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KYPRIANOS M299

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

Moen Inv. no. 3
P. Moen 3

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

Magical (formulary)
Contents:

1. Ro ll. 1-84: Spell(s) for good business
2. Vo ll. 1-26: Ouroboros and invocation for uncertain purpose
See all texts in this manuscript.

Language(s):

Egyptian (Coptic)
Script(s):

Coptic
Dialect:

Sahidic
Language/dialect notes:

Bélanger Sarrazin (2017: p. 394).
Date: question mark icon Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. 801 – 1100
Date notes:

TM (9/1/2019)
Archive/collection: question mark icon Larger collection to which manuscript belongs.
Archive name:
State of edition:

Published.
Image:

Form:

Sheet
Material:

Parchment
Dimensions (cm): Height: 34 Width: 19.5 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Meyer & Smith (1999: p. 233)
Folding pattern:

11 (?) vertical creases, 1 (?) horizontal crease.
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.

7
Pages/Columns (notes):

5 columns recto, 2 columns verso. Recto 84 lines, verso 26 lines.
Hand:

2 separate hands.

Findspot:

Egypt

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

Egypt

(TM places ID: 49)
Present Location:

Baarn, Private collection Moen
Collection History:

No acquisition information.
Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 456
Collection website:

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography
Editions:

Satzinger, Helmut, and Pieter J. Sijpesteijn. “Koptisches Zauberpergament Moen III.” Le Muséon 101 (1988): 51–63.
Translations:

Meyer, Marvin W., and Richard Smith. Ancient Christian Magic: Coptic Texts of Ritual Power. Princeton (New Jersey): Princeton University Press, 1999, p. 233-237, no. 117.
General:

Trismegistos ID:

100007

 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

117
Bélanger Sarrazin: question mark icon Bélanger-Sarrazin. “Catalogue des textes magiques coptes”

152

 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:

MPS (9/1/2019); EL (1/8/2019); KD (28/11/2019); MPS (3/9/2020)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP M299," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m299. Accessed on 16/12/2025

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