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KYPRIANOS M268

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

Vienna, Nationalbibliothek K 10443 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 ll. 1-18: Amulet of unclear purpose containing an image of a figure (healing/protection?) (Stegemann 1934: p. 25)

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Language(s):

Egyptian (Coptic)

Script(s):

Coptic

Dialect:

Sahidic

Language/dialect notes:

Stegemann (1934: p. 25)

Date: question mark icon Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. 901 – 950
Date notes:

TM (14/12/2018); 901-1000 at the earliest (Stegemann 1934: p. 25)

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

Unpublished; edition desirable.

Image: http://data.onb.ac.at/rep/113794F3

Form:

Sheet

Material:

Paper

Dimensions (cm): Height: 8.8 Width: 6.3 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Stegemann (1934: p. 25); Collection Website (14/12/2018)

Folding pattern:

Once tightly folded (Stegemann 1934: p. 25); Folded in antiquity (TM 14/12/2018)

State of preservation:

Complete, unreadable (Stegemann 1934: p. 25)

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, 18 lines of text a ‘drawing of a demon’ (Stegemann 1934: p. 25)

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/RZ00004851

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. 25. no. 39.


Translations:
General:

Horak, Ulrike. Illuminierte Papyri, Pergamente und Papiere. Pegasus Oriens no. 1. Wien: Holzhausen, 1992, p. 260, ViP 345.


Trismegistos ID:

91431

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 (14/12/2018); EL (3/1/2019); KD (21/11/2019); EL (19/8/2020); MPS (10/2/2021); MPS (22/3/2021); MPS (12/1/2022)


How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP M268," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m268. Accessed on 02/05/2025

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