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KYPRIANOS M1114

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

P. Ryl. Gr. I 3
P. Ryl. Gr. 1 3
Manchester, John Rylands Library Gr. 3

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

Magical (applied ?)
Biblical (Old Testament, Psalms)
Contents:

1. Ro ll. 1-24: Psalm LXX 90.5-16; perhaps applied amulet for healing/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:

de Bruyn & Dijkstra (2011: p. 212), Chapa (2011: p. 88). 5th to early 6th century according to Hunt (1911: p. 7).
Archive/collection: question mark icon Larger collection to which manuscript belongs.
Archive name:
State of edition:

Published.
Image:

Form:

Sheet
Material:

Papyrus
Dimensions (cm): Height: 10.4 Width: 10 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Hunt (1911: p. 7); de Bruyn & Dijkstra (2011: p. 213); Chapa (2011: p. 88).
Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

Incomplete.
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, 24 lines.
Hand:

Irregular, semi-cursive

Findspot:

Oxyrynchus (Bahnasa), Egypt

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

Oxyrynchus (Bahnasa), Egypt (?)

(TM places ID: 1524)
Present Location:

Manchester, John Rylands Library
Collection History:

Acquired by Arthur S. Hunt in Egypt prior to 1910; perhaps excavated Egypt Exploration Society (cf. Hunt 1911: p. vii).
Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 218
Collection website: http://enriqueta.man.ac.uk:8180/luna/servlet/detail/ManchesterDev~93~3~23058~100283:Psalm-90?sort=Image_sequence_number%2CFolio%2CImage_Title%2CDate_created&qvq=sort:Image_sequence_number,Folio,Image_Title,Date_created;lc:ManchesterDev~93~3&mi=94&trs=341

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography
Editions:

Hunt, Arthur S. Catalogue of the Greek Papyri in the John Rylands Library. Vol. 1 (P. Ryl. Gr. I). Manchester: At the University Press, 1911, p. 7-8, no. 3.
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. 15.

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. 88, no. 27.

Deissmann, Adolf. “Hunt, Arthur S. (Ed.), Catalogue of the Greek Papyri in the John Rylands Library, Manchester. Vol. I: Literary texts (Nos. 1-61): [Rezension].” Theologische Lietarturzeitung 38 (1913): 652-653.

Rahlfs, Alfred, et al. Verzeichnis der griechischen Handschriften des Alten Testaments. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2004, p. 239-240, no. 2020.

Trismegistos ID:

62119

 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

201

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

175

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

KD (25/10/2019); ST (12/7/2021)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP M1114," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m1114. Accessed on 01/05/2025

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