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KYPRIANOS M2139

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

PGM T 2b
Cairo, Egyptian Museum CG 33019
SB I 970
Nachtergael 8

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

Magical (applied)
Contents:

1. Ro ll. 1-4, Vo ll. 1-3: Bous amulet with citation of Psalm LXX 90.1
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Language(s):

Greek
Script(s):
Dialect:
Language/dialect notes:
Date: question mark icon Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. 301 – 640
Date notes:

TM (15/10/2020) based on personal communication with Willy Clarysse; 2nd – 7th century (Sanzo 2014: p. 115).
Archive/collection: question mark icon Larger collection to which manuscript belongs.
Archive name:
State of edition:

Published.
Image:

Form:

Tablet
Material:

Wood (tablet)
Dimensions (cm): Height: 3.8 Width: 3 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Kraus (2007: p. 483); Milne (1905: p. 133).
Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

Complete, damaged on one side.
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 recto with 4 lines, 1 column verso 3 lines. Letters: 3-4 mm (Milne 1905: p. 133).
Hand:

Findspot:

Egypt

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

Egypt

(TM places ID: 49)
Present Location:

Cairo, Egyptian Museum
Collection History:
Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 73
Collection website:

Notes/Discussion:

Has a horizontal hole on its narrow part (Le Blant 1875: p. 242).

Pierced transversely, suspension handle on the top. Small indentation s on the bottom (Milne 1905: p. 133).

Straight lines above and below writing (Sanzo 2014: p. 115).

Bibiliography
Editions:

Brashear, William M. “Lesefrüchte.” Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigrahik 50 (1983): p. 101.

Kraus, Thomas J. “‘Bus’, ‘Bainchooch’ und Septuaginta-Psalm 90?: Überlegungen zu den sogenannten ‘Bous’-Amuletten und dem beliebtesten Bibeltext für apotropäische Zwecke.” Zeitschrift für antikes Christentum 11 (2007): p. 483, no. 12.

Le Blant, Edmond-Frédéric. “Tablai égyptiennes a inscriptions grecques.” Revue archéologique (2e série) 29 (1875): p. 241-242, no. 80.

Milne, Joseph G. Catalogue général des antiquités égyptiennes du Musée du Caire. Greek Inscriptions. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1905, p. 133, no. 33019 (includes image).

Nachtergael, Georges. “Une amulette chrétienne du Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dijon.” Ricerche di egittologia e di antichità copte (REAC) 4 (2002): p. 96, no. 8.

Preisendanz, Karl, and Henrichs, Albert. Papyri Graecae Magicae: Die Griechischen Zauberpapyri. Vol. 2. Stuttgart: Teubner, 1974, p. 212, no. T 2 b.

Preisigke, Friedrich. Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten. Vol. 1. (SB I). Strassburg : K.J. Trübner, 1915, p. 963, no. 970.

Sanzo, Joseph E. Scriptural Incipits on Amulets from Late Antique Egypt Text, Typology, and Theory. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2014, p. 115-116, no. 37.
Translations:
General:

Cauderlier, Patrice. “Les tablettes grecques d’Égypte: inventaire,” Bibliologia 12 (1992): p. 89 no. 256 and p. 93 no. 305.

Chapa, Juan. “Su demoni e angeli: Il Salmo 90 nel suo contesto,” in I papiri letterari Cristiani: atti del Convegno internazionale di studi in memoria di Mario Naldini. Firenze, 10-11 giugno 2010 (Studi e Testi di Papirologia N.S. 13), edited by Guido Bastianini and Angelo Casanova (Florence: Instituto Papirologico “G. Vitelli”, 2011, p. 87, no. 22.

Trismegistos ID:

62302

 PAThs:
PGM: question mark icon Papyri Gracae Magicae

T 2b

 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

194

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

43

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

KD (21/9/2020); MPS (15/10/2020)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP M2139," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m2139. Accessed on 30/04/2025

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