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KYPRIANOS M2122

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

Pap. Wessely Pragensis Orient. Kopt. III,58 + Pap. Wessely Pragensis Orient. Kopt. III,49

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

Magical (unclear)
Contents:

1. Unclear; contains “quickly, quickly”, and instructions to write something; square figure on other side.
See all texts in this manuscript.

Language(s):

Egyptian (Coptic)
Script(s):

Coptic
Dialect:

Sahidic with Fayumic features
Language/dialect notes:
Date: question mark icon Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. 901 – 1100
Date notes:

Hand suggests tenth or eleventh century date (KD 16/9/2024).
Archive/collection: question mark icon Larger collection to which manuscript belongs.
Archive name:
State of edition:

Unpublished; edition in progress by Zuzana Vítková and Krisztina Hevesi.
Image:

Form:

Sheet
Material:

Parchment
Dimensions (cm): Height: 12.3 Width: 6.7 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Minimum dimensions; information from Z. Vítková (16/9/2024).
Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

8 fragments.
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):

Likely one surviving sheet with one column of text on each side.
Hand:

Findspot:

Egypt

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

Egypt

(TM places ID: 49)
Present Location:

Prague, Oriental Institute (Czech Republic)
Collection History:

The manuscript belongs to the oriental part of the private collection of prof. Karl Wessely, probably acquired in 1904 in Paris. After the death of prof. Wessely, the whole collection was inherited by prof. Theodor Hopfner, who sorted the manuscripts and sold them to the Prague University Library. The oriental part of the collection has found its place in the Oriental Institute. (Private communication Zuzana Vítková 16/9/2024).
Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 1892
Collection website:

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography
Editions:
Translations:
General:

Oerter, Wolf, B. “Die koptischen Texte aus der Sammlung Papyri Wessely Pragenses Stand Juli 2001. Recherchen zum koptischen Schrifttum in Prager Museen und Sammlungen II”. In Akten des 23. Internationalen Papyrologenkongress, Wien, 22.-28. Juli 2001, edited by Bernhard Palme. Papyrologica Vindobonensia 1. Wien: ÖAW Verlag 2007, p. 483-487.

Trismegistos ID: 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:

KD (24/4/2020); Team (18/5/2020); MPS (27/5/2020); EL (29/7/2020); KD (16/9/2024)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP M2122," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m2122. Accessed on 30/04/2025

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