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KYPRIANOS M3759

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Bodleian MS. Copt. g. 85 (P)

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

Magical
Contents:

1. Fragment 1: Orant figure with kharaktēres.
2. Fragment 2: Kharaktēres.
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Language(s):

Egyptian (Coptic) (?)
Script(s):

Coptic (?)
Dialect:
Language/dialect notes:

No clear linguistic content.
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 contents 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Unpublished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: 9.3 Width: 7.7 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Fragment A: 4.5 cm (H) x 7.7 (W), fragment 2: 3.8 cm (H) x 5.4 cm (W)
Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

Fragmentary; two fragments.
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):

Perhaps 1 column recto (→), but the relationship of the two fragments to one another is not clear.
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:

The two fragments are different from one another in the colour of both the papyrus and ink, an so it seems uncertain if they really originally belonged to the same manuscript (KD 30/9/2025).

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)

How to cite:
[Editor names]. "KYP M3759," 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-m3759. Accessed on 19/10/2026
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