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KYPRIANOS M345

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

IFAO Copte T. 26

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

Magical (applied ?)
Documentary (exercise) (?)
Contents:

1. Ro ll. 1-Vo ll. 13: Applied amulet for healing/protection (?). Contains pericopes of healing of woman with bleeding and the resurrection of the daughter of Jairus.
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Language(s):

Egyptian (Coptic)
Script(s):

Coptic
Dialect:

Sahidic
Language/dialect notes:

Bélager Sarrazin (2017: p. 403).
Date: question mark icon Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. 601 – 800
Date notes:

TM (14/1/2019); Coquin 1984: p. 55.
Archive/collection: question mark icon Larger collection to which manuscript belongs.
Archive name:
State of edition:

Published, not translated. New edition desirable.
Image:

Form:

Tablet
Material:

Wood
Dimensions (cm): Height: 12.5 Width: 33 Depth: 1.4
Dimensions (notes):

Coquin (1984: p. 55.).
Folding pattern:
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 12 lines, verso 13 lines.
Hand:

Findspot:

Egypt

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

Egypt

(TM places ID: 49)
Present Location:

Cairo, IFAO
Collection History:

Provenance unknown (Coquin 1984: p. 12).
Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 74
Collection website:

Notes/Discussion:

Holes in upper part imply that the tablet was suspended. May be understood either as a writing exercise or an applied amulet (Coquin 1984).

Bibiliography
Editions:

Coquin, René-Georges. “Une péricope évangélique sur tablette de bois (IFAO Copte 26).” Bulletin de l’Institut français d‘archéologie orientale 84 (1984): 55–60.
Translations:
General:

Bélanger Sarrazin, Roxanne. “Les appels au « Jésus guérisseur » dans les formules iatromagiques coptes”, in Études coptes XVI. Dix-huitième journée d’études (Bruxelles, 22-24 juin 2017) (Cahiers de la bibiothèque copte 23), edited by Anne Boud’hors, Esther Garel, Catherine Louis and Naïm Vanthieghem. Paris: Éditions de Boccard, 2020, p. 195-196.

Trismegistos ID:

108148

 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”

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 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 (14/6/2019); KD (9/12/2019); MPS (3/9/2020); JS (06/03/2024)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP M345," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m345. Accessed on 25/10/2025

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