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KYPRIANOS M1165

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

Köln Inv. 20828

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

Magical (formulary)
Contents:

1. pp. 1-12: Invocation of female being Balnao/Bamao, for various purposes, including curing diarrhoea, protection from magic.
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Language(s):

Egyptian (Coptic)
Script(s):

Coptic
Dialect:
Language/dialect notes:
Date: question mark icon Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. 801 – 1000
Date notes:

Schenke (personal communication 30/7/2019).
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Archive name:
State of edition:

Unpublished; edition in preparation by Gesa Schenke.
Image:

Form:

Codex
Material:

Parchment
Dimensions (cm): Height: 12 Width: 12 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Schenke (personal communication 30/7/2019).
Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

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

12
Pages/Columns (notes):

12 surviving codex pages. Letter height approximately 0.3 cm.
Hand:

Findspot:

Egypt

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

Egypt

(TM places ID: 49)
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:

Gall ink.

Bibiliography
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General:

Trismegistos ID:

874283

 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 (31/7/2019); MPS (25/2/2020); EL (20/4/2020); MPS (17/8/2020)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP M1165," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m1165. Accessed on 04/11/2025

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