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KYPRIANOS M1214

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Handschrift Kolta

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Magical (applied)
Contents:

1. Ro ll. 1-15: Applied amulet for healing/protection against scorpion sting.
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Language(s):

Arabic
Egyptian (Coptic)
Script(s):

Arabic
Coptic
Dialect:

Bohairic
Language/dialect notes:

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Date: question mark icon Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. 1932 – 1932
Date notes:

Copied 13 Baramhat 1648 Era of the Martyrs = 9 March 1932 (Schulz & Kolta 1998: p. 89).
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Archive name:
State of edition:

Published.
Image:

Form:

Sheet
Material:

Paper
Dimensions (cm): Height: 30.4 Width: 28.2 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Schulz & Kolta (1998: p. 89). Area of writing is 23.2 x 16.6 cm.
Folding pattern:

2 vertical and 2 horizontal creases.
State of preservation:

Complete, some damage along folds, fixed by attaching strips which have discoloured the paper.
Pages/Columns: question mark icon Total surviving columns in the manuscript for rolls, sheets and rotuli; total number of pages for codices.

1
Pages/Columns (notes):

1 column recto, 15 lines.
Hand:

Butros Salib Girgis Bahum Biyush

Findspot:

Cairo, Egypt

(TM places ID: 3479)
Place of purchase: (TM places ID: )
Writingspot:

el-Badari, Egypt

(TM places ID: 2740)
Present Location:
Collection History:

Found in home of the second author’s (Kama Sabri Kolta) father after his death in 1977. The manuscript was created when the father and his sister were living in the region of el-Badari in 1932. Present location unknown, but presumably in private collection of second author (Schulz & Kolta 1998: p. 89).
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Notes/Discussion:

This object was created for the aunt of the second author (Kama Sabri Kolta) when she was stung by a scorpion. A healer created the amulet to be used by her as an amulet; she survived and lived to old age (Schulz & Kolta 1998: 89).

Written in red and black ink (Schulz & Kolta 1998: p. 89).

Bibiliography
Editions:

Schulz, Regine, and Kamal Sabri Kolta, “Schlangen, Skorpione und feindliche Mächte.” Biblische Notizen. Beiträge zur exegetischen Diskussion 93 (1998): 89-104.
Translations:
General:

Trismegistos ID:

874141

 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 (4/20/2019); MPS (25/2/2020); EL (20/4/2020); EL (12/8/2020)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP M1214," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m1214. Accessed on 03/11/2025

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