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KYPRIANOS M646

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Florence, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana 18688
PSI VII 759
AT80

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Magical (applied) (?)
Literary (homily)
Biblical (Psalm)
Contents:

1. Ro ll. x+1-18: Fragment of a homily
2. Vo ll. x+1-11: Coptic text (partially effaced)
3. Vo. ll. x+18-29: Beginning of Psalm LXX 90
See all texts in this manuscript.

Language(s):

Greek
Egyptian (Coptic)
Script(s):

Greek
Coptic
Dialect:
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. 401 – 600
Date notes:

de Brujn & Dijkstra (2011: p. 212-213, no. 77)
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Archive name:
State of edition:

Published (not completely ?).
Image: http://www.psi-online.it/documents/psi;7;759

Form:

Sheet
Material:

Papyrus
Dimensions (cm): Height: 20.7 Width: 28.3 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Collection Website (14/2/2020)
Folding pattern:

5 (?) vertical and 5 (?) horizontal creases (EL from photograph 8/9/2020)
State of preservation:

Fragmentary, damage at all edges, although left and right margins are preserved, unclear how much is lost.
Pages/Columns: question mark icon Total surviving columns in the manuscript for rolls, sheets and rotuli; total number of pages for codices.

2
Pages/Columns (notes):

1 column each, recto and verso. 18 surviving lines recto, 29 surviving lines verso.
Hand:

Findspot:

Egypt (?)

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

Egypt (?)

(TM places ID: 49)
Present Location:

Florence, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana
Collection History:

No acquisition information.
Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 128
Collection website: http://www.psi-online.it/documents/psi;7;759

Notes/Discussion:

Unclear if this is to be considered in any way “magical” – while Psalm LXX 90 is often used as an amulet, this may simply be copy used for another purpose (as a writing exercise or reference work).

Bibiliography
Editions:

Kilpatrick, George D. “Ps 90 1-4.” Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft 78 (1966), p. 224.

Degni, Paola. “PSI VII 759.” In Guglielmo Cavallo, Edoardo Crisci, Gabriella Messeri, Rosario Pintaudi (eds.). “Scrivere libri e documenti nel mondo antico” Mostra di Papiri della Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana 25 agosto – 25 settembre 1998. Florence, 1998, p. 159-160, no. 78, plate. LXVIII. [non vidi].

Mercati, Silvio G. “Ps. 90,1=2 riconosciuto nel Papiro PSI 759.” Biblica 8 (1927), p. 96.

Vitelli, Girolamo. Papiri greci e latini. Vol. 7. Florence: E. Ariani, 1925 (=PSI VII), p. 43-45, no. 759.
Translations:
General:

Aland, Kurt (ed.). Repertorium der griechischen christlichen Papyri (Berlin, New York: De Gruyter, 1976) vol. I. Altes Testament no. 80. [non vidi].

Bell, H.I., Arthur D. Nock, H.J.M. Milne, “Bibliography: Graeco-Roman Egypt. A. Papyri (1924-1926).” Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 13 (1927): p. 92.

de Bruyn Theodore and Dijkstra, Jitse. “Greek Amulets and Formularies from Egypt Containing Christian Elements: A Checklist of Papyri, Parchments, Ostraka, and Tablets.” Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists 48 (2011), p. 212-213 no. 177.

Naldini, Mario. Documenti dell’antichità cristiana: papiri e pergamene greco-egizie della Raccolta Fiorentina. Firenze : Le Monnier, 1965, no. 35. [non vidi].

Pintaudi, Rosario. “PL VIII/ 759: LXX PS 90, 1-6.” Zeitschrift für Papyri und Epigraphik 35 (1979), p. 54.

Rahlfs, Alfred, Detlef Fraenkel, Verzeichnis der griechischen Handschriften des alten Testaments vol. I.1 “Die Überlieferung biz zum VIII. Jahrhundert.” Göttingen: 2004, p. 117-118, no. 2074 [non vidi].

van Haelst, Joseph. Catalogue des papyrus littéraires juifs et chrétiens. Paris: Publications de la Sorbonne, 1976, nos. 196, 1176.

Trismegistos ID:

64718

 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)"

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Edit History:

KD (5/10/2018); MPS (14/2/2020): EL (8/9/2020); KD (29/9/2021)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP M646," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m646. Accessed on 04/11/2025

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