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KYPRIANOS M1035

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

SEG 47 2153
SEG XLVII 2153

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

Magical (applied ?)
Contents:

1. Ro ll. 1-2, Vo: Cross accompanied by words “Bous”, “Bos” and Bainkhookh” and kharaktēres , perhaps applied amulet for healing/protection.
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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. 502 – 800
Date notes:

Undated (de Bruyn & Dijkstra 2011: p. 192). Date given is that of the date range of the “Bous” amulets (Kraus 2008; p. 480).
Archive/collection: question mark icon Larger collection to which manuscript belongs.
Archive name:
State of edition:

Recto published, verso unpblished.
Image:

Form:

Tablet
Material:

Wood (tablet)
Dimensions (cm): Height: 2.8 Width: 3.8 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Kraus (2008: p. 482).
Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

Complete.
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1 column each, recto and verso. 2 lines recto, verso is unpublished.
Hand:

Findspot:

Egypt

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

Egypt

(TM places ID: 49)
Present Location:

Dijon, Musée des Beaux-Arts
Collection History:

No acquisition information.
Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 1018
Collection website:

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography
Editions:

Chaniotis, Angelos, et al. “SEG 47-2153. Egypt. Unknown provenance. Christian amulet, undated.” In: Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum 47 (SEG 47), edited by A. Chaniotis et al., 1997, no. 2153 (SEG 47 2153).

Kraus, Thomas J. “Bους, Bαινχωωχ und Septuaginta-Psalm 90? Überlegungen zu den sogenannten ‘Bous’-Amuletten und dem beliebtesten Bibeltext für apotropäische Zwecke.” Zeitschrift für antikes Christentum 11 (2008): 482, no. 7.

Nachtergael, Georges. “Une amulette chrétienne du Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dijon.” Ricerche di egittologia e di antichità copte 4 (2002) 97, no. 9.
Translations:
General:

Trismegistos ID: 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:

ST (24/2/2021); KD (10/3/2021)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP M1035," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m1035. Accessed on 05/11/2025

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