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KYPRIANOS M1084

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

Manchester, John Rylands Library Additional Box 1 (fol. 11)

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. 1-13: Psalm LXX 50.9-12; 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. 501 – 600
Date notes:

Kraft & Tripolitis (1968: p. 142).
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Archive name:
State of edition:

Published.
Image:

Form:

Sheet
Material:

Papyrus
Dimensions (cm): Height: 13.7 Width: 9.2 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Kraft & Tripolitis (1968: p. 142).
Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

Incomplete, broken on all sides.
Pages/Columns: question mark icon Total surviving columns in the manuscript for rolls, sheets and rotuli; total number of pages for codices.

1
Pages/Columns (notes):

1 column recto (↓). 13 lines.
Hand:

Findspot:

Egypt

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

Egypt

(TM places ID: 49)
Present Location:

Manchester, John Rylands Library
Collection History:

No acquisition information.
Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 218
Collection website:

Notes/Discussion:

Kraft & Tripolitis (1968: p. 143) note that there are traces of mirrored text caused by folding the papyrus.

Bibiliography
Editions:

Kraft, Robert A. and Antonia Tripolitis. “Some Uncatalogued Papyri of Theological and Other Interest in the John Rylands Library.” Bulletin of the John Rylands Library Manchester 51 (1968): 142-148, no. 2.
Translations:
General:

Rahlfs, Alfred, et al. Verzeichnis der griechischen Handschriften des Alten Testaments. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2004, p. 236-237, no. 2148.

Trismegistos ID:

65061

 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

771

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

142

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

ST (8/5/2021); KD (16/6/2021)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP M1084," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m1084. Accessed on 04/11/2025

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