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KYPRIANOS M3756

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

PSI inv. C 55
Florence, Istituto Papirologico ’G. Vitelli’ PSI inv. C 55
C 55
PSI inv. C 55 (=V)

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

Magical (applied)
Contents:

1. Ro ll. 1-9: Letter of Jesus to Abgar (applied amulet for healing/protection ?).
See all texts in this manuscript.

Language(s):

Egyptian (Coptic)
Script(s):

Coptic
Dialect:

Sahidic
Language/dialect notes:
Date: question mark icon Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. 401 – 600
Date notes:

Willy Clarysse for TM (TM 16/12/2021).
Archive/collection: question mark icon Larger collection to which manuscript belongs.
Archive name:
State of edition:

Published.
Image:

Form:

Sheet
Material:

Papyrus
Dimensions (cm): Height: 7.5 Width: 4.9 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Proverbio 1997: p. 155.
Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

Fragmentary.
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 (↓), ca. 9 surviving lines.
Hand:

Bimodular, upright, Alexandrian majuscule (PAThs 16/12/2021)

Findspot:

Antinoopolis (El-Sheikh Ibada)

(TM places ID: 2774)
Place of purchase: (TM places ID: )
Writingspot:

Antinoopolis (El-Sheikh Ibada) (?)

(TM places ID: 2774)
Present Location:

Florence, Istituto Papirologico ’G. Vitelli’
Collection History:

Unknown.
Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 131
Collection website:

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography
Editions:

Proverbio, Delio V. “Un nuovo testimone copto del Responsum Christi ad Abgarum.” Miscellanea Marciana 12 (1997): 155-169 (155, siglum V) [tav. XV]) p. 1170.
Translations:
General:

Trismegistos ID:

290110

 PAThs: 1170
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 (4/12/2021); MPS (16/12/2021); MPS (20/12/2021); KD (20/12/2021); MPS (14/1/2022)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP M3756," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m3756. Accessed on 30/04/2025

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