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KYPRIANOS M3893

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Chester Beatty Library Cpt 2067

Category: question mark icon Classification of the contents, e.g. magical (formulary or applied), alchemical, liturgical, documentary or medical.

Magical (formulary)

Contents:

1. Ro ll. 1-16: Curse (?)
2. Ro ll. 17-22: Amuletic prayer for protection (?)
3. Ro ll. 23-38: Unclear magical text
4. Vo ll. 1-22: Love spell.
5. Vo ll. 23-27: Spell for childbirth (?)
6. Vo ll. 28-30: “For a mad dog” (amulet for protection?)
7. Vo ll. 31-32: Magical text for unclear purposes
8. Vo ll. 33-42: Curse (?)

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Language(s):

Egyptian (Coptic)
Greek

Script(s):

Coptic
Greek

Dialect:

Sahidic with Middle Egyptian features

Language/dialect notes:
Date: question mark icon Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. 501 – 900
Date notes:

Preliminary estimate based on typical dates of Coptic magical rotuli on papyrus (25/1/2025).

Archive/collection: question mark icon Larger collection to which manuscript belongs.
Archive name:
State of edition:

Unpublished.

Image: https://viewer.cbl.ie/viewer/image/Cpt_2067/1/LOG_0000/

Form:

Rotulus

Material:

Papyrus

Dimensions (cm): Height: 39.4 Width: 25.4 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Collection website (24/1/2025)

Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

Perhaps completely preserved on all sides; some damage along creased created by rolling. The text on the lower part of the side designated here as “recto” has been partially effaced and is very difficult to read.

Pages/Columns: question mark icon Total surviving columns in the manuscript for rolls, sheets and rotuli; total number of pages for codices.

2

Pages/Columns (notes):

1 column each recto and verso; 38 lines recto (↓), 42 surviving lines verso (→).

Hand:

Findspot:

Egypt

(TM places ID: 49)
Place of purchase: (TM places ID: )
Writingspot:

Egypt

(TM places ID: 49)
Present Location:

Dublin, Chester Beatty Library

Collection History:

No acquisition information.

Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 112
Collection website: https://viewer.cbl.ie/viewer/image/Cpt_2067/1/LOG_0000/

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography
Editions:
Translations:
General:

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 (14/9/2022); KD (24/1/2025)


How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP M3893," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m3893. Accessed on 29/04/2025

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