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KYPRIANOS M4016

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

P. Strasb. inv. K 552

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

Magical (formula)
Contents:

1. Ro ll. 1–26, vo ll. 1–7: Curse of sexual binding/impotence.
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Language(s):

Egyptian (Coptic)
Script(s):

Coptic
Dialect:
Language/dialect notes:

Sahidic (non-standard)
Date: question mark icon Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. 701 – 800
Date notes:

Dating by K. Hevesi.
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Archive name:
State of edition:

Unpublished. Edition in progress by K. Hevesi.
Image:

Form:

Rotulus
Material:

Papyrus
Dimensions (cm): Height: 26.5 Width: 9.5 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Dimensions from Hevesi forthcoming.
Folding pattern:

Rolled from bottom to top, creating regular damage patterns resembling 11 (?) creases.
State of preservation:

Apparently complete, considerable damage. Top may be lost but bottom margin seems to be preserved.
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 (→), 26 lines; 1 column verso (↓), 7 lines.
Hand:

Findspot:

Theadelphia, Fayum, Egypt

(TM places ID: 2349)
Place of purchase:

Giza, Egypt

(TM places ID: 716)
Writingspot:

Theadelphia, Fayum, Egypt

(TM places ID: 2349)
Present Location:

Strasbourg, Bibliothèque Nationale
Collection History:

Acquired by the Deutsches Papyruskartell in 1909, purchased from the dealer “Ali” in Giza via Nahman; came from Theadelphia in the Fayum (Hevesi forthcoming).
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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 (20/9/2025); KD (13/10/2025)

How to cite:
[Editor names]. "KYP M4016," 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-m4016. Accessed on 26/07/2026
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