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KYPRIANOS M177

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

P. Kell. II 94
P. Kellis. 2 94
P. Kell. Gr. 94
Egypt, Kellis, excavations, house 3, P. A/5/92

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

Magical (applied) (?)
Liturgical (hymn)

Contents:

1. Ro ll. 1-7: Short eulogy praising God.

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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. 301 – 400
Date notes:

All material from Kellis Area House 3 is dated to the fourth century based on the archaeological context (Gardner and Worp 1996: p. x).

Archive/collection: question mark icon Larger collection to which manuscript belongs. KYP A6
Archive name: Kellis Area A House 3 Archive
State of edition:

Published.

Image:

Form:

Tablet

Material:

Wood

Dimensions (cm): Height: 8.2 Width: 5 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Gardner & Worp (1996: p. 299).

Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

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 recto, 7 lines.

Hand:

Findspot:

Kellis (Ismant el-Kharab), Egypt

(TM places ID: 2762)
Place of purchase: (TM places ID: )
Writingspot:

Kellis (Ismant el-Kharab), Egypt (?)

(TM places ID: 2762)
Present Location:

Egypt, Kellis

Collection History:

Excavated at Kellis. Presumably held in magazine nearby.

Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript.
Collection website:

Notes/Discussion:

Gardner and Worp (1996: p. 143) suggest it was intended to be used as an amulet.

Bibiliography
Editions:

Gardner, Iain, and Klaas A. Worp. Kellis Literary Texts. Vol. 2. Oxford: Oxbow Books, 1996, no. 94, p. 142-143.

★ Gonis, Nikolaos, and Cornelia E. Römer. “Ein Lobgesang auf den Vater der Größe in P.Kellis II 94.” Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 120 (1998): 299-300.


Translations:
General:

Trismegistos ID:

64437

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:

ST (19/12/2020); KD (9/2/2021)


How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP M177," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m177. Accessed on 29/04/2024

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