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KYPRIANOS M48

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

P. Hermitage Copt. 58

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

Magical (formulary) (?)
Liturgical (prayer) (?)
Contents:

1. Ro ll. 1-6: Liturgical prayer
2. Vo ll. 1-7: Liturgical prayer
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Language(s):

Egyptian (Coptic)
Script(s):

Coptic
Dialect:

Sahidic
Language/dialect notes:

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. 901 – 1200
Date notes:

TM dates to 4th or 5th century (13/12/2018) but this is too early based on the use of paper. Likely 10th-12th century.
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Archive name:
State of edition:

Published.
Image:

Form:

Sheet
Material:

Paper
Dimensions (cm): Height: 5 Width: 4 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Jernstedt (1959: p. 137)
Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

Fragmentary.
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 each recto and verso. Recto 6 surviving lines, verso 7 surviving lines.
Hand:

Findspot:

Egypt

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

Egypt

(TM places ID: 49)
Present Location:

St Petersburg, Hermitage Museum
Collection History:

No acquisition information.
Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 316
Collection website:

Notes/Discussion:

Trismegistos lists this as parchment, but edition calls it paper (“Бумага”).

Bibiliography
Editions:

Jernstedt, Peter Viktorovich. Коптские тексты государственного Эрмитажа (P.Hermitage). Moskow-Leningrad: Izd-vo Akademii Nauk SSSR, 1959, p. 137-138, no. 58.
Translations:
General:

Trismegistos ID:

109322

 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 (13/12/2018); EL (25/3/2019); EL (13/8/2020); KD (24/9/2021); KD (4/10/2021)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP M48," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m48. Accessed on 29/10/2025

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