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KYPRIANOS M452

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

Columbia inv. 1089
O. Col. inv. 1089
(acc. 64.12.108)

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

Magical (unclear) (?)

Contents:

1. Ro ll. 1-3: Kharactēres.

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Language(s):

[non-linguistic]

Script(s):

Coptic (?)

Dialect:
Language/dialect notes:

No linguistic content.

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

TM (21/3/2019)

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

Unpublished.

Image: http://papyri.info/apis/columbia.apis.1089

Form:

Ostracon (pottery)

Material:

Ostracon (pottery)

Dimensions (cm): Height: 3.8 Width: 5.7 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Collection website (16/9/2019)

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):

1 column recto (convex), 3 lines of kharactēres.

Hand:

Findspot:

Thebes West, Egypt

(TM places ID: 1341)
Place of purchase: (TM places ID: )
Writingspot:

Thebes West, Egypt

(TM places ID: 1341)
Present Location:

New York, Columbia University

Collection History:

Excavated by the Metropolitan Museum mission in 1926-1929 at Deir el-Bahri. Sold to Columbia University in 1958.

Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 245
Collection website: http://papyri.info/apis/columbia.apis.1089

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography
Editions:
Translations:
General:

Trismegistos ID:

317013

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 (21/3/2019); MPS (16/9/2019); KD (13/1/2019); MPS (9/9/2020); MPS (25/3/2021)


How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP M452," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m452. Accessed on 11/05/2025

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