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KYPRIANOS M4042

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

Mich. Pap. 834/B
Cambridge Michaelides 834/B

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

Magical (?)
Magical (applied ?)
Contents:

1. Ro: Drawing of head and symbols resembling kharaktêres.
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Language(s):

Egyptian (Coptic) (?)
Greek (?)
Script(s):

Coptic (?)
Greek (?)
Dialect:
Language/dialect notes:
Date: question mark icon Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. 501 – 800
Date notes:

Collection website (24/7/2026)
Archive/collection: question mark icon Larger collection to which manuscript belongs.
Archive name:
State of edition:

Unpublished.
Image: https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-MICH-PAP-00834-B/1

Form:

Sheet
Material:

Papyrus
Dimensions (cm): Height: 6.5 Width: 9.6 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Measurements from image (KD 24/7/2026)
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):

Text and image on recto (→).
Hand:

Findspot:

Egypt (?)

(TM places ID: 49)
Place of purchase:

Egypt (?)

(TM places ID: 49)
Writingspot:

Egypt (?)

(TM places ID: 49)
Present Location:

Cambridge, University Library
Collection History:

The Cambridge University Library purchased the Michaelides Collection in 1977 from the family of the antiquities collector Georges Anastase Michaelides (1900–1973) (Collection website, 24/7/2026).
Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 79
Collection website: https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-MICH-PAP-00834-B/1

Notes/Discussion:

Traces of ink on verso according to collection website (24/7/2026).

Bibiliography
Editions:
Translations:
General:

Clackson, Sarah J. “The Michaelides Manuscript Collection.” Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 100 (1994): 223–226.

Collection website: https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/michaelidescoptic/1 (24/7/2026)

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:

MPS (24/7/2026); KD (24/7/2026); KD (24/7/2026)

How to cite:
[Editor names]. "KYP M4042," 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-m4042. Accessed on 26/07/2026
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