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KYPRIANOS M1587

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Cairo Coptic Museum inv. 3469

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Liturgical (hymns)
Documentary (letter)

Contents:

Original use:

1. Ro ll. 1-7: Private Letter (Arabic).

Re-Use:

2. Vo ll. 1-20: Hymn on the Nativity.

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Language(s):

Greek
Arabic

Script(s):

Greek
Arabic

Dialect:
Language/dialect notes:
Date: question mark icon Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. 801 – 900
Date notes:

Arabic letter (textus prior) dated to IX by Hanafi on v, CM 53 style (VIII/IX MacCoull, VI/VII? ed.pr.).

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Archive name:
State of edition:

Published. No translation.

Image:

Form:

Sheet

Material:

Papyrus

Dimensions (cm): Height: 13.9 Width: 8.5 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Mihálykó assumes it might have been rolled up rather than folded (Mihálykó 2019: p. 195); for the dimensions cf. Mihálykó 2019: p. 294

Folding pattern:

6 horizontal creases

State of preservation:

The Greek is incomplete at the top and bottom but both margins are nearly complete

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 verso (→), 20 lines (liturgical re-use). 1 column recto (↓), private letter original use.

Hand:

Findspot:

Hermopolis (?)

(TM places ID: 816)
Place of purchase: (TM places ID: )
Writingspot:

Hermopolis (?)

(TM places ID: 816)
Present Location:

Cairo, Coptic Museum

Collection History:

No acquisition information (MacCoull 1994: p. 127).

Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 72
Collection website: http://www.coptic-cairo.com/index.html

Notes/Discussion:

Arabic on verso (letter)

CM 53 style; Mihálykó follows MacCoull in attributing Cairo Coptic Museum inv. 3469 to one scriptorium where Arabic documents were reused to copy Greek hymns most likely located in Hermopolis (Mihálykó 2019: p. 91) cf. TM 1564.

Following MacCoull, the hand of Cairo Coptic Museum inv. 3469 resembles P. Ryl. III 466, BKT VIII 16 and PSI IX 1096 grouped together by Cavallo and Maehler 1987; all dated by them to the 7th or 8th century; all three texts have comparable Arabic writing on them. Other comparable Greek hands: P. Berol. 13888 and P. Vindob. 26.162, both are liturgical texts but do not have Arabic writing on them (MacCoull 1994: p. 131-132).
Following Hanafi, the hand also resembles P. Lond. Inv. 1552 (= P. Lond. V 1817) and P. Strass. 397 (Hanafi 2001: p. 103)

Image in Hanafi 2001: 115

Bibiliography
Editions:

Hanafi, Alia. “A Christian Homily.” In Proceedings of the International Congress “Palestine in Light of Papyri and Inscriptions”, edited by Alia Hanafi. Cairo: Press, 2001, p. 102-115.

MacCoull, Leslie B. “A Nativity Hymn from Egypt”. Archiv für Papyrusforschung 40 (1994): 127-32.


Translations:
General:

Mihálykó, Ágnes T. The Christian Liturgical Papyri: An Introduction. Studien und Texte zu Antike und Christentum 114. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2019, p. 82, 83, 91, 163, 169, 195, 294, no. 24.


Trismegistos ID:

140535

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

Imported from checklist of Ágnes T. Mihálykó by KD (11/11/2019); JS (5/11/2021); JS (12/11/2021); MPS (23/9/2022); KD (21/12/2022)


How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP M1587," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m1587. Accessed on 28/03/2024

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