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KYPRIANOS M185

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

P. Kellis. 1 85
P. Kellis 1 85 a
P. Kellis 1 85 b
P. Kell. I 85 a + b
P.Kellis inv. P.92.35.B, Frr. I and II
Egypt, Kellis P. 92.35.B

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

Magical (formulary)

Contents:

1. Fr. A ll. 1-5: Unclear
2. Fr. A ll. 6-16: Healing?
3. Fr. B ll. 1-15: Healing for fever
4. Fr. B ll. 16-21: Healing

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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. 301 – 400
Date notes:

Worp (1995: p. 214).

Archive/collection: question mark icon Larger collection to which manuscript belongs. KYP A6
Archive name: Kellis Area A House 3 Archive
State of edition:

Published.

Image:

Form:

Roll (?)

Material:

Papyrus

Dimensions (cm): Height: 11.7 Width: 5.5 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Sizes given are minimum. Fr. A: 11.5 (h) x 2.8 (w), Fr. B: 11.7 (h) x 2.7 (w) (Worp 1995: p. 214-216).

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.

2

Pages/Columns (notes):

1 surviving column each fragment, recto (→), 16 and 21 lines respectively.

Hand:

Semi-literary

Findspot:

Kellis (Ismant el-Kharab), Egypt

(TM places ID: 2762)
Place of purchase: (TM places ID: )
Writingspot:

Kellis (Ismant el-Kharab), Egypt

(TM places ID: 2762)
Present Location:

Egypt, Kellis

Collection History:

Excavated in situ.

Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript.
Collection website:

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography
Editions:

Worp, Klaas A. Greek Papyri from Kellis. (P.Kell.Gr.), vol. 1 (Nos. 1-90). Oxford: Oxbow Books, 1995, p. 214-217, no. 85 a + b.


Translations:
General:

Trismegistos ID:

64442

PAThs:
PGM: question mark icon Papyri Gracae Magicae SM: question mark icon Supplementum Magicum GEMF: question mark icon Greek and Egyptian Magical Formularies (forthcoming) 64 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

06004.000
06021.000

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:

ST (20/11/2020); KD (10/2/2021)


How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP M185," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m185. Accessed on 30/04/2025

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