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KYPRIANOS M1083

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Manchester, John Rylands Library Additional Box III 1 folder N

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. 1-7: Psalm LXX 19,7-8; Applied amulet for healing/protection (?)

2. Vo l. 1: Unclear (illegible)
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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. 201 – 400
Date notes:

201-400 CE: de Bruyn & Dijkstra (2011: p. 204). 201-500 CE according to Kraft & Tripolitis (1968: p. 138).
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Archive name:
State of edition:

Published.
Image:

Form:

Sheet
Material:

Papyrus
Dimensions (cm): Height: 4 Width: 7 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Kraft & Tripolitis (1968: p. 138).
Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

Complete with some damage.
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 (→). 7 lines recto, 1 line verso. Verso at 90 degrees to recto (?).
Hand:

Two different hands.

Findspot:

Egypt

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

Egypt

(TM places ID: 49)
Present Location:

Manchester, John Rylands Library
Collection History:

No acquisition information.
Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 218
Collection website:

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography
Editions:

Kraft, Robert A. and Antonia Tripolitis. “Some Uncatalogued Papyri of Theological and Other Interest in the John Rylands Library.” Bulletin of the John Rylands Library Manchester 51 (1968): 137-142.
Translations:
General:

Aland, Kurt (ed.). Repertorium der griechischen christlichen Papyri: 1. Biblische Papyri: Altes Testament, Neues Testament, Varia, Apokryphen. Berlin/New York: de Gruyter, 1976, no. 56.

Rahlfs, Alfred, et al. Verzeichnis der griechischen Handschriften des Alten Testaments. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2004, p. 237, no. 2142.

Trismegistos ID:

61983

 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

121

 Bruyn-Dijkstra: question mark icon de Bruyn and Dijkstra, “Greek Amulets and Formularies (Checklist)"

141

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

ST (28/4/2021); KD (16/6/2021)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP M1083," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m1083. Accessed on 26/11/2025

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