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KYPRIANOS M1112

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

P. Oxy. III 407
P. Oxy. 3 407
P.Lond.Lit. 230
London, British Library Pap 1189 e

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

Magical (applied) (?)
Liturgical (prayer)
Contents:

Original use:

1. Ro ll. 1-7 + Vo col. 1 l. 1: Prayer, including citations of Psalm LXX 145.6 + 50.3 + 50.11; perhaps applied amulet for healing/protection or liturgical use

Re-use:

2. Vo col. 1 ll. 1-2: Document
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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. 251 – 400
Date notes:

Grenfell & Hunt (1903: p. 12); Pedretti (1956: p. 249). 201-400 CE (Milne 1927: p. 195; Leclercq 1937: p. 1439; Pedretti (1956: p. 247).
Archive/collection: question mark icon Larger collection to which manuscript belongs.
Archive name:
State of edition:

Published.
Image: http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/Viewer.aspx?ref=papyrus_1189_f001r

Form:

Sheet
Material:

Papyrus
Dimensions (cm): Height: 14.5 Width: 15.7 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Grenfell & Hunt (1903: p. 12); Milne (1927: p. 195); Barker (2010: p. 138).
Folding pattern:

8 vertical creases.
State of preservation:

Complete, some damage.
Pages/Columns: question mark icon Total surviving columns in the manuscript for rolls, sheets and rotuli; total number of pages for codices.

3
Pages/Columns (notes):

1 column recto (→) and 2 verso (↓). 7 lines recto, 1 line verso column 1, 2 lines verso column 2. Verso at 90 degrees to recto.
Hand:

Findspot:

Oxyrynchos (Bahnasa), Egypt

(TM places ID: 1524)
Place of purchase: (TM places ID: )
Writingspot:

Oxyrynchos (Bahnasa), Egypt (?)

(TM places ID: 1524)
Present Location:

London, British Library
Collection History:

Found in situ by the Egypt Exploration Fund.
Acquired 1903 (Milne 1927: p. 195).
Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 192
Collection website: http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Papyrus_1189

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography
Editions:

Barker, Don. “The Reuse of Christian Texts.” In Early Christian Manuscripts: Examples of Applied Method and Approach, edited by Thomas J. Kraus and Tobias Nicklas, Leiden: Brill, 2010, p. 138-140.

Blumell, Lincoln H., and Thomas A. Wayment. Christian Oxyrynchus. Texts, Documents, and Sources. Waco: Baylor University Press, 2015, p. 325-326, no. 88.

Ghedini, Giuseppe. “Frammenti liturgici in un papiro milanese.” Aegyptus 13 (1933): 672-673.

Grenfell, Bernard P., and Arthur S. Hunt. The Oxyrhynchus Papyri. Vol. 3 (P. Oxy III). London: The Egypt Exploration Fund, 1903, p. 12, no. 407.

Leclercq, Henri. “Papyrus.” In Dictionnaire d’Archéologie chrétienne et de Liturgie 13,1, edited by Ferdinand Cabrol and Henri LeClercq. Paris: Librairie Letouzey & Ané, 1936, col. 1439.

Pedretti, Sac. Francesco. “Papiri Cristiani Liturgici.” Aegyptus 36.1 (1956): p. 247-253.
Translations:
General:

Milne, Herbert J. M. Catalogue of the Literary Papyri in the British Museum. London: Trustees, 1927, p. 195, no. 230.

Rahlfs, Alfred, et al. Verzeichnis der griechischen Handschriften des Alten Testaments. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2004, p. 291, no. 407.

Schermann, Theodor. Ägyptische Abendmahlsliturgien des ersten Jahrtausends in ihrer Überlieferung dargestellt. New York: Johnson, 1967, p. 197.

Wessely, C. Les plus anciens Monuments du Christianisme écrits sur Papyrus: Textes grecs édités, traduits et annotés. Vol. 1. Paris: Firmin-Didot, 1908, p. 195, no. 21.

Trismegistos ID:

64310

 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

952

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

173

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

KD (25/10/2019); ST (5/7/2021); ST (7/7/2021); ST (8/7/2021); KD (21/9/2021); JS (03/11/2021)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP M1112," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m1112. Accessed on 16/11/2025

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