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KYPRIANOS M398

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

Fribourg AeT 2006.5
Freiburg AeT 2006.5

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

Magical (formulary)
Contents:

1. Ro col. 1 ll. 1-30: Magical text for unclear purposes, fragmentary.
2. Ro col. 2, ll. 1-32: Invocation
3. Ro col. 2, ll. 33-35: Figure with annotations
See all texts in this manuscript.

Language(s):

Egyptian (Coptic)
Script(s):

Coptic
Dialect:

Sahidic
Language/dialect notes:
Date: question mark icon Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. 601 – 700
Date notes:

Müller 2009: p. 58.
Archive/collection: question mark icon Larger collection to which manuscript belongs.
Archive name:
State of edition:

Published
Image:

Form:

Rotulus
Material:

Papyrus
Dimensions (cm): Height: 28.6 Width: 7 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Müller 2009: p. 58.
Folding pattern:

9 horizontal creases? (KD 6/1/2019).
State of preservation:

Complete, but damaged along edges.
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):

2 columns recto, first column hardly legible, 30 lines, second 32 lines.
Hand:

Ligatured (Müller 2009: p. 60).

Findspot:

Egypt

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

Egypt

(TM places ID: 49)
Present Location:

Freiburg, Bibel und Orient Museum
Collection History:

Collection history unknown (Müller 2009: p. 57).
Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 1461
Collection website:

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography
Editions:

Müller, Matthias. “Koptische magische Texte in Fribourg.” In Liber amicorum Jürgen Horn zum Dank. Bd. 5. Göttinger Miszellen, edited by Antonia Giewekemeyer. Göttingen: Univ., Seminar für Ägyptologie und Koptologie, 2009, p. 57-65.
Translations:
General:

Trismegistos ID:

131714

 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”

135

 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:

MPS 1/2/2019; EL (21/6/2019); KD (6/1/2020); MPS (1/9/2020); MPS (12/1/2022)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP M398," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m398. Accessed on 28/10/2025

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