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KYPRIANOS M3855

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

GMA 35

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. 1-13: Applied amulet containing a formula for the exorcism of spirits, for the protection of Basileios.
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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 – 400
Date notes:

Third to fourth CE according to Kotansky (1994: p. 169); third century according to Robinson (1953).
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: 9.3 Width: 3.3 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Kotansky (1994: p. 169).
Folding pattern:

Rolled.
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, 13 lines.
Hand:

Findspot:

Antiochia Caesarea (Yalvaç), Pisidia, Turkey

(TM places ID: 204)
Place of purchase: (TM places ID: )
Writingspot:

Antiochia Caesarea (Yalvaç), Pisidia, Turkey

(TM places ID: 204)
Present Location:

Ankara, Museum of Anatolian Civilizations (Ankara Arkeoloji Müzesi, Ankara)
Collection History:

Found in situ in 1924, currently in the Ankara Arkeoloji Müzesi (Kotaksy 1994: p. 169).
Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 2282
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. 169-180, no. 35.

Robinson, David M. “A Magical Inscription from Pisidian Antioch.” Hesperia 22 (1953): 172-174, pl. 52.
Translations:
General:

Robinson, David M. Classical and Mediaeval Studies in Honor of Edward Kennard Rand. New York, 1938, p. 246, no. 6

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 (15/12/2024); KD (17/12/2024); MPS (23/7/2025)

How to cite:
[Editor names]. "KYP M3855," 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-m3855. Accessed on 19/10/2026
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