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KYPRIANOS M318

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

P. Heid. Inv. Pap. Aeg. 14
P. Heid. Inv. Kopt. 14
P. Baden 5 126
P. Bad. V 126
P. Baden V 126
P. Bad. 5 126

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

Magical (formulary ?)

Contents:

1. Ro col. 1 ll. 1-8 – col. 2 ll. 1-14: Invocation (?), probably for the protection of a house.

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Language(s):

Egyptian (Coptic)

Script(s):

Coptic

Dialect:

Fayumic

Language/dialect notes:

Bélanger Sarrazin 2017: p. 395.

Date: question mark icon Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. 601 – 800
Date notes:

TM (24/9/18). Bilabel did not want to give a precise date, but noted that the stratum in which the fragments of this manuscript were found, no Arabic fragments were found (Bilabel and Grohmann 1934: p. 362)

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

Published.

Image: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.38974#0001

Form:

Sheet

Material:

Papyrus

Dimensions (cm): Height: 10.2 Width: 17.7 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Dimensions of the largest fragment are H 10.2 cm (H) 15.5 cm (W). Dimensions of the small fragments: H 4.9 cm (H) 2.2 cm (W).

Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

Fragmentary. Numerous fragments discovered during the first days of excavations in the uppermost stratum of the Coptic-Arabic settlement at Qarara (Bilabel and Grohmann 1934: p. 362).

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, first column with 8 surviving lines, second column with 14 surviving lines, third column with traces of figure and characters.

Hand:

Findspot:

Hipponon (Qarara), Egypt

(TM places ID: 2634)
Place of purchase: (TM places ID: )
Writingspot:

Hipponon (Qarara), Egypt (?)

(TM places ID: 2634)
Present Location:

Heidelberg, Institut für Papyrologie

Collection History:

Found in situ during excavation at Qarara which took place in 1913-1914 (Bilabel and Grohmann 1934: p. 362; Seider 1964: p. 156-7).

Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 156
Collection website: https://www.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/papyri/view/p_kopt_14/

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography
Editions:

Bilabel, Friedrich, and Adolf Grohmann. Griechische, koptische und arabische Texte zur Religion und religiösen Literatur in Ägyptens Spätzeit, Heidelberg: Verlag der Universitätsbibliothek, 1934, p. 362-364, no. 126.


Translations:
General:

Mößner, Tamara and Claudia Nauerth. “Koptische Text und ihre Bilder.” In Ägyptische Magie und ihre Umwelt, edited by Andrea Jördens, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2015, p. 303.

Seider, Richard. “Aus der Arbeit der Universitätsinstitute. Die Universitäts-Papyrussammlung.” Heidelberger Jahrbücher 8 (1964): 142-203.


Trismegistos ID:

102090

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”

169

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:

EL (24/9/18); MPS (9/9/2019); KD (2/12/2019); MPS (3/9/2020); KD (11/2/2021); SVS (09/08/22)


How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP M318," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m318. Accessed on 02/05/2025

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