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KYPRIANOS M261

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

Vienna, Nationalbibliothek K 10206 Pap

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

Magical (unclear ?)

Contents:

1. Ro Col. 1 ll. x+1-2: Unclear fragmentary text in Coptic (?)
2. Ro Col. 2 l. x+1: Unclear traces in Arabic
3. Vo Col. 1 ll. x+1-2: Unclear traces in Arabic

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Language(s):

Egyptian (Coptic) (?)
Arabic

Script(s):

Coptic
Arabic

Dialect:

[non-linguistic]

Language/dialect notes:
Date: question mark icon Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. 901 – 1000
Date notes:

9th century according to Stegemann (1934: p. 22) and TM (13/12/2018), but a date before the 10th century is unlikely based on the use of paper.

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

Published.

Image: http://data.onb.ac.at/rep/1020AF24

Form:

Sheet (?)

Material:

Paper

Dimensions (cm): Height: 6.5 Width: 4.5 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Stegemann (1934: p. 22); Collection Website (13/12/2018)

Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

Fragmentary, torn at the top, right, and bottom.

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):

2 columns recto, 2 (Coptic) surviving lines in col. 1, 1 (Arabic) in col. 2. 1 column verso, 2 surviving lines (Arabic).

Hand:

Findspot:

Egypt

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

Egypt

(TM places ID: 49)
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/RZ00004830

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography
Editions:

★ Stegemann, Viktor. Die koptischen Zaubertexte der Sammlung Papyrus Erzherzog Rainer in Wien. Sitzungsberichte der Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische Klasse, 1933-34 no. 1. Heidelberg: Carl Winters Universitätsbuchhandlung, 1934, p. 22, no. 31.


Translations:
General:

Trismegistos ID:

91423

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”

291

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 (13/12/2018); EL (3/1/2019); KD (20/11/2019) (5/6/2020); EL (19/8/2020); MPS (22/3/2021); KD (6/10/2021)


How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP M261," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m261. Accessed on 01/05/2025

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