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KYPRIANOS M2124

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

Pap. Wessely Pragensis Orient. Kopt. IV,7 + P. Strasbourg K 576, 578, 579, 580

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

Magical (formulary)
Contents:

1. Unclear; contains image of ouroboros.
See all texts in this manuscript.

Language(s):

Egyptian (Coptic)
Script(s):

Coptic
Dialect:

Fayumic
Language/dialect notes:
Date: question mark icon Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. 501 – 900
Date notes:

Date very uncertain, range is typical span of Coptic magical texts, with the proviso that Fayumic texts are rare after the ninth century (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Unpublished; edition in progress by Zuzana Vítková.
Image:

Form:

Sheet (?)
Material:

Parchment
Dimensions (cm): Height: 25 Width: 17.5 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Size is minimum, based on reconstruction from fragments; Sizes of Prague fragments: frg. IV,7/1: 5.7 x 5.2 cm; frg. IV,7/2: 8.8 x 7.1 cm;; frg. IV,7/3: 2.7-5.0 x 12.8 cm; frg. IV,7/4: 10.0 x 10.8 cm; frg. IV,7/5: 4.3 cm x 7.0 cm; frg. IV,7/6: 4.0 x 7.8 cm; frg. IV,7/7: 3.0 x 4.0 cm (information from Z. Vítková (16/9/2024).
Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

10 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):

1 column each, recto and verso.
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:

Formerly the property of Karl Wessely, bequeathed to Theodor Hopfner, who subsequently sold them to the National Library in Prague (Private communication Zuzana Vítková 24/4/2020). Seems to also include Strasbourg fragments (private communication K. Hevesi 12/9/2020).
Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 1892
Collection website:

Notes/Discussion:

Perhaps re-used as applied text (Private communication Zuzana Vítková 24/4/2020).

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); KD (16/9/2024)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP M2124," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m2124. Accessed on 30/04/2025

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