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KYPRIANOS M42

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

P. Heid. Inv. Kopt. 412

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

Magical (unclear)
Contents:

1. Recto: Unclear text.
See all texts in this manuscript.

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. 700 – 1100
Date notes:

Dating is provisional, based on hand, to be revised with publication.
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Unpublished.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:

Parchment (?)
Dimensions (cm): Height: 13.2 Width: 19.7 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Collection website (27/2/2019)
Folding pattern:

1 horizontal crease.
State of preservation:

Complete. Damage to bottom right section, all margins otherwise preserved.
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, ca. 45 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:

Purchased through Karl Reinhardt in 1897 (Collection Website 11/12/2018)
Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 156
Collection website: https://www.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/papyri/view/p_kopt_412/

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.

Untermann, Matthias (editor). Ägyptische Magie im Wandel der Zeiten: eine Ausstellung des Instituts für Papyrologie in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Institut für Ägyptologie der Universität Heidelberg. Heidelberg : Universitätsmuseum Heidelberg, 2011, p. 34.

Trismegistos ID:

874180

 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); KD (11/12/2018); MPS (27/2/2019); Team (13/7/2020); MPS (22/3/2021)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP M42," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m42. Accessed on 07/12/2025

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