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KYPRIANOS M2254

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

Inv. MAH 20151

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. 1-9: Dedication to the Mother of the Gods to find stolen gold (applied curse).
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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. -100 – 200
Date notes:

Date tentatively proposed by Dunant (1978: p. 241) based on palaeography.
Archive/collection: question mark icon Larger collection to which manuscript belongs.
Archive name:
State of edition:

Published
Image:

Form:

Sheet
Material:

Metal (bronze)
Dimensions (cm): Height: 8.5 Width: 5.5 Depth: .05
Dimensions (notes):

Dunant 1978: p. 241.
Folding pattern:

No published information.
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 recto, 9 lines.
Hand:

Findspot:

Asia Minor

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

Asia Minor

(TM places ID: )
Present Location:

Geneva, Musée d’Art et Histoire
Collection History:

Purchased in 1964 on the antiquities market, said to come from Asia Minor (Dunant 1978: p. 241).
Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 560
Collection website:

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography
Editions:

Dunant, Christiane. “Sus aux voleurs! Une tablette en bronze à inscription grecque du Musée de Genève”, Museum Helveticum 35. 4 (1978), p. 241-244.
Translations:
General:

Trismegistos ID: 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

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Edit History:

KD (29/11/2021)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP M2254," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m2254. Accessed on 30/04/2025

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