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KYPRIANOS M192

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

Museo Archeologico E 0.9.40455

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 – Vo ll. 1-5: Amulet for protection (?) consisting of Psalm 1:1.
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Language(s):

Egyptian (Coptic)
Script(s):

Coptic
Dialect:

Sahidic
Language/dialect notes:

Bélanger Sarrazin (2017: p. 403).
Date: question mark icon Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. 501 – 700
Date notes:

Schüssler (2000: p. 85); TM (21/3/2019)
Archive/collection: question mark icon Larger collection to which manuscript belongs.
Archive name:
State of edition:

Published.
Image:

Form:

Ostracon (limestone)
Material:

Ostracon (limestone)
Dimensions (cm): Height: 8.8 Width: 9.5 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Schüssler 2000: p. 85
Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

Complete. Cracked.
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 with 7 lines, and verso with 5 lines.
Hand:

Findspot:

Memnoneia – Djeme, Thebes West, Egypt

(TM places ID: 1341)
Place of purchase: (TM places ID: )
Writingspot:

Memnoneia – Djeme, West Bank of Thebes, Egypt

(TM places ID: 1341)
Present Location:

Milan, Museo Archeologico
Collection History:

No acquisition information.
Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 571
Collection website:

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography
Editions:

Crum, Walter E. “Coptic ostraca in the Museo archeologico at Milan and some others.” Aegyptus 3.4 (1922): 275-283, p. 275, no. 1.
Translations:
General:

Schüssler, Karlheinz. Biblia Coptica 1,4: Das sahidische Alte und Neue Testament; Vollständiges Verzeichnis mit Standorten Lieferung 4; sa 93-120. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2000, p. 85 no. sa 115ex.

Trismegistos ID:

108569

 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”

243

 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:

EL (21/3/2019); MPS (30/7/2019); KD (11/11/2019); MPS (4/9/2020)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP M192," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m192. Accessed on 10/12/2025

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