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KYPRIANOS M4021

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John Rylands Limbo Coptic P 499

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

Magical (applied ?)
Contents:

Ro ll. 1–4: Series of kharaktēres spelling out voces magicae beginning with ⲁⲃⲃⲁ.
See all texts in this manuscript.

Language(s):

[non-linguistic]
Script(s):

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

No clear linguistic content, but ring-signs resemble Greek letters.
Date: question mark icon Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. 501 – 900
Date notes:

Preliminary estimate based on range of attestation of similar manuscripts on papyrus (KD 10/10/2025).
Archive/collection: question mark icon Larger collection to which manuscript belongs.
Archive name:
State of edition:

Unpublished.
Image:

Form:

Sheet (?)
Material:

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

No dimensions available.
Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

Fragmentary; at least 10 fragments.
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 (↓), 4 surviving lines.
Hand:

Findspot:

Egypt

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

Egypt

(TM places ID: 49)
Present Location:

Manchester, John Rylands Library
Collection History:

No acquisition information.
Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 218
Collection website: https://luna.manchester.ac.uk/luna/servlet/detail/Manchester~95~95~1241~301349?qvq=sort%3Areference_number%2Cimage_sequence_number%2Ctitle%2Cimage_number%3Blc%3AManchester~95~95&mi=420&trs=671#

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 (10/10/2025)

How to cite:
[Editor names]. "KYP M4021," 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-m4021. Accessed on 26/07/2026
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