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KYPRIANOS M1065

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

P. Oxy. XXXIV 2684
P. Oxy. 34 2684
Oxford, Sackler Library, Papyrology Rooms P. Oxy. 2684

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

Magical (applied) (?)
Contents:

1. p. 1 ll. 1-3, p. 2 ll. 1-3, p. 3 ll. 1-5, p. 4 ll. 1-4: Jude 4-5, 7-8; 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. 351 – 500
Date notes:

Late fourth to fifth century according to Jones 2016: p. 177. Third to mid-fourth century according to Ingrims, Kingston, Parson & Rea (1968: p. 4).
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/HASHb576.dir/POxy.v0034.n2684.a.01.hires.jpg

Form:

Codex
Material:

Papyrus
Dimensions (cm): Height: 2.9 Width: 5.3 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Ingrims, Kingston, Parson & Rea (1968: p. 4).
Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

Leaves are complete, but most of the codex is presumably lost.
Pages/Columns: question mark icon Total surviving columns in the manuscript for rolls, sheets and rotuli; total number of pages for codices.

4
Pages/Columns (notes):

4 pages (1 bifolio).
Hand:

Semi-cursive

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=d-000-00---0POxy--00-0-0--0prompt-10---4------0-1l--1-en-50---20-help---00031-001-1-0utf-00&a=d&c=POxy&cl=CL5.1.19&d=HASHb5764a95b1f951f8c4000d

Notes/Discussion:

Ingrims, Kingston, Parson & Rea (1968: p. 4) state that the papyrus is a double leaf coming from a codex.
Furthermore, between fol. 1 and 2 is some text missing which would occupy two more double leaves.

Bibiliography
Editions:

Blumell, Lincoln H., and Thomas A. Wayment. Christian Oxyrynchus. Texts, Documents, and Sources. Waco: Baylor University Press, 2015, no. 35.

Comfort, Philip W., and David P. Barret. The Complete Text of the Earliest New Testament Manuscripts. Michigan: Baker Publishing Group, 1999, p. 602.

Comfort, Philip W., and David P. Barret. The Text of the Earliest New Testament Greek Manuscripts. New and Complete Transcriptions with Photographs. A corrected, enlarged Edition of The Complete Text of the Earliest New Testament Manuscripts. Carol Stream, Illinois: Tyndale House Publishers, 2001, p. 612.

Ingrams, L; P. Kingston, P. Parsons, and J. Rea. The Oxyrhynchus Papyri. Vol. 34 (P. Oxy. XXXIV). Edinburgh: R. & R. Clark, 1968, p. 4-6, no. 2684.

Jaroš, Karl. Die ältesten griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testaments: Bearbeitete Edition und Übersetzung. Köln: Böhlau, 2014.

Jaroš, Karl. Das Neue Testament nach den ältesten griechischen Handschriften. Die handschriftliche griechische Überlieferung des Neuen Testaments vor Codex Sinaiticus und Codex Vaticanus. Ruhpolding-Mainz: Franz Philipp Rutzen, 2006, p. 4600-4603.

Jones, Brice C. New Testament Texts on Greek amulets from Late Antiquity. London: T&T Clark, 2016, p. 175-179, no. 24.

Mees, M. P 78 ein neuer Textzeuge für den Judasbrief. Rome: Orient Press, 1970, p. 5-10.

Wassermann, Tommy. “P78 (P.Oxy. XXXIV 2684): The epistle of Jude on an amulet?” In: New Testament Manuscripts and their World, edited by Thomas J. Kraus and Tobias Nicklas. Leiden: Brill, 2006, p. 137-160.
Translations:

Comfort, Philip W. Early Manuscripts and Modern Translations of the New Testament. Carol Stream, Illinois, Tyndale House Publishers, 1990.
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. 78.

Elliott, J. K. “Supplement II to J.K. Eliott, A Bibliography of Greek New Testament Manuscripts.” Novum Testamentum (49) 2007: 370-401.

Finegan, Jack. Encountering New Testament Manuscripts: A Working Introduction to Textual Criticism. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1974.

Grunewald, Winfried, and Klaus Junack. Das Neue Testament auf Papyrus. Bd I Die katholischen Briefe. Vol. 1. Berlin: de Gruyter, 1986.

Kraus, Thomas J. “Ad Fontes: Original Manuscripts and Their Significance for Studying Early Christianity – Selected Essays.” In: Texts and Editions for New Testament Study, edited by Stanley E. Porter and Wendy J. Porter. Vol. 3. Leiden/Boston: Brill, 2007.

Parsons, Peter. The City of the Sharp-nosed Fish: Greek Lives in Roman Egypt. London: Orion, 2007.

Philip W. Comfort, Encountering the Manuscripts. An Introduction to New Testament Paleography & Textual Criticism. Nashville, Tennessee: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 2005, p. 73.

Treu, Kurt. “Christliche Papyri IV.” Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete 22-23 (1974): 368, 372-373.

Trismegistos ID:

61695

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

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

ST (6/4/2021); KD (18/5/2021)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP M1065," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m1065. Accessed on 26/11/2025

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