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KYPRIANOS M2103

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

P. Iand. V 85
P. Iand. 5 85
Giessen, Universitätsbibliothek P. Iand. 212

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

Alchemical
Contents:

1. Ro. ll.1-10: Recipe for colouring silk.
2. Ro. ll. 11-15: Alchemical recipe for unclear purposes.
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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. 51 – 151
Date notes:

End of first or beginning of second century (Halleux 1981: p. 161); first to second century TM (6/4/2020).
Archive/collection: question mark icon Larger collection to which manuscript belongs.
Archive name:
State of edition:

Published
Image:

Form:

Sheet (?)
Material:

Papyrus
Dimensions (cm): Height: 10.4 Width: 6 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Halleux 1981: p. 159.
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.

1
Pages/Columns (notes):

1 surviving column recto, 15 lines.
Hand:

Findspot:

Krokodilopolis (Medinet el-Fayum), Egypt (?)

(TM places ID: 327)
Place of purchase:

Krokodilopolis (Medinet el-Fayum), Egypt

(TM places ID: 327)
Writingspot:

Krokodilopolis (Medinet el-Fayum), Egypt (?)

(TM places ID: 327)
Present Location:

Giessen, Universitätsbibliothek
Collection History:

Noted as missing/lost. Purchased by Carl Schmidt in Medinet el-Fayum in 1926 (coll. website, 6/4/2020).
Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 40
Collection website: https://papyri.uni-leipzig.de/receive/GiePapyri_schrift_00001710

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography
Editions:

Sprey, Josef. Papyri Iandanae, cum discipulis edidit Carolus Kalbfleisch V: Literarische Stücke und Verwandtes (P. Iand. V). Leipzig: Teubner, 1931, p. 198-202, no. 85.

Halleux, Robert. Les alchimistes grecs. Papyrus de Leyde Papyrus de Stockholm Fragments de recettes. Vol. 1. Paris: Les Belles Lettres, 1981, p. 158-160, fr. 2.
Translations:
General:

Trismegistos ID:

63248

 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 (6/4/2020); KD (16/12/2020)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP M2103," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m2103. Accessed on 30/04/2025

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