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KYPRIANOS M3991

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

Bawit, Chapel 24, West wall, text XXVII.

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

Magical (applied) (?)
Contents:

1. ll. 1-2: Sequence of ‘magical’ names, perhaps intended as amuletic (protection?).
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Language(s):

Egyptian (Coptic) (?)
Greek (?)
Script(s):

Coptic (?)
Greek (?)
Dialect:
Language/dialect notes:

Text consists only of names, and no Coptic signs are used. The other texts on the wall are in Sahidic Coptic.
Date: question mark icon Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. 401 – 800
Date notes:

Other wall inscriptions from the same location date between the 4th and 8th century (TM 17/12/2021).
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Archive name:
State of edition:

Published.
Image:

Form:

Wall inscription
Material:

Wall inscription (plaster)
Dimensions (cm): Height: Width: Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Inscription on a wall, dimensions not noted in principal publication.
Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

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

1
Pages/Columns (notes):
Hand:

Findspot:

Abba Apollotos Monasterion (Bawit)

(TM places ID: 10454)
Place of purchase: (TM places ID: )
Writingspot:

Abba Apollotos Monasterion (Bawit)

(TM places ID: 10454)
Present Location:

Abba Apollotos Monasterion (Bawit)
Collection History:

In situ.
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Collection website:

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 (3/3/3035)

How to cite:
[Editor names]. "KYP M3991," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, Korshi Dosoo, Markéta Preininger, & Roxanne Bélanger Sarrazin (principal editors), www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m3991. Accessed on 26/07/2026
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