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KYPRIANOS M3761

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Biblioteca Nazionale Mss. Peyron 158

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Magical (formulary)
Contents:

1. Ro ll. 1-46: Prayer for a good singing voice, perhaps attributed to Seth son of Adam.
2. Vo ll. 1-46: Prayer for favour and a good singing voice.
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Language(s):

Egyptian (Coptic)
Script(s):

Coptic
Dialect:

Sahidic with Middle Egyptian influence.
Language/dialect notes:

KD (24/1/2025)
Date: question mark icon Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. 601 – 800
Date notes:

Preliminary dating by N. Carlig & K. Dosoo.
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Archive name:
State of edition:

Unpublished. Edition in progress by N. Carlig & K. Dosoo.
Image:

Form:

Rotulus
Material:

Papyrus
Dimensions (cm): Height: 42.1 Width: 17.4 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Two fragments; upper fragment 26.2 (H) x 17.3 (W) cm, lower fragment 15.9 (H) cm x 17.4 (W) cm.
Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

Complete but damaged; manuscript is in two parts. Upper margin lost.
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 fragment each, recto and verso. 46 lines recto (↓), 46 lines verso (→).
Hand:

Different hands on recto and verso.

Findspot:

Egypt

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

Egypt

(TM places ID: 49)
Present Location:

Turin, Biblioteca Nazionale
Collection History:

Given to Amedeo Peyron by Bernardino Drovetti after 1841, and were purchased by the Biblioteca Nazionale e Universitaria from his heirs in 1969.
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Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography
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General:

Vassallo, Christian, with Nathan Carlig and Korshi Dosoo. “Amedeo Peyron and the History of Coptic Papyrology: With a Description of Two Unpublished Magical Texts From the “Fondo Peyron” of the Biblioteca Nazionale Universitaria di Torino (Mss. 158–159)”, in Coptica Taurinensia: Coptic Papyri from the Museo Egizio, edited by Susanne Töpfer, Lajos Berkes, Anne Boud’hors, Costanza Bianchi, Esther Garel, Frederic Krueger, Tonio Sebastian Richter, Gesa Schenke. Turin: Museo Egizio, 2025, pp. 37-46.

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 (24/1/2025); KD (19/12/2025)

How to cite:
[Editor names]. "KYP M3761," 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-m3761. Accessed on 19/10/2026
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