KYP T-331

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KYPRIANOS T331

Manuscript:	M166
Sigla:	PCM 1 26 PCM I 26 P. Heid. Inv. Kopt. 686
Text no. Position of the text within the manuscript.	32
Coptic Scriptorium:
Date:	951 – 1000

Text position:	p. 17, ll. 30-35 (272-274)
Type of text:	Figure (magical, formulary)

Original title:
Original title (translated):
Conventional title:	Image of Michael and his Powers

Language:	Egyptian (Coptic)
Dialect:	Fayumic
Script:	Coptic
Image:	https://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/p_kopt_686/0001/thumbs

Text:	Translation:
Above figure 2 of tableau: 30. ⲧⲉⲛⲁⲙⲓⲥ Right of figure 3 of tableau: 31. ⲧⲉⲛⲁⲙⲓⲥ Below figure 1: 32. ⲙⲓⲭⲁⲏⲗ 33. ⲅⲁⲃⲣⲓⲏⲗ 34. ϩⲣⲁⲫⲁⲏⲗ 35. [[ϣ]]ⲥⲟⲩⲣⲓⲏⲗ ⲥⲉⲧ[ⲉⲕⲓⲏⲗ]	Above figure 2 of tableau: [30] Power Right of figure 3 of tableau: [31] Power Below figure 1: [32] Michael [33] Gabriel [34] Raphael [35] Souriēl, Setekiēl.

Tableau:

Tracing by:

Korshi Dosoo

Apparatus:

30. ⲧⲉⲛⲁⲙⲓⲥ i.e. Greek δύναμις
31. ⲧⲉⲛⲁⲙⲓⲥ i.e. Greek δύναμις

Notes:

This text is numbered 274 in Kropp.
In ll. 30-31 we find the labels for the figures 2 and 3; the two “Powers” are six-winged angels, while the names in ll. 32-35 are those of the archangels (Michael, Gabriel, Raphael, Souriel, and Setekiel) and refer to the image of the central angel (figure 1), perhaps intended to be copied multiple times.

Bibliography:

Dosoo, Korshi, Edward O.D. Love, and Markéta Preininger. “The Coptic Magical Papyri Project: Progress Report.” Journal of Coptic Studies 24 (2022): 43–100.

Gardner, Iain. “An Archive of Coptic Handbooks and Exemplars for the Making of Amulets and the Enacting of Ritual Power from the Tenth Century (P. Heid. Inv. Kopt. 680–683 and 685–686)”, in Drawing Spirit: The Role of Images and Design in the Magical Practice of Late Antiquity, edited by Jay Johnston and Iain Gardner (Berlin: De Gruyter, 2022), 131-134.

Kropp, Angelicus. Der Lobpreis des Erzengels Michael (vormals P. Heidelberg Inv. Nr. 1686). Brussels : Fondation égyptologique reine Elisabeth, 1966.

Meyer, Marvin W., and Richard Smith. Ancient Christian Magic: Coptic Texts of Ritual Power. Princeton (New Jersey): Princeton University Press, 1999, p. 326-341, no. 135.

Editor:

EL’s edition from the original (23/6/16; 30/1/20); team (20/12/2022)

How to cite:

Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP T331: Image of Michael and his Powers," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/text/kyp-t-331. Accessed on 21/11/2025

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