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KYPRIANOS M3824

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

GMA 3

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. 1-5: Amulet for protection consisting of kharaktēres and voces magicae (?).
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Language(s):

[Non-linguistic]
Script(s):

Latin
Dialect:
Language/dialect notes:
Date: question mark icon Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. 301 – 500
Date notes:

Kotansky (1994: p. 13).
Archive/collection: question mark icon Larger collection to which manuscript belongs.
Archive name:
State of edition:

Published.
Image:

Form:

Sheet
Material:

Metal (gold)
Dimensions (cm): Height: 1.9 Width: 3 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Kotansky (1994: p. 13).
1,9 x 2,5 cm according to Wright (1970: p. 305).
Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

Fragmentary, broken at top, bottom and left.
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, 5 lines.
Hand:

Findspot:

Woodeaton, United Kingdom (Britannia)

(TM places ID: 14613)
Place of purchase: (TM places ID: )
Writingspot:

Woodeaton, United Kingdom (Britannia) (?)

(TM places ID: 14613)
Present Location:

Ashmolean Museum,
Collection History:
Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 263
Collection website:

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography
Editions:

★ Kotansky, Roy. Greek Magical Amulets. The Inscribed Gold, Silver, Copper, and Bronze Lamellae. Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag, 1994, p. 13-15, no. 3, pl. 1.

Wright, R. P. “II. Inscriptions.” Britannia. A Journal of Romano-British and Kindred Studies 1 (1970): 305, no. 1.
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 (13/9/2022); ST (6/10/2022); ST (7/10/2022); KD (8/11/2022)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP M3824," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m3824. Accessed on 06/05/2024

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