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KYPRIANOS M532

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

P. Hengstenberg Copt. 5
Munich Coptic Papyrus 5
Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek P. kopt. 5
München, Pap. Copt. Mon. 5

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

Magical (applied)

Contents:

1. Ro ll. 1-38: Applied judicial Curse against Shenoute, the son of Pamin to cause fever and jaundice and enmity.

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Language(s):

Egyptian (Coptic)

Script(s):

Coptic

Dialect:

Sahidic (non-standard); Mesokemic features (Hengstenberg 1915: p. 95)

Language/dialect notes:
Date: question mark icon Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. 601 – 700
Date notes:

Hengstenberg 1915: p. 95.

Archive/collection: question mark icon Larger collection to which manuscript belongs.
Archive name:
State of edition:

Published.

Image: https://www.digitale-sammlungen.de/de/view/bsb00130437?page=,1

Form:

Sheet

Material:

Papyrus

Dimensions (cm): Height: 30.5 Width: 23.3 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Hengstenberg 1915: p. 95.

Folding pattern:

Folded vertically and horizontally (Collection website 3/4/2022).

State of preservation:

Complete.

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 (→), 38 lines.

Hand:

Findspot:

Egypt

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

Egypt

(TM places ID: 49)
Present Location:

Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek

Collection History:

The manuscript comes from a grave and was bought by Jacques Rosenthal on 21th of September 1916 (Collection website 3/4/2022).

Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 235
Collection website: https://opacplus.bsb-muenchen.de/title/BV041266632

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography
Editions:

Hengstenberg, W. “Koptische Papyri.” In Beiträge zur Forschung. Studien und Mitteilungen aus dem Antiquariat Jacques Rosenthal. Vol. 1, edited by Jacques Rosenthal and Erwin Rosenthal. München: Verlag von Jacques Rosenthal, 1915, p. 95-100 & 8*-16*, no. 5.


Translations:

Kropp, Angelicus. Ausgewählte koptische Zaubertexte. Übersetzungen und Anmerkungen. Vol. 2. Bruxelles: Édition de la Fondation Égyptologique Reine Élisabeth, 1931, no. 69, p. 229-231.

Meyer, Marvin W., and Richard Smith. Ancient Christian Magic: Coptic Texts of Ritual Power. Princeton (New Jersey): Princeton University Press, 1999, p. 188-190, no. 89.


General:

Trismegistos ID:

99579

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

89

Bélanger Sarrazin: question mark icon Bélanger-Sarrazin. “Catalogue des textes magiques coptes”

184

AKZ: question mark icon Ausgewählte koptische Zaubertexte

2.69

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 (17/9/18); MPS (20/9/2019); KD (27/1/2020); MPS (28/8/2020); MPS (8/4/2022); JS (17/09/2022)


How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP M532," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m532. Accessed on 07/05/2025

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