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KYPRIANOS M529

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Nahman Amulet

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Magical (applied)
Contents:

1. Ro ll. 1-41: Applied amulet for protection from supernatural influences for Philoxenos son of Euphemia. Includes incipits of Psalm LXX 90, the Gospel of John, Matthew, Luke, and Mark.
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Language(s):

Egyptian (Coptic)
Script(s):

Coptic
Dialect:

Upper Egyptian
Language/dialect notes:

Drescher 1950: p. 265
Date: question mark icon Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. 401 – 900
Date notes:

Drescher tentatively stated 5th century due to “unskilled” hand, but alsoDr stated it could be as late as 10th century. Grammar consistent with a late dating (1950: p. 265)
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State of edition:

Published.
Image:

Form:

Sheet
Material:

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

None given by Drescher (1950).
Folding pattern:

6 horizontal creases (?) Folded horizontally 3 or 4 times (Drescher 1950: p. 265).
State of preservation:

Complete. Piece missing at the top-left.
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, 41 lines.
Hand:

Findspot:

Egypt

(TM places ID: 49)
Place of purchase:

Cairo, Egypt

(TM places ID: 2740)
Writingspot:

Egypt

(TM places ID: 49)
Present Location:

Unknown
Collection History:

Private collection of M. Robert Nahman, antiquities dealer in Cairo (Drescher 1950: p. 265).
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Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography
Editions:

Drescher, James. “A Coptic Amulet.” In Coptic Studies in Honor of Walter Ewing Crum (Bulletin of the Byzantine Institute 2). The Byzantine Institute, Inv. Washington 1950, p. 265-270.
Translations:

Meyer, Marvin W., and Richard Smith. Ancient Christian Magic: Coptic Texts of Ritual Power. Princeton (New Jersey): Princeton University Press, 1999, p. 115-116, no. 62.
General:

Chapa, Juan. “Su demoni e angeli: il Salmo 90 nel suo contesto.” In I papiri letterari cristiani: atti del convegno internazionale di studi in memoria di Mario Naldini, Firenze, 10-11 Giugno 2010, edited by Guido Bastianini and Angelo Casanova. Florence: Instituto Papirologico “G. Vitelli,” 2011, p. 85, no. 12.

Trismegistos ID:

98054

 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

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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 (25/3/2019); MPS (20/9/2019); KD (7/10/2019); KD (23/1/2020); MPS (28/8/2020); MPS (22/12/2020); KD (4/10/2023)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP M529," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m529. Accessed on 01/11/2025

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