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KYPRIANOS M1080

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

New York, Private collection Malloy number unknown

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 + col. 2 ll. 7-12: Psalm LXX 120, 1-2, 5-7
2. Ro col. 3 ll. 13-17 + vo col. 1 ll. 1-6: Psalm LXX 12, 2-3, 5-6
3. Vo col. 2 ll. 7-11 + col. 3 ll. 12-17: Psalm LXX 8, 1, 3-4, 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. 401 – 600
Date notes:

Warga (1988: p. 149).
Archive/collection: question mark icon Larger collection to which manuscript belongs.
Archive name:
State of edition:

Published.
Image:

Form:

Tablet
Material:

Wood
Dimensions (cm): Height: 6.5 Width: 33.5 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Warga (1988: p. 149).
Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

Incomplete; broken at the bottom.
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):

3 columns each, recto and verso.
Hand:

Findspot:

Egypt

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

Egypt

(TM places ID: 49)
Present Location:

New York, Private collection Malloy
Collection History:

No acquisition information.
Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 778
Collection website:

Notes/Discussion:

Warga (1988: p. 149) suggests that all three psalms were originally written in their entirety. He also notes that there are two holes on the front, perhaps for hanging the text.

Bibiliography
Editions:

Warga, Richard G. Jr. “A Christian Amulet on Wood.” Bulletin of American Society of Papyrologists 25 (1988): 149-152.
Translations:
General:

Rahlfs, Alfred, et al. Verzeichnis der griechischen Handschriften des Alten Testaments. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2004, p. 266-367, no. 2127.

Trismegistos ID:

62127

 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:

KD (9/2/2021); ST (19/4/2021); KD (15/6/2021)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP M1080," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m1080. Accessed on 19/05/2024

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