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KYPRIANOS M1649

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P. L. Bat. 17 5
Brussels, Musées Royaux E 370
Formerly Brussels, Musées Royaux E 10952
LDAB 6555

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Liturgical (hymns)
Contents:

1. Ro ll. 1-25: Hymn on the Nativity, ‘developed’ Trisagion, and hymn to Mary (Theotokion) in Greek
2. Vo: Psalm 109.1-4 in Greek; Psalm 109.1. in Coptic.
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Language(s):

Egyptian Coptic
Greek
Script(s):

Coptic
Greek
Dialect:
Language/dialect notes:
Date: question mark icon Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. 601 – 800
Date notes:

7th or 8th century CE according to TM (30/09/2022) and Mihálykó 2019: p. 309. Papyri.info dates it to 601-699 (30/09/2022).
Archive/collection: question mark icon Larger collection to which manuscript belongs.
Archive name:
State of edition:

Published.
Image:

Form:

Ostracon (pottery)
Material:

Ostracon (pottery)
Dimensions (cm): Height: 14 Width: 12 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Mihálykó 2019: p. 309.
Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

Fragmentary. The beginnings and ends of some lines and a few entire lines have been lost in the lower part.
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 (convex) and verso (concave). 25 lines recto.
Hand:

Findspot:

Western Thebes? (Deir el Bahri cf. Rahlfs, 46)

(TM places ID: 1341)
Place of purchase: (TM places ID: )
Writingspot:

Western Thebes?

(TM places ID: 1341)
Present Location:

Brussels, Musées Royaux
Collection History:

No acquisition information.
Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 64
Collection website: https://www.fine-arts-museum.be/en/the-collection

Notes/Discussion:

The hymn to Mary is also known from MLM M574 p. 146 ll. 18-26, P. Lond. Lit. III 1029 (Kyp M1762), and the Byzantine tradition (Mihálykó 2019: p. 309).

Mihálykó (2019: p. 309) lists contents as Psalm 109.1-4, however Crum (1902) lists contents as Psalm 109.1-5.

Bibiliography
Editions:

Crum, Walter Erwin with a contribution by F.E. Brightmann. Coptic Ostraca from the Egypt Exploration Fund, The Cairo Museums and others. London: Published by the Order of the Committee, 1902, see part I. p. 4 and part II. p. 95-96, no. Ad. 39.

Hedley, P.L. “Three Graeco-Coptic Biblical Texts.” Journal of Theological Studies 35,137 (1934),58-60.

Koenen, Ludwig. “Ein christlicher Prosahymnus des 4. Jhds.” In Antidoron Martino David oblatum: miscellanea papyrologica, edited by Ernst Boswinkel. PLB 17. Leiden: Brill, 1968, p. 42-44.

Scherrmann, Theodor. Ägyptische Abendmahlsliturgien des ersten Jahrtausends. Parderborn: Schöningh, 1912, p. 220-222.

Leclercq, Henri. “Ostraca.” In Dictionnaire d’Archéologie chrétienne et de Liturgie 13,1, edited by Ferdinand Cabrol and Henri LeClercq. Paris: Librairie Letouzey & Ané, 1936, col. 85-86 .
Translations:
General:

Mihálykó, Ágnes T. The Christian Liturgical Papyri: An Introduction. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2019, p. 309, no. 86.

Nagel, P., “Griechisch-koptische Bilinguen des Alten Testaments.” In: Graeco-Coptica: Griechen und Kopten im byzantinischen Ägypten [Referate d. V. Koptologischen Arbeitskonferenz 25. – 27. Mai 1983] edited by Peter Nagel, Halle, 1984, 255-256, no. 21.

Quecke, Hans. Untersuchungen zum koptischen Stundengebet (Institut orientaliste de Louvain 3), p. 516-18.

Rahlfs, Alfred / Fraenkel, Detlef. Verzeichnis der griechischen Handschriften des Alten Testaments I,I. Die Überlieferung bis zum VIII. Jahrhundert. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1914, p. 46-47 descr. (=catalogue only).

Trismegistos ID:

65310

 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

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 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); MPS (25/3/2021); JS (19/11/21); JS (30/9/22); KD (21/12/2022); JS (31/01/2023)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP M1649," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m1649. Accessed on 01/05/2025

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