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KYPRIANOS M388

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

P. Heid. Inv. Kopt. 405

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

Magical (unclear ?)
Liturgical (prayer)

Contents:

1. Ro ll. 1-14: Unclear text.
2. Vo ll. 1-3: Prayers to the Lord.

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Language(s):

Egyptian (Coptic)

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. 901 – 1100
Date notes:

Mößner and Nauerth (2015: p. 305) date to the 8th century, but this is too early based on the hand and the use of paper. We provisionally suggest 10th-11th century.

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Unpublished.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://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.39473#0001

Form:

Sheet (?)

Material:

Paper

Dimensions (cm): Height: 13 Width: 8.3 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Mößner, Nauerth: 2015: p. 305.

Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

Broken at the left side; incomplete.

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. Recto 14 lines, verso 3 lines. Verso at 90 degrees to recto.

Hand:

2 hands

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_405

Notes/Discussion:

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. 305.


Trismegistos ID:

874197

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 (24/9/18); MPS (12/9/2019); KD (17/12/2019); MPS (2/9/2020); MPS (22/3/2021); KD (29/9/2021); KD (4/10/2021)


How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP M388," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m388. Accessed on 03/05/2025

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