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KYPRIANOS M450

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

P. Vindob. G 46006

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. 1-15: Sator areto formula repeated three times

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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. 530 – 570
Date notes:

Middle of 6th-century (Sarischouli 1997: p. 243.)

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

Published.

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Form:

Sheet

Material:

Papyrus

Dimensions (cm): Height: 9.4 Width: 3.2 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Sarischouli 1997: p. 243.

Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

Complete, damage to top-left corner and slight damage in the centre in the bottom half.

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, 15 lines.

Hand:

Findspot:

Arsinoites (Fayum), Egypt (?)
Hermopolite nome, Egypt (?)

(TM places ID: 332.813)
Place of purchase: (TM places ID: )
Writingspot:

Arsinoites (Fayum)
Hermopolite nome, Egypt (?)

(TM places ID: 332.813)
Present Location:

Vienna, Nationalbibliothek

Collection History:

No acquisition information.

Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 357
Collection website:

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography
Editions:

Sarischouli, Panagiota. “Koptisches SATOR–Amulett.” Biblos. Beiträge zu Buch, Bibliothek und Schrift 46.2 (1997): 243–246.


Translations:
General:

Trismegistos ID:

874132

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”

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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 (12/3/2019); MPS (5/4/2019); EL (21/6/2019); MPS (1/9/2020)


How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP M450," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m450. Accessed on 11/05/2025

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