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KYPRIANOS M3758

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Bodleian MS. Copt. g. 40 (P)

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

Magical (?)
Contents:

1. Ro ll. 1-9: Magical text (?)
2. Vo ll. 1-3: Text of unclear genre.
See all texts in this manuscript.

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 – 900
Date notes:

Preliminary estimate based on hand and use of papyrus (KD 30/9/2025)
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Archive name:
State of edition:

Unpublished
Image:

Form:

Unclear
Material:

Papyrus
Dimensions (cm): Height: 3.5 Width: 3.8 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Measurements from photograph (KD 30/9/2025)
Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

A single fragment, no margin fully preserved.
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 (↓ from perspective of recto). 9 preserved lines recto, 3 (?) surviving lines verso. Verso at 90° counterclockwise from recto.
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:

Unclear which side is recto and verso (i.e., which was written first); the two hands are different, so one is probably a later re-use.

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 (30/9/2025)

How to cite:
[Editor names]. "KYP M3758," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, Korshi Dosoo, Markéta Preininger, & Roxanne Bélanger Sarrazin (principal editors), www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m3758. Accessed on 19/10/2026
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