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KYPRIANOS M3951

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Vienna, Nationalbibliothek K 03178 Pap

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Magical (applied)
Contents:

Original use:

1. Ro: Protocol.

Re-use:

2. Vo ll. 1-20: Applied amulet for healing/protection containing incipits of Gospels of Matthew, Luke, and Mark followed by invocation of the Virgin, Apostles, and God; the scribe begins copying the Gospel of John, but does not complete the title.
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Language(s):

Egyptian (Coptic)
Script(s):

Coptic
Dialect:

Sahidic with Fayumic influence
Language/dialect notes:

Displays inconsistent Fayumic features, including lambdicism and use of iota as final unstressed vowel (cf. Pernigotti 2002: 132, 136-137).
Date: question mark icon Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. 601 – 800
Date notes:

Pernigotti dates to the seventh or eighth century (Pernigotti 2002: 132).
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Archive name:
State of edition:

Published.
Image:

Form:

Sheet
Material:

Papyrus
Dimensions (cm): Height: 9.7 Width: 11 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Pernigotti 2002: 131.
Folding pattern:

Perhaps 4 vertical and 5 horizontal creases.
State of preservation:

Complete, some damage.
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 verso (↓?), 20 lines. Remains of a protocol on the recto.
Hand:

Findspot:

Arsinoites (Fayum), Egypt (?)

(TM places ID: 332)
Place of purchase: (TM places ID: )
Writingspot:

Arsinoites (Fayum), Egypt (?)

(TM places ID: 332)
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:

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography
Editions:

Pernigotti, Sergio. “Un nuovo testo magico in copto della Papyrussammlung di Vienna”, in Ricerche di Egittologia e di Antichità Copta, edited by Sergio Pernigotti and Paola Davoli. Imola: Editrice La Mandragora, 2002, p. 131-138.
Translations:
General:

Trismegistos ID: 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:

KD (4/10/2023); KD (9/11/2023)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP M3951," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m3951. Accessed on 05/01/2026

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