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KYPRIANOS M3757

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Bodleian MS. Copt. d. 254 (P)

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

Magical (applied ?)
Contents:

1. Ro ll. 1-24: Applied curse against man named Aprahim (?).
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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. 642 – 900
Date notes:

Preliminary estimate based on hand and presence of Arabic name Aprahim (i.e. Ibrahim?) (KD 12/10/2023).
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Archive name:
State of edition:

Unpublished
Image:

Form:

Sheet
Material:

Parchment
Dimensions (cm): Height: 23.3 Width: 9.9 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Measurements from photograph by KD (12/10/2023).
Folding pattern:

1 vertical, 10 (?) horizontal creases.
State of preservation:

Complete, considerable damage along folds.
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 recto (flesh?), 24 lines and image tableau. There appears to be text on the verso, but this is probably ink from the front visible through the parchment.
Hand:

Findspot:

Egypt (?)

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

Egypt (?)

(TM places ID: 49)
Present Location:

Oxford, Bodleian Library
Collection History:

No acquisition information.
Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 265
Collection website:

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography
Editions:
Translations:
General:

Trismegistos ID: 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 from data from Alin Suciu (10/12/2021); KD (12/10/2023)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP M3757," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m3757. Accessed on 18/05/2024

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