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KYPRIANOS M1870

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

Pap. Graec. Mag. O3
PGM O 3
P. L. Bat. 17 5
Paris, Private collection Egger without number

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

Liturgical (hymn)
Contents:

1. Ro ll. 1-8: Hymn on the healings of Christ ending in Trisagion.
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Language(s):

Greek
Script(s):

Greek
Coptic
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:

Preisendanz (1931: p. 210); TM (5/7/2020).
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: 18 Width: 38 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):
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, 8 lines.
Hand:

Findspot:

Egypt

(TM places ID: 49)
Place of purchase: (TM places ID: )
Writingspot:

Egypt

(TM places ID: 49)
Present Location:

Paris, Private collection Egger
Collection History:

Purchased 1855 by Émile Egger, Preisendanz, 1931, p: 210.
Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 541
Collection website:

Notes/Discussion:

Preisendanz (1931, p: 2010) notes that it broke into 5 pieces.

Bibiliography
Editions:

Preisendanz, Karl. Papyri Graecae Magicae: Die Griechischen Zauberpapyri. Vol. 2. Stuttgart: Teubner, 1931, p. 210-211, no. O3.

Koenen, Ludwig. “Ein Christlicher Prosahymnus des 4. Jahrhunderts (O. Zucker 36).” Antidoron Martino David Oblatum, Miscellanea Papyrologica. Papyrologica Lugdona-Batava 17 (1968): 39-40, no. a.

Meyer, Marvin W., and Richard Smith. Ancient Christian Magic: Coptic Texts of Ritual Power. Princeton (New Jersey): Princeton University Press, 1994, no. 6.
Translations:
General:

Egger, Émile. “Observations sur quelques Fragments de Poterie Antique provenant d’Egypte, et qui portent des Insciptions Grecques.” in Mémoires de l’Institut de France. Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres. Vol. 21. Paris: De Boccard, 1857, p. 377-408.

Pétridès, Sophrone. “Statistique religieuse de la Bessarabie.” Echos d’Orient. Revue bimestrielle d’Histoire, de Géographie et de Liturgie Orientales. Vol. 3. Paris: Rue Bayard, 1900.

Trismegistos ID:

65457

 PAThs:
PGM: question mark icon Papyri Gracae Magicae

O 3

 SM: question mark icon Supplementum Magicum GEMF: question mark icon Greek and Egyptian Magical Formularies (forthcoming) ACM: question mark icon Ancient Christian Magic

6
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

1055

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

164

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

Imported from checklist of Ágnes T. Mihálykó by KD (11/11/2019); ST (5/7/2020); ST (11/7/2020); KD (15/9/2020)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP M1870," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m1870. Accessed on 03/11/2025

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