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KYPRIANOS M366

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

PCM 1 31
PCM I 31
P. Heid. Inv. Kopt. 1030
P. Heid. Äg. Slg. inv. Kopt. 1030

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. 1-47: Separation spell (curse).
2. Vo ll. 1-28: Separation spell (curse).

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Language(s):

Egyptian (Coptic)

Script(s):

Coptic

Dialect:

Sahidic with Fayumic features

Language/dialect notes:

Dosoo/Preininger 2023: p. 413; Stegemann (1938: p.74).

Date: question mark icon Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. 901 – 1100
Date notes:

Dated paleographically to the tenth or eleventh century by Dosoo/Preininger 2023: p. 413. Dated to the eleventh century by Stegemann (1938: p. 74).

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

Published.

Image:

Form:

Rotulus

Material:

Paper

Dimensions (cm): Height: 45 Width: 9.5 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Stegemann (1938: p. 74); Dosoo/Preininger 2023: p. 413.

Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

Complete, except for three lines at the beginning, which have been rubbed, and a part broken on the left.

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. 47 lines recto, 28 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:
Collection History:

Acquired by Carl Schmidt on the art market in 1934 (Stegemann 1938: p. 74). Formerly Heidelberger Papyrussammlung. Perhaps lost during the Second World War (“Kriegsverlust”) (Dosoo/Preininger 2023: p. 413).

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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. 413-419, no. 31.

Stegemann, Viktor. “Neue Zauber- und Gebetstexte aus koptischer Zeit in Heidelberg und Wien.” Le Muséon 51 (1938): 74-82.


Translations:
General:

Dosoo, Korshi. “Zōdion and Praxis. An Illustrated Coptic Magical Papyrus in the Macquarie University Collection.” Journal of Coptic Studies 20 (2018): 31-32.

Grumach, Irene. “On the History of a Coptic Figura Magica”. In Proceedings of the Twelfth International Congress of Papyrology: Ann Arbor, Michigan, 13-17 August 1968, edited by Deborah H. Samuel. Toronto: Hakkert, 1970, p. 172–173.


Trismegistos ID:

113762

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:

EL (24/9/18); MPS (12/9/2019); KD (11/12/2019); MPS (5/3/2020); EL (28/7/2020); MPS (6/3/2023); KD (20/11/2023); KD (22/1/2024)


How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP M366," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m366. Accessed on 25/04/2024

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