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KYPRIANOS M669

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

Crum ST 3
O. Crum ST 3

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

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

1. Ro ll. 1-12: Psalm 1.1
See all texts in this manuscript.

Language(s):

Egyptian (Coptic)
Script(s):

Coptic
Dialect:

Sahidic (non-standard)
Language/dialect notes:
Date: question mark icon Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. 501 – 800
Date notes:

TM (19/10/2018)
Archive/collection: question mark icon Larger collection to which manuscript belongs.
Archive name:
State of edition:

Published, no translation or image.
Image:

Form:

Ostracon (pottery)
Material:

Ostracon (pottery)
Dimensions (cm): Height: Width: Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

No dimensions given in Crum (1921)
Folding pattern:
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, 12 lines.
Hand:

Findspot:

Thebes, Egypt

(TM places ID: 2355)
Place of purchase: (TM places ID: )
Writingspot:

Thebes, Egypt

(TM places ID: 2355)
Present Location:

Prague, Private collection Wessely without number (previously); present location unknown.
Collection History:

The Wessely collection was inherited by Theodor Hopfner, who donated it to the Czech state. the collection was subsequently donated to the National Library in Prague and to the Czech Oriental Institute of the Academy of Science. The ostracon is not present in the National Library (personal communication of MPS). Present location unknown.
Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 289
Collection website:

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography
Editions:

Crum, Walter E. Short Texts from Coptic Ostraca and Papyri. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1921, p. 1, no. 3.
Translations:
General:

Trismegistos ID:

111143

 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”

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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:

KD (19/10/2018); EL (14/6/2019); MPS (2/10/2019); MPS (18/8/2020); KD (29/9/2021)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP M669," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m669. Accessed on 04/11/2025

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