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KYPRIANOS M3723

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PCM 1 13
PCM I 13
Rossi’s “Gnostic” Fragment
P. Biblioteca Nazionale Turin [number unknown]

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

Magical (unclear)
Contents:

1. Ro ll. 1-29: Invocation for favour (?)
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Language(s):

Egyptian (Coptic)
Script(s):

Coptic
Greek
Dialect:

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

Seventh to eighth century (Dosoo/Preininger 2023: 221).
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Archive name:
State of edition:

Published.
Image:

Form:

Sheet
Material:

Papyrus
Dimensions (cm): Height: 33 Width: 12 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Peyron 1876: p. 66.
Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

Damaged; extent unclear.
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, 29 lines.
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 Amadeo Peyron, who left it to his nephew, Bernardino Peyron. Current location unknown (Peyron 1876: p. 65).
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. 221-223, no. 13.

Rossi, Francesco. “Di alcuni manoscritti copti”. Memorie della Accademia delle Scienze di Torino, Serie 2 44 (1894): 24, 44.
Translations:
General:

Amélineau, Émile. Le nouveau traité gnostique du Turin. Paris: Chamuel, 1895, p. 26.

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.

Trismegistos ID: PAThs: 6516
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” 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:

KD (13/5/2021); KD (9/6/2021); KD (9/9/2021); MPS (6/10/2022); KD (20/11/2023)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP M3723," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m3723. Accessed on 29/04/2025

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