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KYPRIANOS M399

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

Fribourg AeT 2006.4
Freiburg AeT 2006.4

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

Magical (unclear)
Contents:

1. Ro ll. 1-11: Fragment with characteres.
2. Vo ll. 1-7: Vowel sequences
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Language(s):

Egyptian (Coptic)
Script(s):

Coptic
Dialect:

Sahidic or Bohairic (?)
Language/dialect notes:

Müller 2009: p. 66.
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:

Sheet
Material:

Papyrus
Dimensions (cm): Height: 7 Width: 6 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Müller 2009: p. 66.
Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

Incomplete, fragmentary.
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 (→). Recto 11 lines, verso 7 lines. Verso at 180 degrees to recto.
Hand:

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:

No acquisition information.
Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 1461
Collection website:

Notes/Discussion:

Verso at 180 degrees to recto.

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, see esp. p. 57-58 and p. 66-68.
Translations:
General:

Trismegistos ID:

131715

 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”

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 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 (22/3/2021)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP M399," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m399. Accessed on 28/10/2025

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