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KYPRIANOS M3788

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

P. Oxy. LXXXVI 5542
P. Oxy. 86 5542
Sackler Library, Papyrology Rooms 15 2B.42/E(b)1

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

Magical (unclear)
Contents:

Original use:

1. Ro: Unclear.

Re-use:

2. Vo col. 1 ll. 1-16: Exorcism (fr. 1).
3. Vo col. 2 (?): Fragmentary text.
See all texts in this manuscript.

Language(s):

Greek
Script(s):

Greek
Palaeo-Hebrew
Dialect:
Language/dialect notes:
Date: question mark icon Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. 101 – 200
Date notes:

Dated palaeographically (Zellmann-Rohrer 2021: p. 42).
Archive/collection: question mark icon Larger collection to which manuscript belongs.
Archive name:
State of edition:

Published.
Image:

Form:

Roll (?)
Material:

Papyrus
Dimensions (cm): Height: 9 Width: 11.5 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Zellmann-Rohrer 2021: p. 42.
Folding pattern:

Damage likely indicative of rolling.
State of preservation:

Three fragments, perhaps preserving two columns; left and right margins of fragment 1 preserved, top and bottom margins lost. All margins of other two fragments lost.
Pages/Columns: question mark icon Total surviving columns in the manuscript for rolls, sheets and rotuli; total number of pages for codices.

3
Pages/Columns (notes):

1 surviving column recto (→), original use. 2 surviving columns verso (↓), magical re-use, 16 and at least 7 lines.
Hand:

Findspot:

Oxyrhynchus (Bahanasa), Egypt

(TM places ID: 1524)
Place of purchase: (TM places ID: )
Writingspot:

Oxyrhynchus (Bahanasa), Egypt

(TM places ID: 1524)
Present Location:

Oxford, Sackler Library, Papyrology Rooms
Collection History:

Likely excavated in Oxyrhynchus by the Egypt Exploration Society.
Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 264
Collection website: https://portal.sds.ox.ac.uk/articles/online_resource/P_Oxy_LXXXVI_5542_Exorcism/21186610

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography
Editions:

Zellmann-Rohrer, Michael. “5542. Exorcism”, in The Oxyrhynchus Papyri, volume LXXXVI (P. Oxy. LXXXVI), edited by Amin Benaissa and Michael Zellmann-Rohrer. London: Egypt Exploration Society, 2021, p. 42-45, plate V, no. 5542.
Translations:
General:

Trismegistos ID:

976535

 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 (15/2/2022)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP M3788," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m3788. Accessed on 19/12/2025

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