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KYPRIANOS M2135

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

O. Gurna Górecki 108
Inv. no. C.O. 310

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

Magical (applied) (?)
Writing exercise (?)
Biblical (apocryphal)
Contents:

1. Ro ll. 1-8: Letter of Jesus to Abgar (healing/protection ?)
See all texts in this manuscript.

Language(s):

Egyptian (Coptic)
Script(s):

Coptic
Dialect:

Sahidic
Language/dialect notes:

See related texts for further notes.
Date: question mark icon Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. 601 – 750
Date notes:

Boud’hors (2017: p. 46)
Archive/collection: question mark icon Larger collection to which manuscript belongs.
Archive name:
State of edition:

Published.
Image:

Form:

Ostracon (limestone)
Material:

Ostracon (limestone)
Dimensions (cm): Height: 6.1 Width: 11.5 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Boud’hors (2017: p. 49)
Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

Complete, damage at the top.
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:

MMA 1152, Western Thebes, Egypt

(TM places ID: 2355)
Place of purchase: (TM places ID: )
Writingspot:

MMA 1152, Western Thebes, Egypt

(TM places ID: 2355)
Present Location:

[magazine]
Collection History:

Discovered in situ in the hermitage MMA 1152 by excavation directed by Tomasz Górecki between 2003 and 2013 (Boud’hors 2017: p. 45).
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Collection website:

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography
Editions:

Boud’hors, Anne. “The Coptic Ostraca of the Theban Hermitage MMA 1152. 3. Exercises (O. Gurna Górecki 97-161)”, The Journal of Juristic Papyrology 49 (2019): 59-60.
Translations:
General:

Boud’hors, Anne. “The Coptic Ostraca on the Theban Hermitage MMA 1152 : 1. Letters («O. Gurna Górecki» 12-68)”, The Journal of Juristic Papyrology 47 (2017): 45-100.

Trismegistos ID:

872686

 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 (23/6/2020); EL (10/8/2020)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP M2135," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m2135. Accessed on 24/10/2025

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