KYP M3921

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KYPRIANOS M3921

Sigla:

P. Lond. Copt. I 523
P. Lond. Copt. 1 523
London, British Library Or 4926 (2)
London, British Library Or 4920 (2) (erroneous)

Category: Classification of the contents, e.g. magical (formulary or applied), alchemical, liturgical, documentary or medical.	Magical (formulary)
Contents:	1. Ro cols. 1-2: Unpublished Greek text. 2. Vo ll. 1-12: Calendar specifying the timing of magical rituals according to the positions of the moon and planets (Coptic).
	See all texts in this manuscript.

Language(s):	Egyptian (Coptic) Greek
Script(s):	Coptic Greek
Dialect:	Fayumic
Language/dialect notes:
Date: Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE.	301 – 500
Date notes:	Dated to fourth century by Cuyler (2020). TM (15/10/2022) dates to 301-900 CE (i.e., no clear dating). Crum (1905: 252) compares the hand to Vienna Nationakbibliothek K 1231-1238 (TM 107863), which is dated fourth to fifth century; he compares the eta to that of PGM VII (KYP M156), dated to the fourth century, and the shai to P. Lond. Copt. I 498, written in Akhmimic, so dating to the fifth century at the latest.
Archive/collection: Larger collection to which manuscript belongs.
Archive name:
State of edition:	Verso published, recto unpublished.
Image:

Form:	Roll (?)
Material:	Papyrus

Dimensions (cm):

Height: 25.2

Width: 8.5

Depth:

Dimensions (notes):	10 x 3 3/8 inches (Crum 1905: 252).
Folding pattern:
State of preservation:	Fragmentary.
Pages/Columns: Total surviving columns in the manuscript for rolls, sheets and rotuli; total number of pages for codices.	3
Pages/Columns (notes):	2 surviving columns recto (→), 1 surviving column verso (↓), 12 surviving lines.
Hand:

Findspot:	Fayum, Egypt (TM places ID: 332)
Place of purchase:	Fayum, Egypt (TM places ID: 332)
Writingspot:	Fayum, Egypt (?) (TM places ID: 332)
Present Location:	London, British Library
Collection History:	Acquired by Grenfell in the Fayum (Crum 1905: 252).
Trismegistos collection: Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript.	192
Collection website:

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography

Editions:	Crum, Walter E. Catalogue of the Coptic Manuscripts in the British Museum (P. Lond. Copt.). London: British Museum, 1905, p. 252-253, no. 523.
Translations:
General:	Griffith, F. Ll. “ⲡⲉⲧⲃⲉ=Νεμεσις”, Proceedings of the Society for Biblical Archaeology 22 (1900): 162-163. Cuyler, Mary Jane. “Artefact ID 59”, 4CARE database – Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, 2020 https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/59 Till, Walter. “Bemerkungen zu koptischen Textausgaben 7-8,” Orientalia 12 (1943.): 334.

Trismegistos ID:

108647

PAThs:

PGM: Papyri Gracae Magicae	SM: Supplementum Magicum	GEMF: Greek and Egyptian Magical Formularies (forthcoming)	ACM: Ancient Christian Magic
Bélanger Sarrazin: Bélanger-Sarrazin. “Catalogue des textes magiques coptes”	AKZ: Ausgewählte koptische Zaubertexte	CBd: Campbell-Bonner Magical Gems Database	Mert.-Pack: Mertens-Pack online database
Van H: van Haelst, Catalogue des papyrus littéraires	Bruyn-Dijkstra: de Bruyn and Dijkstra, “Greek Amulets and Formularies (Checklist)"	TheDefix: Thesaurus Defixionum	To Zodion:

Edit History:

KD (14/10/2022); KD (15/10/2022)

How to cite:

Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP M3921," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m3921. Accessed on 05/12/2025

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