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KYPRIANOS M3827

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GMA 6
Römisch-Germanisches Museum, Köln inv. Nr. 1167

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Magical (applied)
Contents:

1. Ro ll. 1-3: Unclear; consists only of kharaktēres.
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Language(s):

[non-linguistic]
Script(s):

Greek-derived (?)
Dialect:
Language/dialect notes:
Date: question mark icon Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. 1 – 500
Date notes:

Kotansky describes only as “Roman period” (1994: p. 24).
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Archive name:
State of edition:

Published.
Image:

Form:

Sheet
Material:

Metal (gold)
Dimensions (cm): Height: 2.8 Width: 5.3 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Kotansky (1994: p. 24); Grimm (1969: p. 172).
Folding pattern:
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):

1 column recto, 3 lines.
Hand:

Findspot:

Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium, Germany (Gallia)

(TM places ID: 3258)
Place of purchase: (TM places ID: )
Writingspot:

Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium, Germany (Gallia) (?)

(TM places ID: 3258)
Present Location:

Römisch-Germanisches Museum, Köln
Collection History:

Found in situ in 1902 in a grave in Cologne (Kotansky 1994, 24).
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Collection website:

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography
Editions:

★ Kotansky, Roy. Greek Magical Amulets. The Inscribed Gold, Silver, Copper, and Bronze Lamellae. Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag, 1994, p. 24, no. 6.
Translations:
General:

Fremersdorf, Fritz. “Inschriften auf Römischen Kleingerät aus Köln.” Bericht der Römisch-Germanischen Kommission 27 (1937): 40+44, fig. 6.4.

Grimm, Günter. Die Zeugnisse Ägyptischer Religion und Kunstelemente im Römischen Deutschland. Leiden: Brill, 1969, p. 172-173, no. 67.

Lehner, Hans. “Orientalische Mysterienkulte im römischen Rheinland. Erweiterter Vortrag, gehalten im Verein von Altertumsfreunden am 16. März 1924.” Bonner Jahrbücher 129 (1924): 63.

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 (17/10/2022); KD (8/11/2022)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP M3827," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m3827. Accessed on 06/12/2025

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