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KYPRIANOS M3852

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

GMA 31

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. 1-9: Applied amulet for the healing of or protection against eye pain.
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Language(s):

Latin
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. 101 – 200
Date notes:

Second century CE according to Kotansky (1994: p. 124).
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: 4.7 Width: 3.4 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Silveri-Gentiloni (1887: p. 157).
Folding pattern:

Rolled
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, 9 lines.
Hand:

Findspot:

Ripe San Ginesio, Picenum, Italy

(TM places ID: 14405)
Place of purchase: (TM places ID: )
Writingspot:

Ripe San Ginesio, Picenum, Italy (?)

(TM places ID: 14405)
Present Location:

Unknown
Collection History:

Found in situ. Present location unknown; perhaps in the Museo Archeologico Statale in Urbisaglia.
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Collection website:

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography
Editions:

Kotansky, Roy. “An Amulet for Affliction of the Eyes.“ Greek Magical Amulets. The Inscribed Gold, Silver, Copper, and Bronze Lamellae. Part I. Published Texts of Known Provenance. Papyrologica Coloniesia Vol. 22. Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag GmbH, 1994, p. 124-125, no. 31.

Siebourg, Max. “Ein griechisch-christliches Goldamulett gegen Augenkrankheiten.“ Bonner Jahrbücher 118 (1909): 166.
Translations:
General:

Ihm, Maximilianus. “Additamenta ad corporis vol. IX et X.“ In Ephemeris Epigraphica 8, edited by Instituti Archaeologici Romani. Berulini: Apud Georgium Reimerum, 1889, p. 58, no. 238.

Siebourg, Max. “Ein gnostisches Goldamulet aus Gellep.“ Bonner Jahrbücher 103 (1898): 127, 135.

Silveri-Gentiloni, Aristide. “Ripe San Ginesio/apud Fiorelli.“ In Notize degli Scavi di antichità 4.3 (1887): 157.

Zuntz, Günter. “Book Three. The Gold Leaves.“ In Persephone. Three Essays on Religion Thought in Magna Gaecia. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1971, p. 281.

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); SG + KD (2/12/2024)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP M3852," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m3852. Accessed on 06/12/2025

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