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KYPRIANOS M283

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PCM 1 12
PCM I 12
Rossi’s “Gnostic” Tractate
P. Biblioteca Nazionale Turin

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Magical (formulary)
Contents:

1. pp. 1-46: Invocation of the Archangel Gabriel for exorcism/protection from demons.
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Language(s):

Egyptian (Coptic)
Script(s):

Coptic
Dialect:

Sahidic (non-standard)
Language/dialect notes:

Bélanger Sarrazin (2017: p. 392-393).
Date: question mark icon Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. 601 – 800
Date notes:

7th-8th century according to Dosoo/Preininger (2023: 172). 5th-8th century tentative dating from PAThs (19/9/2021); 501-1100 (TM 4/1/2019). The hand resembles the codices, likely from Thinis, purchased by Bernardino Drovetti at the same time, and dated to the seventh or eighth century (see Orlandi 1974, we thank Alin Suciu for this suggestion).
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Archive name:
State of edition:

Published.
Image:

Form:

Codex
Material:

Papyrus
Dimensions (cm): Height: 16 Width: 16 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Peyron 1876: p. 65.
Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

Destroyed.
Pages/Columns: question mark icon Total surviving columns in the manuscript for rolls, sheets and rotuli; total number of pages for codices.

46
Pages/Columns (notes):

46 pages, 22 written, only on the recto of each. Second folio blank.
Hand:

Rossi’s Gnostic Tractate Hand

Findspot:

Thebes, Egypt (?)

(TM places ID: 2355)
Place of purchase: (TM places ID: )
Writingspot:

Thebes, Egypt (?)

(TM places ID: 2355)
Present Location:

Turin, Biblioteca Nazionale
Collection History:

Acquired by Bernardino Drovetti before 1815, sent to Egyptian Museum in 1821. It was given to A. Peyron, who left it to his nephew, B. Peyron. Document lost in fire in 1904 (Meyer 1988: p. 1; Dosoo/Preininger 2023: 172-174).
Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 753
Collection website:

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography
Editions:

★ Dosoo, Korshi, and Markéta Preininger. Papyri Copticae Magicae. Coptic Magical Texts, Volume 1: Formularies (PCM I 1), Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete – Beihefte 48. Berlin: De Gruyter, 2023, p. 172-219, no. 12.

Kropp, Angelicus. Ausgewählte koptische Zaubertexte. Textpublikation. Vol. 1. Bruxelles: Édition de la Fondation Égyptologique Reine Élisabeth, 1931, p. 63-78, no. R.

Meyer, Marvin W. Rossi’s “Gnostic” Tractate. Claremont: Institute for Antiquity and Christianity, 1988.

Rossi, Francesco. “Di alcuni manoscritti copti”. Memorie della Accademia delle Scienze di Torino, Serie 2 44 (1894): 21-70.
Translations:

Amélineau, Émile. Le nouveau traité gnostique du Turin. Paris: Chamuel, 1895.

Kropp, Angelicus. Ausgewählte koptische Zaubertexte. Übersetzungen und Anmerkungen. Vol. 2, Bruxelles: Édition de la Fondation Égyptologique Reine Élisabeth, 1931, p. 176-199, no. 47.

Meyer, Marvin W., and Richard Smith. Ancient Christian Magic: Coptic Texts of Ritual Power. Princeton (New Jersey): Princeton University Press, 1999, p. 133-146, no. 71

Müller, C. Detlef G. Die Engellehre der koptischen Kirche. Untersuchungen zur Geschichte der christlichen Frommigkeit in Ägypten. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 1959, 73 n. 570, 302-309.
General:

Gabrieli, Giuseppe. Manoscritti e carte orientali nelle biblioteche e negli archivi d’Italia. Florence: Biblioteca di Bibliografia Italiana, 1930.

Orlandi, Tito. “Les papyrus coptes du Musée Egyptien de Turin,” Le Muséon 87 (1974): 115-127.

Peyron, Bernardino. “Notizie ed osservazioni intorno a cinque manoscritti copti della Biblioteca nazionale di Torino”, Atti della Reale Accademia delle scienze di Torino 12 (1876): 65-66.

Rossi, Francesco. “Manoscritti Copti esistenti nel Museo Egizio e nella Biblioteca Nazionale di Torino raccolti da Bernardino Drovetti e indicati del prof. Francesco Rossi.” Rivista delle Biblioteche e degli Archivi 10.9 (1899): 113-122.

Sperber, Daniel. “Some Rabbinic Themes in Magical Papyri”. Journal for the Study of Judaism in the Persian, Hellenistic, and Roman Period 16.1 (1985): 93-103.

Trismegistos ID:

98062

 PAThs: 5754
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

71
Bélanger Sarrazin: question mark icon Bélanger-Sarrazin. “Catalogue des textes magiques coptes”

140

 AKZ: question mark icon Ausgewählte koptische Zaubertexte

1 R, 2.47

 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 (4/1/2019); KD (27/3/2019); EL (14/6/2019); KD (2/102/2019); MPS (4/9/2020); MPS (7/5/2021); KD (12/5/2021); KD (13/5/2021); KD (10/9/2021); KD (3/12/2021); SVS (30/10/2022); KD (20/11/2023)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP M283," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m283. Accessed on 25/04/2025

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