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KYPRIANOS M645

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

Vienna, Nationalbibliothek G 40906 Pap
MPER N.S. 64

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. 1-15: Sator-Formula in cipher script.

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Language(s):

Egyptian (Coptic) (?)
Greek (?)

Script(s):

Greek
Coptic

Dialect:
Language/dialect notes:

Written in cipher.

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

5th century or later (Collection Website 5/10/2018)

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

Published.

Image: https://digital.onb.ac.at/RepViewer/viewer.faces?doc=DTL_2831840&order=1&view=SINGLE

Form:

Sheet

Material:

Papyrus

Dimensions (cm): Height: 12.3 Width: 6 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

12.8 cm high (Kreuzsaler 2015: p. 107).

Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

Complete, some small holes.

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):
Hand:

Findspot:

Egypt

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

Egypt

(TM places ID: 49)
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: http://data.onb.ac.at/rec/RZ00005110

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography
Editions:

Harrauer, H. “Die Sator-Formel in Geheimschrift.” In Römische Geschichte, Altertumskunde und Epigraphik. Festschrift für A. Betz zur Vollendung seines 80. Lebensjahres, edited by E. Weber, & G. Dobesch. Wien: 1985, p. 299-301. [non vidi]

Kreuzsaler, C. “Sator-Quadrat in Geheimschrift.” In Orakelsprüche, Magie und Horoskope. Wie Ägypten in die Zukunft sah (Nilus 22), edited by A. Zdiarsky. Wien: 2015, p. 107, no. 34.


Translations:
General:

Buschhausen, H., Horak, U., and Harrauer, H. Der Lebenskreis der Kopten. Dokumente, Textilien, Funde, Ausgrabungen. Katalog zur Ausstellung im Prunksaal der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek. Vienna, Hollinek in Kommission: 1995 (MPER N.S.), p. 52-53, no. 64.

Harrauer, H., and U. Horak, “Papyri, Pergamente und Papiere als Zeugnisse des Alltags.” In Syrien. Von den Aposteln zu den Kalifen, edited by E. M. Ruprechtsberger. Linz, Stadtmuseum: 1993, p. 369-371.

Ruprechtsberger, E. M. (ed.). Syrien. Von den Aposteln zu den Kalifen. Linzer Archäologische Forschungen. Vol. 21. Linz, Stadtmuseum: 1993, p. 470-471, pap. 12.


Trismegistos ID:

874138

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”

229

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 (5/10/2018); EL (3/1/2019); MPS (1/10/2019); EL (28/7/2020); KD (24/9/2021); KD (24/9/2021)


How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP M645," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m645. Accessed on 01/05/2025

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