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KYPRIANOS M343

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

Köln inv. 1471
P. Köln Kopt. 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 l. 1-31 -Vo l. 1-12: Spell for strength, favour and glory by anointing with oil.

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Language(s):

Egyptian (Coptic)

Script(s):

Coptic

Dialect:
Language/dialect notes:
Date: question mark icon Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. 501 – 600
Date notes:

Weber 1968: p. 86; Collection website: 6th century (14/1/2019); TM (14/1/2019) erroneously states 1st-2nd century AD.

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

Published

Image: https://papyri.uni-koeln.de/stueck/DS_d1e57243/img/01471/orig/PK1471r.jpg

Form:

Sheet

Material:

Papyrus

Dimensions (cm): Height: 19.5 Width: 8.5 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Weber 1968: p. 86; Collection website (14/1/2019)

Folding pattern:

At least 7 visible horizontal creases and 1 vertical 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.

2

Pages/Columns (notes):

1 column each, recto and verso; recto 31 lines, verso 12 lines. “Recto” written transversa charta (↓).

Hand:

Informal, irregular, slanting, quadrilinear tendencies

Findspot:

Egypt

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

Egypt

(TM places ID: 49)
Present Location:

Cologne, Papyrussammlung

Collection History:

No acquisition information.

Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 172
Collection website: https://papyri.uni-koeln.de/stueck/tm101249

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography
Editions:

Weber, M. “Pap. Coln. Copt. 3: Ölsegen”. In Demotische und Koptische Texte, edited by Josef Kroll. Papyrologica Coloniensia Vol. II, 1968. p. 86-92, pl. 4, no. 10.


Translations:

Pernigotti, Sergio. “La magia copta: I testi.” In Aufstieg und Niedergang der römischen Welt, edited by Hildegard Temporini and Wolfgang Haase, II.18.5. Berlin and New York: Walter de Gruyter, 1995, p. 3709, no. 12.


General:

Trismegistos ID:

101249

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”

194

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 (14/1/2019); EL (21/6/2019); KD (27/6/2019); MPS (3/9/2020)


How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP M343," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m343. Accessed on 02/05/2025

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