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KYPRIANOS M703

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Vienna, Nationalbibliothek K 01540 a-b Pap
P. Rainer Unterricht Kopt. (MPER N.S. 18) 189

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

Magical (applied ?) (?)
School exercise (?)

Contents:

Original use:

1. Fragment a Ro ll. x+1-6: Arabic text (remains)

Re-use:

2. Fragment a Ro ll. 1-3: Invocation of God and name of scribe (Kolluthes, the son of Sinouthes) (at 90 degrees to the Arabic text)
3. Fragment b Vo ll. 1-9, b Ro ll. 1-9: Psalm 1.1-2 (applied amulet ?)

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Language(s):

Egyptian (Coptic)
Arabic

Script(s):

Coptic
Arabic

Dialect:

Sahidic

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. 701 – 800
Date notes:

Hasitzka (1990: p. 123); TM (4/6/2020)

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Archive name:
State of edition:

Published.

Image: http://digital.onb.ac.at/RepViewer/viewer.faces?doc=DTL_181069&order=1&view=SINGLE

Form:

Codex (?)

Material:

Papyrus

Dimensions (cm): Height: 9 Width: 12.6 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Fr. a 9 x 12.6 cm; fr. b 8.5 x 12.2 cm

Folding pattern:

Both fragments: 1 vertical and 1 horizontal (?) crease.

State of preservation:

Fragmentary, 2 fragments.

Pages/Columns: question mark icon Total surviving columns in the manuscript for rolls, sheets and rotuli; total number of pages for codices.

8

Pages/Columns (notes):

8 pages made by folding two sheets to create 4 leaves. Fragment a, traces of 6 lines of original use in Arabic. Fragment a, 3 lines of re-use in Coptic at 90 degrees to the original use. Fragment b, 9 lines of Coptic recto and verso.

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: https://search.onb.ac.at/primo-explore/fulldisplay?docid=ONB_alma71249204520003338&context=L&vid=ONB&lang=de_DE

Notes/Discussion:

May be either a school text or an amulet. Appears to be in the form of a miniature codex.

Bibiliography
Editions:

Hasitzka, Monika (ed.). Neue Texte und Dokumentation zum Koptisch-Unterricht. (MPER 18) Wien: Verlag Brüder Hollinek, 1990, p. 123-124, no. 189.


Translations:
General:

Schefzyk, J. (ed.). Alles Echt. Älteste Belege zur Bibel aus Ägypten. Mainz a. R.: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 2006, p. 100-101, nos. 27; 28.

Schüssler, Karlheinz. Das sahidische Alte und Neue Testament. Vollständiges Verzeichnis mit Standorten (Biblia Coptica 1.4). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2000, p. 84, no. Sa 114.

Wessely, Carl. Sudien zue Palaeographie und Papyruskunde (Stud. Pal./SPP) Vol. 15. Leipzig: Eduard Avenarius, 1914, p. 228.


Trismegistos ID:

108829

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

KD (21/11/2018); EL (3/1/2019); MPS (29/5/2019); EL (4/6/2020); EL (28/7/2020); MPS (25/3/2021)


How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP M703," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m703. Accessed on 03/05/2025

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