.1.169.40/cgi-bin/library?e=q-000-00---0POxy--00-0-0--0prompt-10---4----ded--0-1l--1-en-50---20-about-1928--00011-001-1-0utfZz-8-00&a=d&c=POxy&cl=search&d=HASH01581b583329299692cd9edf

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography
Editions:

Diethart, Johannes, Dennis Feissel, and Jean Gascou. “Les prôtokolla des papyrus byzantins du ve au VIIe siècle. Édition, prosopographie, diplomatique.” Tyche 9 (1994): 19-23, no. 18.

Grenfell, Bernard P., Arthur S. Hunt, and H. I. Bell. The Oxyrhynchus Papyri. Vol. 16 (P.Oxy. XVI). London: Oxford University Press, 1924, p. 208-211, no. 1928.

Rupprecht, Hans-Albert. Sammelbuch Griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten. Vol. 22 (SB XXII). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2001, p. 257, no. 15581.
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. 14.

Chapa, Juan. “Su demoni e angeli: Il Salmo 90 nel suo contesto.” In: I Papiri Letterari Cristiani: Atti del Convegno Internazionale di Studi in Memoria di Mario Naldini, Firenze, 10-11 Giugno 2010, edited by Guido Bastianini and Angelo Casanova. Florence: Instituto Papirologico “G. Vitelli,” 2011, p. 85, no. 14.

Rahlfs, Alfred, et al. Verzeichnis der griechischen Handschriften des Alten Testaments. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2004, p. 301-302, no 2106.

Trismegistos ID:

22050
62124

 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

183

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

119

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

ST (29/3/2021); KD (18/5/2021)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP M1063," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m1063. Accessed on 06/02/2026

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