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KYPRIANOS M711

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

P. QI inv. 84.2.2/29 (=84/204)
Qasr Ibrim 84.2.2/29 (=84/204)

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. 1-14 – Vo ll. 1-3: Applied amulet for the protection of Aia daughter of Amma; vo: 5-pointed star and symbols.
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Language(s):

Greek
Egyptian (Coptic)
Script(s):

Greek
Coptic
Dialect:

Sahidic (?)
Language/dialect notes:

Coptic section consists of a single noun phrase in KYP T857 ll. 4-5.
Date: question mark icon Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. 1001 – 1200
Date notes:

TM (21/11/2018); DBMNT (18/8/2020)
Archive/collection: question mark icon Larger collection to which manuscript belongs.
Archive name:
State of edition:

Unpublished; edition in progress by Joost Hagen.
Image:

Form:

Sheet
Material:

Paper
Dimensions (cm): Height: 13.5 Width: 17.2 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

DBMNT 1296.
Folding pattern:

5 horizontal folds, 4 vertical folds to form mall square.
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.

2
Pages/Columns (notes):

1 column recto with 14 lines, 1 column verso with 3 lines.
Hand:

Findspot:

Primis (Qasr Ibrim), Nubia

(TM places ID: 1916)
Place of purchase: (TM places ID: )
Writingspot:

Primis (Qasr Ibrim), Nubia

(TM places ID: 1916)
Present Location:
Collection History:

Found in Room 5 of House 785 from Christian 2 period. Found inside leather bag in 1984 (Ruffini 2012: p.226). Present location unknown.
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Notes/Discussion:

Folded and then sewn into leather case. Text uses both black and red ink; some overlining of letters in red, some hollow letters infilled in red.

Bibiliography
Editions:
Translations:
General:

DBMNT no. 1296 (http://www.dbmnt.uw.edu.pl)

Adams, William Y. Qasr Ibrim. The Earlier Medieval Period. London: Egypt Exploration Society, 2010, p. 210-217, 219 (plates 44a & b), 244, 305 (partial translation).

Hagen, Joost. “‘A City That Is Set on a Hill Cannot Be Hid.’ Progress Report on the Coptic Manuscripts from Qasr Ibrim.” In Between the Cataracts: Part 2, fasc. 2, Session Papers, edited by Włodzimierz Godlewski and Adam Łajtar. Warsaw: Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, 2010, p. 721.

Ruffini, Giovanni R. Medieval Nubia: A Social and Economic History. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012, p. 226, no. 93.

Trismegistos ID:

369845

 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 (22/11/2018); EL (14/6/2019); MPS (11/10/2019); MPS (18/8/2020)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP M711," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m711. Accessed on 23/12/2025

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