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KYPRIANOS M322

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

PCM 1 35
PCM I 35
P. Heid. Inv. Kopt. 658
P. Heid. Inv. Kopt. 1658
P. Baden 5 135
P. Baden V 135
P. Bad. V 135
P. Bad. 5 135

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

Magical (formulary)

Contents:

1. Ro ll. 1-6: Curse, perhaps separation spell (?)
2. Ro ll. 7-19: Curse to make woman bleed pus
3. Ro ll. 18-20: Curse (?)
4. Ro ll. 21-23: Curse to make woman bleed pus
5. Ro ll. 24-26: Separation spell/curse to make someone hated
6. Vo ll. 1-17: Curse, perhaps for silencing
7. Vo ll. 18-19: Separation spell/curse to make someone hated (?)

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Language(s):

Egyptian (Coptic)

Script(s):

Coptic

Dialect:

Sahidic with slight Fayumic features

Language/dialect notes:

Dosoo/Preininger 2023: p. 449; cf. Bélanger Sarrazin 2017: p. 396 who classifies as Sahidic.

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 tenth or eleventh century by Dosoo/Preininger (202: p. 447). Recto 10th century CE, verso 9th century CE (Bilabel and Grohmann 1934: p. 385), followed by TM (25/9/18)

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

Published. New edition desirable.

Image: https://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/p_kopt_658/0001/thumbs

Form:

Sheet (?)

Material:

Parchment

Dimensions (cm): Height: 22.3 Width: 17.5 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

See Dosoo/Preininger 2023: p. 447. Fragment a: 16 x 9 cm; Fragment b: 6.3 x 8.5 cm (Bilabel and Grohmann 1934: p. 385); Fragment c: 9.3 x 4.3 cm (Mößner and Nauerth 2015: p. 308). Approximate dimensions calculated by adding fragments a + b, since they do not overlap.

Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

Four partially-preserved fragments. Fragmentary.

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):

1 column each recto and verso. Recto at 180 degrees to verso. 26 surviving lines recto, 19 surviving lines verso.

Hand:

Findspot:

Arsinoites (Fayum), Egypt (?)

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

Arsinoites (Fayum), Egypt (?)

(TM places ID: 332)
Present Location:

Heidelberg, Institut für Papyrologie

Collection History:

No acquisition information (Dosoo/Preininger 2023: p. 448).

Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 156
Collection website: https://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/p_kopt_658

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. 384-388, no. 135.

★ 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. 447-453, no. 35.


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. 308-309.


Trismegistos ID:

102084

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”

174

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 (25/9/18); MPS (9/9/2019); KD (2/12/2019); MPS (3/9/2020); MPS (10/11/2022); KD (7/3/2023); KD (20/11/2023); KD (20/11/2023); KD (22/1/2024)


How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP M322," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m322. Accessed on 18/05/2024

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