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KYPRIANOS M353

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

Köln Inv. 1470

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. 1-16: Invocation for love spell
2. Vo: Figure

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Language(s):

Egyptian (Coptic)

Script(s):

Coptic

Dialect:

Sahidic

Language/dialect notes:

Sahidic is suggested by Browne (1976): p. 91, as opposed to Bohairic. This seems to be correct (KD 10/12/2019)

Date: question mark icon Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. 601 – 700
Date notes:

Weber 1976: p. 115; TM (24/1/2019)

Archive/collection: question mark icon Larger collection to which manuscript belongs. KYP A22
Archive name: Yale-Cologne Scribal Group
State of edition:

Published

Image:

Form:

Sheet

Material:

Papyrus

Dimensions (cm): Height: 28.5 Width: 14.5 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Weber 1975: p. 115.

Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

Complete, from line 6 the end of lines are missing (Weber 1976: p. 115).

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 of text recto, 16 lines; figure on verso.

Hand:

Yale-Cologne Scribe

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/

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography
Editions:

Bronwne, Gerald M. “Notes on Two Coptic Magical Papyri.” Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 22 (1976): 89–91.

van der Vliet, Jacques. “Cologne Coptic Magical Texts: Some Notes and Corrections”. Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 122 (1998): 119–120.

★ Weber, Manfred. “Ein Koptisches Liebeszauber.” Enchoria 5 (1975): 115–118.


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. 3712, no. 16.


General:

van der Vliet, Jacques. “Cologne Coptic Magical Texts: Some Notes and Corrections.” Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 122 (1998): p. 119-120.

van der Vliet, Jacques. “Varia magica coptica.” Aegyptus 71 1/2 (1991): 217-242.


Trismegistos ID:

102255

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 24/1/2019; EL (21/6/2019); KD (10/12/2019); MPS (2/9/2020)


How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP M353," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m353. Accessed on 03/05/2025

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