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KYPRIANOS M3970

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Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana papiro inv. III/958
PL III/958
Papiro Laurenxiano III/958

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

Magical
Contents:

1. Magical text of unclear content.
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Language(s):

Egyptian (Coptic)
Script(s):

Coptic
Dialect:
Language/dialect notes:
Date: question mark icon Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. 601 – 800
Date notes:

Seventh or eighth century according to Pintaudi/Vicario (1991).
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Archive name:
State of edition:

Unpublished.
Image:

Form:

Rotulus
Material:

Parchment
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Dimensions (notes):
Folding pattern:
State of preservation:
Pages/Columns: question mark icon Total surviving columns in the manuscript for rolls, sheets and rotuli; total number of pages for codices.
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Hand:

Findspot:

Egypt (?)

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

Egypt (?)

(TM places ID: 49)
Present Location:

Florence, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana
Collection History:

No information on acquisition.
Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 128
Collection website: http://opac.bmlonline.it/Record.htm?idlist=0&record=594212431249

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography
Editions:

Pintaudi, Rosario and Macro Vicario. “Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana. Firenze. Le collezioni di manoscritti e rari e il loro incremento”, in Antichi e rari. Recenti acquisti in antiquariato per le biblioteche pubbliche statali. Torino, Biblioteca Nazionale Universitaria, 13-27 maggio 1991 , Gaeta , Gaetagrafiche , 1991, p. 188, no. 4.
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 (16/9/2024)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP M3970," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m3970. Accessed on 26/04/2025

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