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KYPRIANOS M2098

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

P. Bala’izah 1 60
P. Balaizah 60
P. Bal. 60
Bodleian Ms. Copt. f. 61

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

Astrological (horoscope) (?)

Contents:

1. Ro ll. 1-10: Horoscope (?)

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Language(s):

Egyptian (Coptic)

Script(s):

Coptic

Dialect:

Bohairic

Language/dialect notes:

Kahle (1954: p. 485)

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

Kahle (1954: p. 485)

Archive/collection: question mark icon Larger collection to which manuscript belongs. KYP A64
Archive name: Monastery of Apa Apollo, Balaizah
State of edition:

Published. No published image. New edition desirable.

Image:

Form:

Sheet (?)

Material:
Dimensions (cm): Height: 10.795 Width: 11.43 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

4.25 x 4.5 inches (Kahle 1954: p. 485).

Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

Fragmentary; only upper margin potentially survives.

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, 10 surviving lines.

Hand:

Findspot:

Deir el-Bala’izah, Egypt

(TM places ID: 3025)
Place of purchase: (TM places ID: )
Writingspot:

Deir el-Bala’izah, Egypt (?)

(TM places ID: 3025)
Present Location:

Oxford, Bodleian Library

Collection History:
Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 265
Collection website:

Notes/Discussion:

Does not have a Trismegistos number (KD 1/4/2020).

Bibiliography
Editions:

Kahle, Paul E. Bala’izah. Coptic Texts from Deir el-Bala’izah in Upper Egypt, vol. 1. London: Oxford University Press, 1954, p. 484, no. 60.


Translations:
General:

Trismegistos ID:

874157

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 (1/4/2020); EL (20/4/2020) (10/8/2020)


How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP M2098," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m2098. Accessed on 30/04/2025

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