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KYPRIANOS M385

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

P. Heid. Inv. Kopt. 77

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

Magical (unclear)

Contents:

Original use:

1. Ro ll. 1-3: Fragment of Arabic letter on verso.

Re-use:

2. Vo ll. 1-3: Three rows of kharactēres.

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Language(s):

Egyptian (Coptic) (?)
Arabic

Script(s):

Coptic

Dialect:
Language/dialect notes:
Date: question mark icon Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. 801 – 900
Date notes:

Date is that of letter (Collection website 2/9/2020).

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

Unpublished. Edition in progress by K. Hevesi.

Image: https://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/p_kopt_77

Form:

Sheet (?)

Material:

Papyrus

Dimensions (cm): Height: 3 Width: 7.3 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Mößner, Nauerth: 2015: p. 303.

Folding pattern:

2 vertical creases.

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 in magical re-use on verso with 3 lines (→), one column of original use on recto, 3 lines.

Hand:

Findspot:

Egypt

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

Egypt

(TM places ID: 49)
Present Location:

Heidelberg, Institut für Papyrologie

Collection History:

No acquisition information.

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_77

Notes/Discussion:

Only two lines of kharaktēres are clearly visible, but there seem to be traces of a third at the top.

Bibiliography
Editions:
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. 303-304.


Trismegistos ID:

874195

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” 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 (12/9/2019); KD (17/12/2019); MPS (2/9/2020); MPS (22/3/2021)


How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP M385," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m385. Accessed on 03/05/2025

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