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KYPRIANOS M961

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

Faras II 73
Faras F 40/61–2 (neg. no. Fa.61/2.0314)

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

Magical (applied ?)

Contents:

1. ll. 1-2: Character with initials of names of Four Living Creatures arranged in a cross

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Language(s):

Egyptian (Coptic) (?)
Greek

Script(s):

Coptic
Greek

Dialect:
Language/dialect notes:
Date: question mark icon Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. 1101 – 1500
Date notes:

DBMNT 1813 (20/3/2019); TM (20/3/2019)

Archive/collection: question mark icon Larger collection to which manuscript belongs. KYP A43
Archive name: Faras Cathedral
State of edition:

Published.

Image:

Form:

Ostracon (pottery)

Material:

Ostracon (pottery)

Dimensions (cm): Height: 2.5 Width: 2.5 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

DBMNT 1813 (20/3/2019)

Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

Complete, some damage; part of l. 2 lost, probably 1 line lost at the bottom.

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 inscribed inside vessel, 2 lines.

Hand:

Findspot:

Pachora (Faras), Sudan

(TM places ID: 3170)
Place of purchase: (TM places ID: )
Writingspot:

Pachora (Faras), Sudan

(TM places ID: 3170)
Present Location:

Present location unknown

Collection History:

TM (20/3/2019)

Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript.
Collection website:

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography
Editions:

Michalowski, Kazimierz. Faras II, Fouilles Polonaises 1961-1962. Warszawa : Pánstwowe Wydawaictwo naukowe, 1962, p. 193, no. 73.

Jakobielski, Stefan. “Inscriptions chrétiennes.” In Fouilles Polonaises 1961–1962 [= Faras II], edited by Kazimierz Michałowski. Warsaw, 1965, p. 193 (no. 73), pl. 58.2.


Translations:
General:

DBMNT 1813 (http://www.dbmnt.uw.edu.pl)

Łajtar, Adam, and Jacques van der Vliet. Empowering the Dead in Christian Nubia. The Texts from a Medieval Funerary Complex in Dongola [= The Journal of Juristic Papyrology Supplement Series 32] Warsaw, 2017, p. 42.


Trismegistos ID:

370345

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 (20/3/2019); EL (14/6/2019); KD (26/6/2019); MPS (26/11/2019); EL (13/8/2020)


How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP M961," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m961. Accessed on 19/05/2024

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