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KYPRIANOS M421

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

PGM Christian 5c
Var26
Cairo, Egyptian Museum CG 10696
Formerly Cairo, Egyptian Museum JdE 502

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

Magical (applied)
Contents:

1. Ro ll. 1-6: Amulet for protection, contains incipits of Gospels and citation from Psalm 21 (22)
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Language(s):

Greek
Script(s):

Greek
Dialect:
Language/dialect notes:
Date: question mark icon Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. 401 – 600
Date notes:

TM (19/2/2019); Grenfell, Hunt 1903, p. 85.
Archive/collection: question mark icon Larger collection to which manuscript belongs.
Archive name:
State of edition:

Published.
Image:

Form:

Sheet
Material:

Papyrus
Dimensions (cm): Height: 6.4 Width: 26.4 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Grenfell, Hunt 1903, p. 85; Preisendanz 1931, p. 193.
Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

Fragmentary.
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, 6 lines.
Hand:

Semi-cursive writing.

Findspot:

Egypt

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

Egypt

(TM places ID: 49)
Present Location:

Cairo, Egyptian Museum
Collection History:

No acquisition information.
Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 73
Collection website:

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography
Editions:

★ Grenfell, Bernard P., and Athur S. Hunt. Catalogue général des antiquités du musée du Caire. No. 10001-10869. Greek Papyri. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1903, p. 85, no. 10696.

Preisendanz, Karl. Papyri Graecae Magicae: Die Griechischen Zauberpapyri. Vol 2. Stuttgart: Teubner, 1931, p. 193-194, Christliches no. 5c.
Translations:
General:

Aland, Kurt. Repertorium der griechischen christlichen Papyri. Biblische Papyri, Altes Testament, Neues Testament, Varia, Apokryphen. Vol. 1. Patristische Texte und Studien 18. Berlin: de Gruyter, 1976, no. 26.

Rahlfs, Alfred, and Detlef Fraenkel. Verzeichnis der griechischen Handschriften des Alten Testaments. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2004, p. 163.

Trismegistos ID:

64858

 PAThs:
PGM: question mark icon Papyri Gracae Magicae

Christian 5c

 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

897

 Bruyn-Dijkstra: question mark icon de Bruyn and Dijkstra, “Greek Amulets and Formularies (Checklist)"

22

 TheDefix: question mark icon Thesaurus Defixionum To Zodion:
Edit History:

MPS (19/2/2019); MPS (28/9/2020)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP M421," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m421. Accessed on 28/10/2025

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