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KYPRIANOS M334

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British Library MS Or 6948 (2)

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Magical (applied)
Contents:

1. Ro sections a-d: Applied amulet for healing/protection against for Garbēlēa daughter of Khara.
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Language(s):

Egyptian (Coptic)
Script(s):

Coptic
Dialect:

Sahidic with Fayumic features
Language/dialect notes:

See related texts for further notes; cf. Fayumic (Crum 1922: p. 542) (Bélanger Sarrazin 2017: p. 401)
Date: question mark icon Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. 601 – 1000
Date notes:

301-500 (TM 11/1/2019). No date specified in published literature. Crum in Kropp 1931 vol. 1: p. x says that it does not “make the same impression of age” as the older texts dating to 401-600, so 601-1000 is here suggested for now (KD 9/12/2019). Distinctive ⲕ (Cramer #36, #37, #38, #40) and ⲍ (Cramer #28; #35) and dialect features e.g. ⲙⲉϫⲉ, so of this range, 801-1000 seems most likely (EL 18/12/2019).
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State of edition:

Published. No image. New edition desirable (no line numbers etc. in Crum 1922)
Image:

Form:

Sheet
Material:

Parchment
Dimensions (cm): Height: 11.2 Width: 8 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Maximum dimensions (EL from autopsy on 18/12/2019); 11 x 7.5cm (Crum 1922: p. 542)
Folding pattern:

3 vertical and 10 (?) horizontal creases (EL from autopsy on 18/12/2019); Folded several times (Crum 1922: p. 542).
State of preservation:

Complete.
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 with 31 lines in five sections, verso blank.
Hand:

Findspot:

Egypt

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

Egypt

(TM places ID: 49)
Present Location:

London, British Library
Collection History:

Acquired by the British Library in 1909 (EL from British Library Catalogue on 18/12/2019) 6948 (3) and (4) “purchased on 16 May 1879 from Reverend Grenville John Chester” (Layton’s Catalogue)
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Notes/Discussion:

Labeled in the folio as 6948 (1), Crum labels as 6948 (2). Folio contains 6948 (1); 6948 (2); 6948 (3); 6948 (4) (EL from autopsy on 18/12/2019) Order with Or 6948/1.

6948 (3) and (4) unpublished leaves of codices in bookhand
6948 (1), there (2), presumably TM 83850, O. Crum VC = Crum, Varia Coptica 116 (EL 18/12/2019)

Bibiliography
Editions:

Crum, Walter E. “La magie copte: nouveaux textes.” In Recueil d’études égyptologiques dédiées à la mémoire de Jean-François Champollion à l’occasion du centenaire de la lettre à M. Dacier relative à l’alphabet des hiéroglyphes phonétiques. Paris: Champion, 1922, p. 542-544, no. 3.
Translations:

Lexa, František. La magie dans l’Égypte antique de l’ancien empire jusqu’à l’époque copte. Les textes magiques. Vol. 2. Paris: Librairie orientaliste P. Geuthner, 1925, p. 167, no. XII.

Kropp, Angelicus. Ausgewählte koptische Zaubertexte. Übersetzungen und Anmerkungen. Vol. 2. Bruxelles: Édition de la Fondation Égyptologique Reine Élisabeth, 1931, p. 62-63, no. 16 and p. 221, no. 64 C.

Pernigotti, Sergio. “La magia copta: I testi.” In Aufstieg und Niedergang der römischen Welt, edited by Hildegard Temporini and Wolfgang Haase, II.18.5. Berlin and New York: Walter de Gruyter, 1995, 3685–3730, p. 3728-3729, no. 42.
General:

Bélanger Sarrazin, Roxanne. “’Just as You Quenched the Fiery Furnace of Nebuchadnezzar, Also Quench Every Fever.’ The Three Holy Children in Coptic Magic.” Vigiliae Christianae 78 (2024): 58-86, esp. p. 83.

Bélanger Sarrazin, Roxanne. “Les appels au « Jésus guérisseur » dans les formules iatromagiques coptes”, in Études coptes XVI. Dix-huitième journée d’études (Bruxelles, 22-24 juin 2017) (Cahiers de la bibiothèque copte 23), edited by Anne Boud’hors, Esther Garel, Catherine Louis and Naïm Vanthieghem. Paris: Éditions de Boccard, 2020, p. 194-195.

Trismegistos ID:

100114

 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”

228

 AKZ: question mark icon Ausgewählte koptische Zaubertexte

2.16, 64c

 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 (11/1/2019) (14/1/2019); EL (14/6/2019) (18/12/2019); MPS (10/9/2019); KD (9/12/2019); EL (2/9/2020); MPS (12/1/2022); KD (2/2/2024)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP M334," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m334. Accessed on 16/12/2025

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