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KYPRIANOS T12

Manuscript: M1
Sigla:

P. Moscow Copt. 88
St Petersburg, Private collection Golenischeff (no number)
Pushkin museum I.1.B.529
Text no. question mark icon Position of the text within the manuscript.3
Coptic Scriptorium:
Date: 501 – 900

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] …

Tableau:
Tracing by:

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, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief 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 11/10/2024

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