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KYPRIANOS M2112

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

P. Gascou 87
Kellis obj. reg. # P00.22.α

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

Magical (?)
Contents:

1. Ro ll. 1-3: Magical text (?) mentioning Michael
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Language(s):

Greek (?)
Script(s):

Geek
Dialect:
Language/dialect notes:
Date: question mark icon Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. 301 – 350
Date notes:

Worp (2016: p. 480).
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Archive name:
State of edition:

Published.
Image:

Form:

Sheet (?)
Material:

Papyrus
Dimensions (cm): Height: 1.8 Width: 1.3 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Worp (2016: p. 480).
Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

Fragmentary; right and upper margin preserved, broken and bottom and left.
Pages/Columns: question mark icon Total surviving columns in the manuscript for rolls, sheets and rotuli; total number of pages for codices.

1
Pages/Columns (notes):

1 column recto, 3 lines.
Hand:

Findspot:

Area D, East Corridor, Room 4, Level 2, Kellis, Dakhla Oasis, Egypt

(TM places ID: 2762)
Place of purchase: (TM places ID: )
Writingspot:

Area D, East Corridor, Room 4, Kellis, Dakhla Oasis, Egypt (?)

(TM places ID: 2762)
Present Location:

Egypt, Kellis, excavations Dakleh Oasis Project
Collection History:

Excavated in situ (Worp 2016: p.435).
Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript.
Collection website:

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography
Editions:

Worp, Klaas A. “Miscellaneous new Greek papyri from Kellis (P.Gascou 67–88).” In: Mélanges Jean Gascou: Textes et Études Papyrologiques (P.Gascou), edited by Jean-Luc Fournet and Arietta Papaconstantinou. Paris: Association des Amis du Centre d’Histoire et Civilisation de Byzance, 2016, p. 435-83, no. 87.
Translations:
General:

Trismegistos ID:

702587

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

KD (9/4/2020); ST (2/9/2021); ST (15/11/2021); KD (16/11/2021)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP M2112," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m2112. Accessed on 26/11/2025

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