KYPRIANOS DATABASE OF ANCIENT RITUAL TEXTS search icon
MANUSCRIPTS
TEXTS
ARCHIVES
HELP


KYPRIANOS M1020

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

P. Köln Inv. 521a
Cologne, Papyrussammlung P. 521 a

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: ll. 1-3: Letter.
2. ll. 1-2: Address formula.

Re-use (palimpsest):

1. Ro l. 1-10: Applied amulet for healing/protection (?) consisting of crosses, alphas and omegas, and short invocation of Jesus.
See all texts in this manuscript.

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. 601 – 700
Date notes:

Berkes (2018: p. 88); 501-600 CE: De Bruyn & Dijkstra (2011: p. 184).
Archive/collection: question mark icon Larger collection to which manuscript belongs.
Archive name:
State of edition:

Published.
Image:

Form:

Sheet
Material:

Papyrus
Dimensions (cm): Height: 15 Width: 6.5 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Berkes (2018: p. 88); De Bruyn & Dijkstra (2011: p. 185).
Folding pattern:

6 horizontal (?), 1 vertical (?) folds (magical re-use).
State of preservation:

Incomplete.
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):

Original use, 1 column each, recto (↓) and verso (→), 3 surviving lines recto, 2 verso. Magical re-use: 10 surviving lines recto. Re-use at 90 degrees to original use.
Hand:

Professional cursive

Findspot:

Arsinoites (Fayum), Egypt

(TM places ID: 322)
Place of purchase: (TM places ID: )
Writingspot:

Arsinoites (Fayum), Egypt

(TM places ID: 322)
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:

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography
Editions:

Berkes, Lajos. “A Christian Amulet and Estate Administrators in Seventh Century Fayum.” Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete 64 (2018): 88-97.

Marganne, Marie-Hélène. Inventaire analytíque des papyrus grecs de médicine. Genève: Droz, 1981, no. 98.

Wortmann, Dierk. “Neue Magische Texte.” Bonner Jahrbücher 168 (1968): 56-111, no. 9.
Translations:
General:

Trismegistos ID:

65042

 PAThs: 899
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)"

2

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

ST (8/2/2021); KD (5/3/2021)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP M1020," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m1020. Accessed on 05/11/2025

Found a mistake? Let us know!