KYP T-12

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KYPRIANOS T12

Manuscript:	M1
Sigla:	St Petersburg, Private collection Golenischeff Copt. 52 P. Pushkin 19 Pushkin Museum inv. I.1.б 685 Pushkin Museum ИГ-4733 Pushkin Copt. 52
Text no. Position of the text within the manuscript.	3
Coptic Scriptorium:
Date:	901 – 1000

Text position:	Vo ll. 1-5
Type of text:	Unclear (magical ?) Writing exercise (documentary ?)

Original title:
Original title (translated):
Conventional title:	Names of Alexander's Companions and Alphabet

Language:	Egyptian (Coptic)
Dialect:	[non-linguistic]
Script:	Coptic
Image:

Text:	Translation:
↓ 1. ⲁⲗⲉⲝⲁⲛ⧹ 2. ⲥⲉⲗⲫⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ 3. ⲇⲓⲁⲧⲣⲟⲫⲏ 4. ⲥⲉⲃⲉⲗⲧⲏ 5. [ . ]ⲥ̣ ⲭⲁ̣ⲣ̣ⲓ̣	[1] Alexander, [2] Selpharios, [3] Diatrophe, [4] … [5] …

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Apparatus:

Recto
1. ⲁⲗⲉⲝⲁⲛ l. ⲁⲗⲉⲝⲁⲛ(ⲇⲣⲟⲥ) : ⲁⲗⲉⲝⲁⲛⲇ⧹ Lemm
4. ⲥⲉⲃⲉⲗ ⲧⲏ : l. ⲥⲉⲃⲏⲗ ⲧⲏ[ⲣⲟⲩ] Lemm
5. ⲭⲁ̣ⲣ̣ⲓ̣ : Lemm reads ⲭ followed by reversed, corrected ⲃ, followed by ⲣⲓ or ⲙ, suggests to perhaps understand the first letter as writing ⲭⲣⲓⲥⲧⲟⲥ i.e. Greek χριστός

Notes:

The names Selpharios and Diatrophe are found in the Alexander Romance as companions of Alexander.
MacCoull suggests this is a writing exercise, with l. 4 perhaps related to the dream interpretation episode of the Alexander Romance.

Bibliography:

von Lemm, Oscar. “Koptische Miszellen LI-LXI.” Bulletin de l’Académie Impériale des Sciences de St.-Petersbourg (1908): 1343-1345, no. 53.

MacCoull, Leslie S. B. “Aspects of Alexander in Coptic Egypt,” in The Alexander Romance in Persia and the East, edited by Richard Stoneman, Kyle Erickson, Ian Richard Netton. Eelde: Barkhuis, 2012, p. 258.

Editor:

EL’s transcription from published edition (3/6/2019); apparatus, translation from von Lemm by MPS (6/3/2020); minor edits by KD (2/4/2020); team (9/10/2020)

How to cite:

Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP T12: Names of Alexander's Companions and Alphabet," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/text/kyp-t-12. Accessed on 29/10/2025

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