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KYPRIANOS M3804

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

Louvre E 7445 E

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

Magical (applied ?)

Contents:

1. Ro ll. 1-7: Applied amulet (?) containing the names of the 7 archangels, perhaps for healing/protection.

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Language(s):

Egyptian (Coptic)

Script(s):

Coptic

Dialect:
Language/dialect notes:

Described as Greek on coll. website (6/4/2021).

Date: question mark icon Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. 395 – 641
Date notes:

Coll. website (6/4/2021).

Archive/collection: question mark icon Larger collection to which manuscript belongs.
Archive name:
State of edition:

Unpublished.

Image: https://collections.louvre.fr/ark:/53355/cl010048972

Form:

Sheet

Material:

Papyrus

Dimensions (cm): Height: Width: Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

No dimensions given on coll. website (6/4/2021).

Folding pattern:

2 vertical, 3 horizontal creases.

State of preservation:

Complete.

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):

2 columns recto (↓), 9 lines and 2 lines.

Hand:

Findspot:

Egypt

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

Egypt

(TM places ID: 49)
Present Location:

Paris, Louvre

Collection History:

Purchased from John Chester Greville, arrived at the Louvre in 1881 (coll. website 6/4/2022).

Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 274
Collection website: https://collections.louvre.fr/ark:/53355/cl010048972

Notes/Discussion:

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 (6/4/2022); KD (23/6/2022)


How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP M3804," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m3804. Accessed on 19/05/2024

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