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KYPRIANOS M3720

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

P. PalauRib. Lit. 49
P. PalauRib 49

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

Magical (?)
Contents:

1. Ro: Drawing of scarab.
2. Vo: Traces.
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Language(s):

[non-linguistic]
Script(s):

[none]
Dialect:
Language/dialect notes:
Date: question mark icon Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. 1 – 600
Date notes:

Martín Hernández and Sofía Torallas Tovar (2022: p. 246) suggest only a date in the “Roman period”. Trismegistos (26/9/2023) suggest a date from 30 BCE to 642 CE.
Archive/collection: question mark icon Larger collection to which manuscript belongs.
Archive name:
State of edition:

Published.
Image:

Form:

Sheet (?)
Material:

Papyrus
Dimensions (cm): Height: 6.3 Width: 4.2 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Martín Hernández and Sofía Torallas Tovar 2022: p. 246.
Folding pattern:

Traces of folding.
State of preservation:

Fragmentary
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 surviving column each recto (→ ?) and verso (↓ ?).
Hand:

Findspot:

Egypt

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

Egypt

(TM places ID: 49)
Present Location:

Barcelona, Palau-Ribes
Collection History:
Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript.
Collection website:

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography
Editions:

★ Martín Hernández, Raquel & Sofía Torallas Tovar. “Magical Texts from Barcelona (Montserrat Abbey and Palau Ribes Collections)”, Symbolae Osloenses 96:1 (2022): 246-249 no. 2.

O’Callaghan, Joseph. “Papiro con la figura de un pez (P. Palau Rib. inv. 49)”, StudPap 9 (1970) 91-92.
Translations:
General:

Trismegistos ID:

119326

 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 To Zodion:
Edit History:

KD (30/4/2021); KD (26/9/2023)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP M3720," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m3720. Accessed on 30/04/2025

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