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KYPRIANOS M3791

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

P. Oxy. LXXXV 5479
P. Oxy. 85 5479
P. Oxy. LXXXVI 5548
P. Oxy. 86 5548
Sackler Library, Papyrology Rooms
24 3B.68/D(i)

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

Magical (formulary)
Literary (Patristic)
Contents:

Original use:

1. Ro: Pseudo-Chrysostom, De Ioseph et de castitate.

Re-use:

2. Vo ll. 1-11; Recipe for amulet for healing/protection from spirits.
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Language(s):

Greek
Script(s):

Greek
Dialect:
Language/dialect notes:
Date: question mark icon Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. 501 – 600
Date notes:

Date of magical reuse, dated palaeographically; original literary text is late fifth to early sixth-century (Zellmann-Rohrer 2021: p. 62).
Archive/collection: question mark icon Larger collection to which manuscript belongs.
Archive name:
State of edition:

Published.
Image:

Form:

Sheet (?)
Roll (?)
Material:

Papyrus
Dimensions (cm): Height: 13.5 Width: 5.3 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Dimensions of fragment 1. Zellmann-Rohrer 2021: p. 49.
Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

2 fragments; upper margin of recto text on fr. 1 preserved.
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):

2 surviving column recto, 1 column verso (magical re-use), 11 lines.
Hand:

Two separate hands on re-use; second hand takes over at l. 13.

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:

Notes/Discussion:

Magical re-use only on fragment 1, which may represent complete re-use. Original text probably larger roll.

Bibiliography
Editions:

Zellmann-Rohrer, Michael. “5548. Magical Formulary”, in The Oxyrhynchus Papyri, volume LXXXVI (P. Oxy. LXXXVI), edited by Amin Benaissa and Michael Zellmann-Rohrer. London: Egypt Exploration Society, 2021, p. 62-63, plate VIII, no. 5548.

Zellmann-Rohrer, Michael. “5469. Pseudo-Chrysostom, De Ioseph et de castitate (PG LVI 589-90)”, in The Oxyrhynchus Papyri, volume LXXXV (P. Oxy. LXXXV), edited by N. Gonis, P.J. Parsons, and W.B. Henry. London: Egypt Exploration Society, 2020, p. 62-63, plate II, no. 5479.
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 (15/2/2022)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP M3791," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m3791. Accessed on 30/10/2025

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