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KYPRIANOS M3817

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Chester Beatty Cpt 2069

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Magical (formulary)
Contents:

1. Ro ll. 1-12: Love spell?
2. Ro ll. 13-26: Love spell
3. Ro ll. 27-28: Acclamation of the God of the Martyrs.
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Language(s):

Egyptian (Coptic)
Script(s):

Coptic
Dialect:
Language/dialect notes:
Date: question mark icon Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. 301 – 600
Date notes:

Collection website (27/6/2022).
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Archive name:
State of edition:

Unpublished.
Image:

Form:

Sheet
Material:

Papyrus
Dimensions (cm): Height: 37 Width: 25.3 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Collection website (27/6/2022)
Folding pattern:

16 (?) horizontal creases.
State of preservation:

Broken at top, damage along creases. Left, right, and bottom margins preserved.
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):

1 column recto (→), 28 surviving lines.
Hand:

Findspot:

Egypt

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

Egypt (?)

(TM places ID: 49)
Present Location:

Dublin, Chester Beatty 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. 112
Collection website: https://viewer.cbl.ie/viewer/image/Cpt_2069/1/LOG_0000/

Notes/Discussion:

Sheet is made of two separate sheets stuck together, but the text seems to continue across these, so that the join was probably madein antiquity.

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 (27/6/2022)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP M3817," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m3817. Accessed on 29/10/2025

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