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KYPRIANOS M1018

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

P. Mich. Inv. 1567
Ann Arbor, Michigan University, Library P. 1567

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

Magical (applied ?)

Contents:

Original use (?):

1. Ro l. 1: 3 x letter xi + drawing

Re-use (?):

2. Vo ll. 1-3: Doxology (applied amulet for healing/protection ?)

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Language(s):

Greek

Script(s):
Dialect:
Language/dialect notes:
Date: question mark icon Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. 501 – 700
Date notes:

6th-7th century (Blumell 2016: p. 746).

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

Published.

Image: http://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-6447/1567v.tif

Form:

Sheet

Material:
Dimensions (cm): Height: 3.5 Width: 20 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Blumell (2016: p. 145).

Folding pattern:

7 vertical, 1 horizontal creases.

State of preservation:

Complete with some damage; broken off on the side, top cut.

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

2

Pages/Columns (notes):

1 column each, recto (→) and verso (↓). 1 line and drawing of two animals on recto; 3 lines verso.

Hand:

Ro: Fluid
Vo: Regular, clear

Findspot:

Egypt

(TM places ID: 49)
Place of purchase:

Papyrus

(TM places ID: )
Writingspot:

Egypt

(TM places ID: 49)
Present Location:

Ann Arbor, Michigan University, Library

Collection History:

Acquired by the University of Michigan in November 1924 (Blumell 2016: p. 745).

Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 12
Collection website: http://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-6448/1567r.tif

Notes/Discussion:

Different hands wrote recto and verso (Blumell 2016: p. 746).

Bibiliography
Editions:

Blumell, Lincoln H. “A Christian Amulet containing a Doxology with Sketches on the Back.” In Proceedings of the 27th International Congress of Papyrology, edited by Tomasz Derda et al. Warsaw: University of Warsaw, 2016, p. 745-753.


Translations:
General:

Trismegistos ID:

702322

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:

ST (31/1/2021); ST (17/2/2021); KD (5/3/2021)


How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP M1018," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m1018. Accessed on 03/05/2025

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