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KYPRIANOS M976

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

PGM T 2a
Turin, Museo Egizio 2195
Nachtergael 6
SB I 2021

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. 1-4, Vo ll. 1-5: Bous amulet with citation of Psalm LXX 90.1
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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. 501 – 600
Date notes:

TM (15/10/2020) based on Pasquale Orsini.
Archive/collection: question mark icon Larger collection to which manuscript belongs.
Archive name:
State of edition:

Published.
Image:

Form:

Tablet
Material:

Wood
Dimensions (cm): Height: 5.5 Width: 3.5 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Kraus (2007: p. 483).
Folding pattern:
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 each, recto and verso. Reco 4 lines, verso5 lines.
Hand:

Findspot:

Egypt

(TM places ID: 49)
Place of purchase: (TM places ID: )
Writingspot:

Egypt

(TM places ID: 49)
Present Location:

Turin, Museo Egizio
Collection History:
Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 334
Collection website:

Notes/Discussion:

Board with perforated handle (Sanzo 2014: p. 119).

Bibiliography
Editions:

Brashear, William M. “Lesefrüchte.” Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigrahik 50 (1983): p. 101.

Kraus, Thomas J. “‘Bus’, ‘Bainchooch’ und Septuaginta-Psalm 90?: Überlegungen zu den sogenannten ‘Bous’-Amuletten und dem beliebtesten Bibeltext für apotropäische Zwecke.” Zeitschrift für antikes Christentum 11 (2007): p. 483, no. 11.

Le Blant, Edmond-Frédéric. “Tablai égyptiennes a inscriptions grecques.” Revue archéologique (2e série) 29 (1875): p. 241.

Lumbroso, Giacomo. Documenti greci del Regio Museo Egizio di Torino. Torino: Stamperia Reale, 1869, p. 23-24, no. IV.10.

Lumbroso, Giacomo. Atti della Accademia delle Scienze di Torino 4 (1868-1869), p. 701-702, no. 10.

Nachtergael, Georges. “Une amulette chrétienne du Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dijon.” Ricerche di egittologia e di antichità copte (REAC) 4 (2002): p. 95, no. 6.

Preisendanz, Karl, and Henrichs, Albert. Papyri Graecae Magicae: Die Griechischen Zauberpapyri. Vol. 2. Stuttgart: Teubner, 1974, p. 212, no. T 2 a.

Preisigke, Friedrich. Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten. Vol. 1. (SB I). Strassburg : K.J. Trübner, 1915, p. 2016, no. 2021.

Sanzo, Joseph E. Scriptural Incipits on Amulets from Late Antique Egypt Text, Typology, and Theory. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2014, p. 119, no. 42.
Translations:
General:

Cauderlier, Patrice. “Les tablettes grecques d’Égypte: inventaire,” Bibliologia 12 (1992): p. 89 no. 256 and p. 93 no. 305.

Chapa, Juan. “Su demoni e angeli: Il Salmo 90 nel suo contesto,” in I papiri letterari Cristiani: atti del Convegno internazionale di studi in memoria di Mario Naldini. Firenze, 10-11 giugno 2010 (Studi e Testi di Papirologia N.S. 13), edited by Guido Bastianini and Angelo Casanova (Florence: Instituto Papirologico “G. Vitelli”, 2011, p. 87 no. 23.

Menci, Giovanna. “Un amuleto ‘Bous’ da Antinoe.” Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 159 (2007): p. 51, no. 13.

Trismegistos ID:

62288

 PAThs:
PGM: question mark icon Papyri Gracae Magicae

T 2a

 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

193

 Bruyn-Dijkstra: question mark icon de Bruyn and Dijkstra, “Greek Amulets and Formularies (Checklist)"

42

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

KD (21/9/2020); MPS (15/10/2020)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP M976," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m976. Accessed on 19/05/2024

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