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KYPRIANOS M1119

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P. Kairo 10736 + Oxford, Bodleian Library MS. Gr. th. b. 1 (P)
P. Cair. Cat. 10736 + + Oxford, Bodleian Library MS. Gr. th. b. 1 (P)
Cairo, Egyptian Museum CG 10736 + Oxford, Bodleian Library MS. Gr. th. b. 1 (P)
Publ. Sorb. Pap. 1 613

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

Magical (applied ?)
Biblical (apocryphal)
Documentary (letter)
Contents:

Original use (?):

1. Ro ll. 1-7: Letter (?)

Re-use:

2. P. Kairo 10736 vo ll. 1-9 + Ms. gr. th. b 1 (P) ll. 1-19: Letter of Abgar to Jesus with framing narrative.
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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 – 700
Date notes:

Grenfell & Hunt (1903: p. 90); 201-400 CE: Madan & Crest (1924: p. 266); but proved to be dated too early (Peppermüller 1971: p. 292).
Archive/collection: question mark icon Larger collection to which manuscript belongs.
Archive name:
State of edition:

Published.
Image: http://ipap.csad.ox.ac.uk/4DLink4/4DACTION/IPAPwebquery?vPub=Publ.Sorb.Pap.&vVol=1&vNum=613

Form:

Sheet
Material:

Papyrus
Dimensions (cm): Height: 13.8 Width: 16.6 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Grenfell & Hunt (1903: p. 90).
The 4 fragments of Ms. gr. th. b 1 (P) are in size: Fr. 1 10×10 cm, fr. 2 10×26 cm, fr. 3 13×10 cm, and fr. 4 13×22 cm. (Peppermüller 1971: p. 294).
Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

Fragmentary; 1 fragment is P. Kairo 10736, 4 fragments are Ms. gr. th. b 1 (P).
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):

1 column each, recto (↓) and verso (→). 7 surviving lines recto, 28 verso.
Hand:

Findspot:

Arsinoites (Fayum), Egypt (?)

(TM places ID: 332)
Place of purchase:

Arsinoites (Fayum), Egypt

(TM places ID: 332)
Writingspot:

Arsinoites (Fayum), Egypt (?)

(TM places ID: 332)
Present Location:

Oxford, Bodleian Library
Collection History:

Purchased 1878 with other Fayum fragments from G. J. Chester.
(Madan & Craster 1924: p. 266).
Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 265
Collection website: http://ipap.csad.ox.ac.uk/4DLink4/4DACTION/IPAPwebquery?vPub=Publ.Sorb.Pap.&vVol=1&vNum=613

Notes/Discussion:

See Peppermüller (1924: p. 292,298) for the evidence that P. Kairo 10736 and Ms. gr. th. b 1 (P) are both fragments of the same manuscript.

Bibiliography
Editions:

Grenfell, Bernard P., and Arthur S. Hunt. Catalogue Général des Antiquités Égyptiennes du Musée du Caire: Greek Papyri. Oxford: University Press, 1903, p. 90, no. 10736.

Illert, Martin. Doctrina Addaei. De Imagine Edessena. Die Abgarlegende: Das Christusbild von Edessa. Turnhout: Brepols, 2007, p. 226-229.

Lardinois, André P. M. H. Land of Dreams. Greek and Latin Studies in Honour of A. H. M. Kessels. Leiden: Brill, 2006, p. 299-310.

Madan, Falconer, and H. H. E. Craster. A Summary Catalogue of Western Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford. Vol. 6. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1924, p. 266-267, no. 33608.

Peppermüller, Rolf. “Griechische Papyrusfragmente der Doctrina Addai.” Vigiliae Christianae 25 (1971): 289-301.

von Dobschütz, E. “Der Briefwechsel zwischen Abgar und Jesus.” Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Theologie 43 (1900): 422-486.
Translations:

Aufhauser, Johann B. Antike Jesus-Zeugnisse. Bonn: Marcus und Weber, 1925, p. 33. (German translation)

Phillips, George. The Doctrine of Addai, the Apostle, now first edited in a complete form in the original Syriac, with an English Translation and Notes. London: Trübner&Co., 1876.
General:

Geerard, Maurice. Clavis Apocryphorum Novi Testamenti. Turnhout: Brepols, 1992, p. 66, no. 88.

Tixeront, Joseph. Les Origines de l’Église d’Édesse et la Légende d’Abgar. Paris: Maisonneuve et Leclerc, 1888, p. 194.

Trismegistos ID:

58909
100090

 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

613

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

183

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

KD (25/10/2019); ST (14/7/2021); KD (4/10/2021)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP M1119," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m1119. Accessed on 04/11/2025

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