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KYPRIANOS M242

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

Vienna, Nationalbibliothek K 07044 Pap
Vienna, Nationalbibliothek K 7044 Pap

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. 1-10: Applied amulet (?) for healing/protection against fever.

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Language(s):

Egyptian (Coptic)

Script(s):

Coptic

Dialect:

Fayumic

Language/dialect notes:

Stegemann (1934: p. 21); Bélanger Sarrazin 2024: p. 70.

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

Dated palaeographically to the 10th century in Bélanger Sarrazin 2024: p. 70-71, based on the absence of the ‘flat mu’. 10th to 11th century according to Stegemann (1934: p. 16); 10th to 11th century in TM (6/12/2018)

Archive/collection: question mark icon Larger collection to which manuscript belongs. KYP A18
Archive name: Vienna Coptic Magical Dossier
State of edition:

Published.

Image: http://data.onb.ac.at/rep/10208DE0

Form:

Sheet

Material:

Parchment

Dimensions (cm): Height: 8.8 Width: 6.5 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Stegemann 1934: p. 16; Bélanger Sarrazin 2024: p. 70.

Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

Complete, but text very faded and almost illegible.

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, Ro. 8 lines of Coptic text, 1 line of six crosses, 1 line of characters.

Hand:

Documentary hand (Stegemann 1934: p. 16)

Findspot:

Arsinoites (Fayum), Egypt (?)

(TM places ID: 332)
Place of purchase: (TM places ID: )
Writingspot:

Arsinoites (Fayum), Egypt (?)

(TM places ID: 332)
Present Location:

Vienna, Nationalbibliothek

Collection History:

No acquisition information.

Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 357
Collection website: http://data.onb.ac.at/rec/RZ00004818

Notes/Discussion:

Identical to, Nationalbibliothek K 8637 (M258) except for the name of the patient (see Bélanger Sarrazin 2017; Bélanger Sarrazin 2024: p. 70-74).

Bibiliography
Editions:

Bélanger Sarrazin, Roxanne. “’Just as You Quenched the Fiery Furnace of Nebuchadnezzar, Also Quench Every Fever.’ The Three Holy Children in Coptic Magic.” Vigiliae Christianae 78 (2024): p. 70-74.


Translations:
General:

Bélanger Sarrazin, Roxanne. “Papyrologica. V : 38. P. Vindob. Inv. K 7044 et K 8637: deux amulettes au formulaire proche”, Chronique d’Égypte 92 (2017) 219–221.

Stegemann, Viktor. Die koptischen Zaubertexte der Sammlung Papyrus Erzherzog Rainer in Wien. Sitzungsberichte der Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische Klasse, 1933-34 n°8. Vol. 8. Heidelberg: Carl Winters Universitätsbuchhandlung, 1934, p. 16, no. 10.


Trismegistos ID:

91403

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”

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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:

MPS (6/12/2018); EL (4/1/2019); KD (18/11/2019); EL (18/8/2020); KD (2/2/2024)


How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP M242," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m242. Accessed on 01/05/2025

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