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KYPRIANOS M654

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P. Oxy. LXV 4469

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Magical (applied)

Contents:

1. Ro ll. 1-43: Letter to Jesus from Abgar for healing of Epimache

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Language(s):

Greek
Egyptian (Coptic)

Script(s):

Greek
Coptic

Dialect:

Sahidic (?)

Language/dialect notes:
Date: question mark icon Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. 451 – 500
Date notes:

TM (19/8/2020); 5th century (Maltomini, 1998: p. 122); 401-500 (Collection Website 29/3/2019).

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Archive name:
State of edition:

Published.

Image: .

Form:

Sheet

Material:

Papyrus

Dimensions (cm): Height: 15 Width: 5.3 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Maltomini 1998: p. 122.

Folding pattern:

6 vertical creases. Folded once vertically, then three more times to produce 6 folds.

State of preservation:

Complete, significant damage to left-hand side and holes throughout.

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, 43 lines, written along fibers.

Hand:

Findspot:

Oxyrhynchus (Bahanasa), Egypt

(TM places ID: 1524)
Place of purchase: (TM places ID: )
Writingspot:

Oxyrhynchus (Bahanasa), Egypt (?)

(TM places ID: 1524)
Present Location:

Oxford, Sackler Library, Papyrology Rooms

Collection History:

No acquisition information.

Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 264
Collection website:

Notes/Discussion:

Contains additions to basic text, including instructions to heal a specific individual (Epimachus), added in Coptic.

Bibiliography
Editions:

Maltomini, Franco. “Letter of Abgar to Jesus (Amulet).” In The Oxyrhynchus Papyri, volume LXV, edited by M.W. Haslam et. al. London: Egypt Exploration Society, 1998, p. 122-129, no. 4469 (P. Oxy. LXV 4469).


Translations:
General:

Bélanger Sarrazin, Roxanne. “Les appels au « Jésus guérisseur » dans les formules iatromagiques coptes”, in Études coptes XVI. Dix-huintième journée dàétudes (Bruxelles, 22-24 juin 2017) (Cahiers de la bibiothèque copte 23), edited by Anne Boud’hors, Esther Garel, Catherine Louis and Naïm Vanthieghem. Paris: Éditions de Boccard, 2020, p. 193.


Trismegistos ID:

58906

PAThs: 6384
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”

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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)"

48

TheDefix: question mark icon Thesaurus Defixionum To Zodion:
Edit History:

KD (10/10/2018); EL (29/3/2019); MPS (1/10/2019); MPS (19/8/2020)


How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP M654," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m654. Accessed on 28/03/2024

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