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KYPRIANOS M2137

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

P. Pintaudi 11
PSI inv. 1911
Florence, Istituto Papirologico ’G. Vitelli’ PSI inv. 1911

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

Magical (applied)
Biblical (Psalm)

Contents:

1. Ro fr. a+b ll. 1-7 + fr. c l. 1: Psalm LXX 90.1-2 followed by names of god, angels, and kharaktēres; likely applied amulet for healing/protection

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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. 501 – 600
Date notes:

Maltomini (2012: p. 53).

Archive/collection: question mark icon Larger collection to which manuscript belongs.
Archive name:
State of edition:

Published.

Image: http://www.psi-online.it/images/orig/PSI_inv.1911_r.jpg?1473776425

Form:

Sheet

Material:

Papyrus

Dimensions (cm): Height: 5.9 Width: 9.4 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Height is likely original, since fragment a preserves upper and lower margin. Width is minimum. Since only about a quarter of the original letters survive, the original width was probably around 30 cm, i.e. the height of a full roll. Fr. a: 4.6 (W) x 5.9 (H) cm; Fr. b: 4.8 (W) x 3.6 cm (H) ; Fr. c: 3.1 (W) x 1 (H) cm; Fr. d: 1.9 (W) x 0.9 (H) cm (Maltomini 2012: p. 53).

Folding pattern:

3 horizontal creases on fragment a+b.

State of preservation:

Fragmentary; 4 fragments. The fragments are partially complete and partially mutilated.

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 surviving lines. Traces verso.

Hand:

Informal, imprecise, cursive, clear

Findspot:

Oxyrhynchus (Bahanasa), Egypt

(TM places ID: 1524)
Place of purchase: (TM places ID: )
Writingspot:

Oxyrhynchus (Bahanasa), Egypt

(TM places ID: 1524)
Present Location:

Florence, Istituto Papirologico ’G. Vitelli

Collection History:

No acquisition information.

Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 131
Collection website: http://www.psi-online.it/documents/ppintaudi-11

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography
Editions:

Maltomini, Franco. “Amuleto con Ps. 90:1-2”, ιn Inediti Offerti a Rosario Pintaudi per il suo 65° Compleanno (P. Pintaudi), edited by Diletta Miutoli. Firenze: Gonnelli, 2012, p. 53-56, no. 11.


Translations:
General:

Trismegistos ID:

144552

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 (30/6/2020); ST (2/9/2021); ST (15/11/2021); KD (16/11/2021)


How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP M2137," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m2137. Accessed on 30/04/2025

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