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KYPRIANOS M403

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

P. Duke inv. 256
formerly P. Duk. inv. C 37

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

Magical (formulary ?)

Contents:

1. Ro ll. x+1-12: Unclear, text very fragmentary

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Language(s):

Egyptian (Coptic)

Script(s):

Coptic

Dialect:
Language/dialect notes:
Date: question mark icon Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. 501 – 700
Date notes:

APIS (16/1/2019)

Archive/collection: question mark icon Larger collection to which manuscript belongs.
Archive name:
State of edition:

Unpublished.

Image: https://library.duke.edu/rubenstein/scriptorium/papyrus/images/150dpi/256-at150.gif

Form:

Sheet

Material:

Papyrus

Dimensions (cm): Height: 16.3 Width: 9.5 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Lower margin of 3.5 cm (APIS 16/1/2019).

Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

Incomplete fragment, top lost, bottom 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, 12 lines.

Hand:

Findspot:

Egypt

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

Egypt

(TM places ID: 49)
Present Location:

Durham (NC), Duke University

Collection History:

No acquisition information.

Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 121
Collection website: http://www.papyri.info/apis/duke.apis.32042484

Notes/Discussion:

Contains generic name marker in l. x + 11.

Bibiliography
Editions:
Translations:
General:

Trismegistos ID:

132384

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:

EL (16/1/2019); MPS (13/9/2019); KD (7/1/2020); MPS (1/9/2020); MPS (22/3/2021)


How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP M403," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m403. Accessed on 23/06/2025

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