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KYPRIANOS M3853

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

GMA 33
Siracusa, Museo di Siracusa Inv. 82071
SEG 31 844

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. 1-32: Applied amulet for protection of Iouda, consisting of angel names. Contains kharaktēres.
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Language(s):

Greek
Script(s):

Greek
Dialect:
Language/dialect notes:
Date: question mark icon Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. 201 – 500
Date notes:

Third to fourth century CE according to Kotansky (1994: p. 155); according to Noy, third to fifth (1993: 159).
Archive/collection: question mark icon Larger collection to which manuscript belongs.
Archive name:
State of edition:

Published.
Image:

Form:

Sheet
Material:

Metal (bronze)
Dimensions (cm): Height: 9.5 Width: 4 Depth: .2
Dimensions (notes):

Kotansky (1994: p. 155); depth from EAGLE website (23/7/2025)
Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

Complete, damage to right margin.
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, 32 lines.
Hand:

Findspot:

Philosophiana (Sofiana), Sicilia

(TM places ID: 22318)
Place of purchase: (TM places ID: )
Writingspot:

Philosophiana (Sofiana), Sicilia (?)

(TM places ID: 22318)
Present Location:

Siracusa, Museo Archaeologico Orsi
Collection History:

Found in situ in Mazzarino prior to 1981 (Kotansky 1994: 155); acquired by the Museo Nazionale di Siracusa in 1978, current location unknown.
Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 1590
Collection website:

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography
Editions:

Kotansky, Roy. 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. 155-166, no. 33.

Lacerenza, Giancarlo. “Magia giudaica nella Sicilia tardoantica”. In Gli ebrei in Sicilia: dal tardoantico al Medioevo ; studi in onore di mons. Benedetto Rocco, Bucaria, Nicolò (ed.). Palermo: Flaccovio Editore (1998): 293-310 (pp. 294-300).

Noy, David. Jewish Inscriptions of western Europe (JIWE). Vol. 1. Italy (excluding the City of Rome), Spain and Gaul. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993, no. 159.

Pleket, Henry W. and Stroud, Ronald S. Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum 31 (1981): 210-211, no. 844.

Sciacca, S. Kokalos 26-27 (1980-1981): 459-463.

Sciacca, S. Kokalos 28-29 (1982-1983): 87-104.
Translations:
General:

Pleket, Henry W. and Ronald S. Stroud, Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum 33 (1983): 219, no. 754 (description).

Veltri, Giuseppe. “Jewish Traditions in Greek Amulets.” Bulletin of Judaeo-Greek Studies 18 (1996): 33.

Trismegistos ID:

285036

 		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 (14/12/2024); MPS (23/7/2025); KD (24/7/2025); MPS (21/8/2025)

How to cite:
[Editor names]. "KYP M3853," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, Korshi Dosoo, Markéta Preininger, & Roxanne Bélanger Sarrazin (principal editors), www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m3853. Accessed on 19/10/2026
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