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KYPRIANOS M4

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

Moen Inv. no. 34/607
formerly Baarn, Private collection Moen 34
formerly Baarn, Private collection Moen 607

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. 1-3: Short address to the angel Orphamiel
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Language(s):

Egyptian (Coptic)
Script(s):

Coptic
Dialect:

Sahidic (non-standard)
Language/dialect notes:

See related texts for further notes.
Date: question mark icon Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. 801 – 1100
Date notes:

TM (29/10/2018)
Archive/collection: question mark icon Larger collection to which manuscript belongs.
Archive name:
State of edition:

Published.
Image:

Form:

Ostracon (pottery)
Material:

Ostracon (pottery)
Dimensions (cm): Height: 25 Width: 11.5 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Sijpesteijn 1984: p. 96.
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):

1 column recto, 3 lines.
Hand:

Findspot:

Upper Egypt, Egypt (?)

(TM places ID: 2766)
Place of purchase:

Luxor, Egypt

(TM places ID: 576)
Writingspot:

Upper Egypt, Egypt (?)

(TM places ID: 2766)
Present Location:

Baarn, Private collection Moen
Collection History:

Probably purchased in Luxor (TM 29/10/2018).
Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 456
Collection website:

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography
Editions:

★ Clarysse, Willy. “A Coptic invocation to the angel Orphamiel.” Enchoria 14 (1986): 155.

Sijpesteijn, Pieter J. “Two Coptic Ostraca from the Moen Collection.” Bulletin de la Societé d’archéologie copte 26 (1984): 96.

Meyer, Marvin W. “O. Moen 34: A Second Look.” Bulletin de la Société d’archéologie copte 27 (1985): 71–72.
Translations:

Meyer, Marvin W., and Richard Smith. Ancient Christian Magic: Coptic Texts of Ritual Power. Princeton (New Jersey): Princeton University Press, 1999, p. 230-231, no. 114.

Pernigotti, Sergio. “La magia copta: I testi.” In Aufstieg und Niedergang der römischen Welt II.18.5, edited by Hildegard Temporini and Wolfgang Haase. Berlin and New York: Walter de Gruyter, 1995, p. 3728, no. 41.
General:

Kropp, Angelicus. Ausgewählte koptische Zaubertexte. Textpulikation. Vol. 1. Bruxelles: Édition de la Fondation Égyptologique Reine Élisabeth, 1931, p. 48, text J, ll. 30, 41 and p. 73, text R l. 5 (on Orphamiel).

Trismegistos ID:

102264

 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

114
Bélanger Sarrazin: question mark icon Bélanger-Sarrazin. “Catalogue des textes magiques coptes”

84

 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 (29/10/2018); KD (6/12/2018); EL (14/6/2019); KD (22/4/2020); EL (29/7/2020); MPS (12/1/2022)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP M4," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m4. Accessed on 15/12/2025

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