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KYPRIANOS M1011

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

Köln Inv. P. 649 + P. 689
Inv. 649+689 lati a,b
P. Köln VIII 340
P. Köln 8 340
Cologne, Papyrussammlung P. 649 + P. 689

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

Magical (applied)

Contents:

1. Fr. A ll. 1-48 + fr. B ll. 1-16: Christian amulet to protect the wearer from illness and every danger using text from John 1.1-11.

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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. 431 – 600
Date notes:

De Bruyn & Dijkstra (2011: p. 190); TM & col. website (29/1/2021).

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

Published.

Image: https://papyri.uni-koeln.de/stueck/DS_d1e138832/img/00649_00689/orig/PK689R.JPG

Form:

Sheet

Material:

Papyrus

Dimensions (cm): Height: 20.9 Width: 3.5 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Fr. a 3.5 x 15.8; fr. b 3.4 x 5.1 (De Bruyn & Dijkstra 2011: p. 191).

Folding pattern:

7 horizontal creases in fr. A; 2 vertical and two horizontal creases in fr. B.

State of preservation:

Fragmentary. 2 fragments adhered to each other.

Pages/Columns: question mark icon Total surviving columns in the manuscript for rolls, sheets and rotuli; total number of pages for codices.

3

Pages/Columns (notes):

2 fragments (→ & ↓). 2 columns on fr. A, recto and verso; 1 column fr. B. 48 lines and drawings on fr. A, 16 lines on fr. B.

Hand:

Semi-cursive, small, irregular, experienced

Findspot:

Egypt

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

Egypt

(TM places ID: 49)
Present Location:

Cologne, Papyrussammlung

Collection History:

No acquisition information.

Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 172
Collection website: https://papyri.uni-koeln.de/stueck/tm61663

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography
Editions:

Jones, Brice C. New Testament Texts on Greek amulets from Late Antiquity. London: T&T Clark, 2016, p. 140-146, no. 18.

Maltomini, Franco. “P. Köln VIII 340 Amuleto con NT Ev. Jo. 1, 1–11.” In: Kölner Papyri (P. Köln). Vol. 8, edited by Bärbel Kramer et al. Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag, 1997, p. 82-95, no. 340.


Translations:
General:

Trismegistos ID:

61663

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)"

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

KD (30/6/2020); ST (29/1/2021); ST (8/2/2021); KD (3/3/2021)


How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP M1011," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m1011. Accessed on 22/08/2024

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