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KYPRIANOS M2158

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P. Utrecht 36
Utrecht University Library Copt. Ms. B3.8

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

Magical (formulary)

Contents:

Original use:

1. Ro ll. 1-11: Creation of amulet for healing of pain in the spleen (Greek, hand 1).

Re-use:

2. Ro ll. 11-19: Unclear, perhaps magical (Coptic, hand 2).

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Language(s):

Greek
Egyptian (Coptic)

Script(s):

Greek (?)
Coptic (?)

Dialect:

Lycopolitan

Language/dialect notes:

van den Broek 2017a: p. 103.

Date: question mark icon Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. 151 – 200
Date notes:

Dated to 150-200 CE by van den Broek 2017a: p. 103. Coptic text may be later.

Archive/collection: question mark icon Larger collection to which manuscript belongs.
Archive name:
State of edition:

Published, new edition desirable.

Image: http://objects.library.uu.nl/reader/index.php?obj=1874-355357&lan=en&ogimage=/12/57/44/125744960035264602790208606489705600654.jpg#page//12/57/44/125744960035264602790208606489705600654.jpg/mode/1up

Form:

Sheet (?)

Material:

Papyrus

Dimensions (cm): Height: 10.5 Width: 8.3 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

van den Broek 2017a: p. 103.

Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

Complete, all margins preserved (?), but some damage to all sides.

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 (→), 19 lines.

Hand:

Likely written in two different hands.

Findspot:

Egypt (?)

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

Egypt (?)

(TM places ID: 49)
Present Location:

Utrecht, University Library

Collection History:

Purchased on behalf of the Utrecht University Library on 7 January 1956 by Gilles Quispel from G. Kunta-Schmidt, the niece of Carl Schmidt, having previously belonged to Carl Schmidt’s collection. Held in box 3. (van den Broek 2017a: p. 2-8)

Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 346
Collection website:

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography
Editions:

van den Broek, Roelof. Catalogue of the Coptic Manuscripts in the Utrecht University Library (P. Utrecht). Utrecht University Library, 2017a, p. 103-104, no. 36.

van den Broek, Roelof. “A Greek Iatromagical Papyrus (Utrecht Copt. Ms. B3.8).” Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 202 (2017b), p. 208-213.


Translations:
General:

Trismegistos ID:

704274
704275

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 (23/2/2021)


How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP M2158," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m2158. Accessed on 30/04/2025

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