Sigla: 
Modern names for the manuscript, including inventory and publication numbers.
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Chester Beatty Cpt 2040 |
| Category:
Classification of the contents, e.g. magical (formulary or applied), alchemical, liturgical, documentary or medical. |
Magical (formulary) |
| Contents: | 1. p. 1 l. 1-p. 2 l. 2: Prayer invoking angelic creatures, probably for healing/protection. |
| Language(s): | Egyptian (Coptic) |
| Script(s): | Coptic |
| Dialect: | |
| Language/dialect notes: | |
| Date:
Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. |
601 – 800 |
| Date notes: | Preliminary estimate of the date as seventh to eighth century based on the hand (KD 17/11/2025). Collection website suggests 4th to 8th century. |
| Archive/collection:
Larger collection to which manuscript belongs. |
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| Archive name: | |
| State of edition: | Unpublished. |
| Image: | https://viewer.cbl.ie/viewer/image/Cpt_2040/1 |
| Form: | Codex (?) |
| Material: | Papyrus |
| Dimensions (cm): | Height: | Width: | Depth: |
| Dimensions (notes): | No dimensions given on website. |
| Folding pattern: | |
| State of preservation: | Fragmentary. |
| Pages/Columns:
Total surviving columns in the manuscript for rolls, sheets and rotuli; total number of pages for codices.
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2 |
| Pages/Columns (notes): | 2 surviving pages, 9 surviving lines on each. |
| Hand: |
| Findspot: | Egypt (?) (TM places ID: 49) |
| Place of purchase: | (TM places ID: ) |
| Writingspot: | Egypt (?) (TM places ID: 49) |
| Present Location: | Dublin, Chester Beatty Library |
| Collection History: | No acquisition information. |
| Trismegistos collection:
Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. |
112 |
| Collection website: | https://viewer.cbl.ie/viewer/image/Cpt_2040/1 |
| Notes/Discussion: | Chester Beatty Cpt 2040 consists of two fragments; the one referred to here is on the left when viewed from the side with the label. The text offers a close parallel to PCM I 11 p. 14 l. 14 – p. 20 l. 5 (KYP M171; T1478), which takes up 6 codex pages. This, and the fact that the manuscript is written both recto and verso, suggests that it is a sheet from a codex. |
| Bibiliography |
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| General: |
| Trismegistos ID: | PAThs: |
| PGM:
Papyri Gracae Magicae
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SM:
Supplementum Magicum
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GEMF:
Greek and Egyptian Magical Formularies (forthcoming)
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ACM:
Ancient Christian Magic
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| Bélanger Sarrazin:
Bélanger-Sarrazin. “Catalogue des textes magiques coptes” |
AKZ:
Ausgewählte koptische Zaubertexte |
CBd:
Campbell-Bonner Magical Gems Database |
Mert.-Pack:
Mertens-Pack online database |
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| Van H:
van Haelst, Catalogue des papyrus littéraires |
Bruyn-Dijkstra:
de Bruyn and Dijkstra, “Greek Amulets and Formularies (Checklist)" |
TheDefix:
Thesaurus Defixionum |
To Zodion: |
| Edit History: | KD (17/11/2025) |
How to cite:
[Editor names]. "KYP M4024," 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-m4024. Accessed on 26/07/2026For the "editor names", see the abbreviated names in the field "Edit History", and to resolve the abbreviations, see the help page.