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KYPRIANOS M2102

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BM EA 21482
O. Brit. Mus. Copt. I 21:3

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

Magical (?)
Contents:

1. Ro l. 1: Short text mentioning Jesus.
See all texts in this manuscript.

Language(s):

Egyptian (Coptic)
Script(s):

Coptic
Dialect:

Akhmimic or Fayumic
Language/dialect notes:

See related texts for further notes.
Date: question mark icon Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. 401 – 1000
Date notes:

TM (1/4/2020)
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Archive name:
State of edition:

Published.
Image:

Form:

Ostracon (pottery)
Material:

Ostracon (pottery)
Dimensions (cm): Height: 7.5 Width: 9 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Collection Website (20/4/20)
Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

Complete.
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, 1 line.
Hand:

Findspot:

Egypt

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

Egypt

(TM places ID: 49)
Present Location:

London, British Museum
Collection History:

Purchased from the Reverend Greville John Chester in 1889 (col. website 18/5/2020).
Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 193
Collection website: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/Y_EA21482_1

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography
Editions:

Hall, H. R. Coptic and Greek Texts of the Christian Period from Ostraka, Stelae, etc. in the British Museum. London, 1905 (O. Brit. Mus. Copt.), p. 29, pl. 21, inv. no. 21482.
Translations:
General:

Trismegistos ID:

389580

 		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); Team (18/5/2020)

How to cite:
[Editor names]. "KYP M2102," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, Korshi Dosoo, Markéta Preininger, & Roxanne Bélanger Sarrazin (principal editors), www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m2102. Accessed on 19/10/2026
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