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KYPRIANOS M1664

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

O. Egger
CIG IV 9061
LDAB 4234

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

Liturgical (hymns)
Contents:

1. Ro. ll. 1-11: Hymn on the Nativity.
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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. 601 – 700
Date notes:

7th century according to Mihálykó 2019 (p. 311) and TM (30/9/2022); 200-640 CE according to Papyri.info (30/9/2022)
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: Width: Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

No dimensions listed in publications.
Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

Fragmentary, preserved in three fragments (Egger 1887: p. 384)
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, 11 lines.
Hand:

Findspot:

Western Thebes, Egypt (?)

(TM places ID: 1341)
Place of purchase:

Cairo, Egypt

(TM places ID: 2740)
Writingspot:

Western Thebes, Egypt (?)

(TM places ID: 1341)
Present Location:

Paris, Private Collection Egger
Collection History:

Bought by Émile Egger in 1855 from the estate of Arthur des Rivières (Egger 1887: p. 384)
Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 541
Collection website:

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography
Editions:

Egger, Émile. “Observations sur quelques fragments de poterie antique qui portent des inscriptions grecs”. Mémoires de l’Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres 21 (1887): 384-385.

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, cols. 94-95 (edition and translation).

Kirchhoff, Adolf, Johannes Franz, August Böckh. Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum IV. XL. Inscriptiones Christianae. Olms:1859, p. 424-425, no. 9061.
Translations:
General:

Mihálykó, Ágnes T. The Christian Liturgical Papyri: An Introduction. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2019, p. 311 no. 101 descr.

Pétridès, Sophrone. ” Un tropaire byzantin sur un fragment de poterie égyptienne.” Échos d’Orient 3,6 p. 367, note 1.

Trismegistos ID:

63038

 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); JS (22/12/21); JS (30/9/22); KD (21/12/2022)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP M1664," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m1664. Accessed on 26/04/2024

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