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KYPRIANOS M68

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Vienna, Nationalbibliothek K 04437 Pap

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. x+1-x+9: Applied amulet for healing/protection against fever invoking the names of the Three Jewish Youths.

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Language(s):

Egyptian (Coptic)

Script(s):

Coptic

Dialect:

Sahidic with Fayumic features

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. 801 – 900
Date notes:

Till 1942: p. 102; TM (9/10/2018); Online Catalogue (22/1/2019)

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Archive name:
State of edition:

Published. No published image. New edition desirable.

Image: http://data.onb.ac.at/rep/10201DBE

Form:

Sheet

Material:

Papyrus

Dimensions (cm): Height: 9.5 Width: 9.5 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

The original size is unknown, the sheet was damaged. Original width probably 10.5 cm (Till 1942: p. 102). 10 x 10cm (Online Catalogue)

Folding pattern:

5 horizontal, 3 (?) vertical creases.

State of preservation:

Fragmentary, broken and the top and left side, otherwise legible. Eaten by worms.

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 (↓), 9 surviving lines.

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/RZ00008248

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography
Editions:

★ Till, Walter. “Koptische Kleinliteratur 1–4.” Zeitschrift für Ägyptische Sprache und Altertumskunde 77 (1942): 102–104, no. 1.


Translations:
General:

Bélanger Sarrazin, Roxanne. “’Just as You Quenched the Fiery Furnace of Nebuchadnezzar, Also Quench Every Fever.’ The Three Holy Children in Coptic Magic.” Vigiliae Christianae 78 (2024): 58-86, esp. p. 82.


Trismegistos ID:

108607

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:

MPS 9/10/2018; EL (22/1/2019); KD (5/9/2019); EL (10/7/2020); EL (21/7/2020); MPS (10/2/2021); KD (25/4/2021); KD (5/1/2023); KD (2/2/2024)


How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP M68," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m68. Accessed on 18/05/2024

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