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KYPRIANOS M747

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

P. Rainer Cent. 39
P. Rain. Cent. 39
Vienna P. Rainer Cent. 39
Vienna, Nationalbibliothek G 21390 + G 29436 + G 330 + G 35030 + G 35939

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

Magical (formulary)
Contents:

1. Ro ll. 1-79: Testament of Solomon (18.27-28, 33-40), recipes for healing, protection and exorcism.
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Language(s):

Greek
Script(s):

Greek
Dialect:
Language/dialect notes:
Date: question mark icon Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. 401 – 600
Date notes:

GEMF dating (11/7/2019); 550-625: Daniel (2013: p. 37).
Archive/collection: question mark icon Larger collection to which manuscript belongs.
Archive name:
State of edition:

Published.
Image: http://digital.onb.ac.at/RepViewer/viewer.faces?doc=DTL_3824342&order=1&view=SINGLE

Form:

Rotulus
Material:

Papyrus
Dimensions (cm): Height: 48.6 Width: 28 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Originally 1.5-2m in height (Daniel 1983: p. 295); width at least 28cm, preserved height at least 48.5cm. Daniel (1983: p. 295) estimates original height of 150-200 cm. Fr a: 9 (H) x 14.5 (W); Fr. b: 6.5 (H) x 8 (W); Fr. c 30.5 (H) x 14 (W); Fr. d: 33 (H) x 14 (W); fr. e: 6.6 x 4.3.
Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

Fragmentary, 5 main fragments.
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 (↓), 79 surviving lines. Column width from Daniel 1983: p. 295.
Hand:

P. Rainer Cent. 39 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/RZ00002328

Notes/Discussion:

The descriptions of 11 decans survive in whole or in part.

Bibiliography
Editions:

Daniel, Robert W. “The Testament of Solomon XVIII 27-28, 33-40.” In Papyrus Erzherzog Rainer: (P. Rainer Cent.) Festschrift zum 100-jährigen Bestehen der Papyrussammlung der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek. Wien: Hollinek, 1983, p. 294-304, no. 39.

Daniel, Robert W. “Testament of Solomon: Addendum to P. Rain. Cent. 39.” Tyche 28 (2013): 37-39.

Preisendanz, Karl. “Ein Wiener Papyrusfragment zum Testamentum Salomonis.” Eos 48 (1956): 161-167.
Translations:
General:

Aland, Kurt (ed.). Repertorium der griechischen christlichen Papyri: 1. Biblische Papyri: Altes Testament, Neues Testament, Varia, Apokryphen. Berlin/New York: de Gruyter, 1976.

Henner, Jutta, Hans Förster, and Ulrike Horak. Christliches mit Feder und Faden: Christliches in Texten, Textilien und Alltagsgegenständen aus Ägypten; Katalog zur Sonderausstellung im Papyrusmuseum der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek aus Anlaß des 14. Internationalen Kongresses für Christliche Archäologie. Nilus. Vol. 3. Wien: ÖVG, 1999, p. 13, no. 10.

Marganne, Marie-Hélène. Inventaire analytique des papyrus grecs de médecine. Genève: Droz, 1981.

Palme, Bernhard. “Kat.- Nr. 13: Testamentum Salomonis XVIII 27-28 & 33-40.” In: Handschriften und Papyri. Wege des Wissens (Nilus 24), edited by Daniela Maierhöfer et al. Wien 2017, p. 110.

Palme, Bernhard. “Kat.- Nr. 35: Nacherzählende Auslegung in Judentum und Christentum.” In: Kinder Abrahams. Die Bibel in Judentum, Christentum und Islam (Nilus 21), edited by Armin Lange and Bernhard Palme. Wien 2014, p. 104-105.

Treu, Kurt. “Christliche Papyri XI.” Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete 31 (1985): p. 65, no. 969e.

Trismegistos ID:

64942

 PAThs:
PGM: question mark icon Papyri Gracae Magicae SM: question mark icon Supplementum Magicum GEMF: question mark icon Greek and Egyptian Magical Formularies (forthcoming) 87 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

02038.000
Van H: question mark icon van Haelst, Catalogue des papyrus littéraires

570

 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 (8/3/2019); ST (3/1/2021); ST (6/1/2021); KD (10/5/2021)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP M747," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m747. Accessed on 04/11/2025

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