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KYPRIANOS M3854

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

GMA 34
Istanbul, Archaeological Museum Inv. 71.125

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. 1-17: Applied amulet for healing/protection (?) consisting of magical signs (kharaktēres) and names.
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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 – 300
Date notes:

Third century CE according to Jordan (1978: p. 85) and Kotansky (1994: p. 167).
Archive/collection: question mark icon Larger collection to which manuscript belongs.
Archive name:
State of edition:

Published.
Image:

Form:

Sheet
Material:

Metal (silver)
Dimensions (cm): Height: 9 Width: 4.3 Depth: .1
Dimensions (notes):

Kotansky (1994: p. 167) and for depth see Jordan (1978: p. 85).
Folding pattern:

Rolled.
State of preservation:

Complete, damage to bottom, perhaps one line lost.
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, 17 lines.
Hand:

Findspot:

Colonia Archelais (Aksaray), Anatolia, Turkey (?)

(TM places ID: 16449)
Place of purchase: (TM places ID: )
Writingspot:

Colonia Archelais (Aksaray), Anatolia, Turkey (?)

(TM places ID: 16449)
Present Location:

Istanbul, Archeological Museum
Collection History:

Purchased on the antiquities market. Present location is the Archaeological Museum Istanbul (Kotansky 1994: 168).
Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 564
Collection website:

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography
Editions:

Jordan, David R.. “A Silver Phylactery at Istanbul.” Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 28 (1978): 84-86, pl. XIII (b).

Kotansky, Roy. “Magic Signs and Names.” 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. 167-168, no. 34.
Translations:
General:

Neumann, G. “Epigraphische Mitteilungen.” Kadmos 8 (1969): 170-171.

Pugliese Carratelli, Giovanni. “Epigrafe Magica Antolica.” La Parola del Passato 24 (1969): 307.

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 (9/12/2024); KD (10/12/2024)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP M3854," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m3854. Accessed on 06/12/2025

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