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KYPRIANOS M389

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

P. Heid. Inv. Kopt. 395

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

Magical (applied)
Contents:

Original use:

1. Ro ll. 1-5: Fragment of an Arabic literary (?) text.

Re-use (?):

2. Vo ll. 1-12: Applied amulet for the healing/protection of Amena child of Iohannēs.
See all texts in this manuscript.

Language(s):

Egyptian (Coptic)
Arabic
Script(s):

Coptic
Arabic
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 & Nauerth (2015: p. 304-305); Arabic recto text dated to 901-1100 (Collection Website 1/9/2020)
Archive/collection: question mark icon Larger collection to which manuscript belongs.
Archive name:
State of edition:

Unpublished. Edition in progress by K. Hevesi.
Image:

Form:

Sheet
Material:

Paper
Dimensions (cm): Height: 8.5 Width: 6.2 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Mößner & Nauerth (2015: p. 304); Collection Website (1/9/2020)
Folding pattern:

3 vertical and 7 (?) horizontal creases (EL from image 1/9/2020); Folded (Mößner & Nauerth 2015: p. 304)
State of preservation:

Complete.
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 (original use), 5 surviving lines.
1 column verso (re-use), 12 lines. Verso at 180 degrees to recto.
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:

Acquired in 1897 from K. Reinhardt (Collection Website 1/9/2020)
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_395

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. 304-305.

Trismegistos ID:

874198

 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 (24/9/2018); MPS (12/9/2019); EL (1/9/2020)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP M389," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m389. Accessed on 28/10/2025

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