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KYPRIANOS M390

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

Vienna, Nationalbibliothek K 08348 Pap

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

Magical (applied ?) (?)
Biblical (Psalms)
Contents:

1. Ro ll. 1-10: Hymn for communion composed of psalm verses (Psalms 125:2, 35:9-10, 77:23b-24a, 25a, 117:19-20)
See all texts in this manuscript.

Language(s):

Egyptian (Coptic)
Script(s):

Coptic
Dialect:

Sahidic (non-standard)
Language/dialect notes:

Sahidic (Stegemann 1938: p. 82). See related texts for further notes.
Date: question mark icon Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. 1001 – 1100
Date notes:

Stegemann (1938: p. 82); Collection Website (28/1/2019)
Archive/collection: question mark icon Larger collection to which manuscript belongs.
Archive name:
State of edition:

Published.
Image:

Form:

Sheet
Material:

Parchment
Dimensions (cm): Height: 11.5 Width: 15 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Stegemann (1938: p. 82); Collection Website (28/1/2019)
Folding pattern:

Folded five times horizontally and three times horizontally (Stegemann 1938: p. 82)
State of preservation:

Fragmentary, damaged and torn with two holes in the middle (Stegemann 1938: p. 82)
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 (flesh side), 10 lines.
Hand:

Documentary hand (Stegemann 1938: p. 82)

Findspot:

Egypt

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

Egypt

(TM places ID: 49)
Present Location:

Vienna, Nationalbibliothek
Collection History:

No acquisition information.
Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 357
Collection website: http://data.onb.ac.at/rec/RZ00005695

Notes/Discussion:

Perhaps reused as an amulet.
For identification as liturgical, see Quecke 1966.

Bibiliography
Editions:

Stegemann, Viktor. “Neue Zauber- und Gebetstexte aus koptischer Zeit in Heidelberg und Wien.” Le Muséon 51 (1938): 82-83.

Quecke, Hans. “Ein saidisches Kommunionlied (Wien, K 8348).” Le Muséon 79 (1966): 103-111.
Translations:
General:

Trismegistos ID:

113763

 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”

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 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 (28/1/2019); MPS (12/9/2019); KD (6/1/2020); ÁM (31/03/2020); EL (28/7/2020); KD (29/9/2021)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP M390," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m390. Accessed on 28/10/2025

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