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KYPRIANOS M457

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

P. Mich. Inv. 3798 + 3772b

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

Magical (unclear ?)
Contents:

Original use (?):

1. Ro ll. 1-17: Documentary text (?)

Re-use:

2. Vo ll. 1-19: Magical text (?)
See all texts in this manuscript.

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 – 800
Date notes:

Online catalogue (16/9/2019)
Archive/collection: question mark icon Larger collection to which manuscript belongs.
Archive name:
State of edition:

Unpublished. Assigned.
Image:

Form:

Sheet
Material:

Papyrus
Dimensions (cm): Height: 19 Width: 21 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

10 x 21 (3798); 9 x 12 (3772b) (collection website 13/1/2020)
Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

Fragmentary, consists of two fragments. Broken off at the top, the bottom and the right-hand sides.
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 (original use) (↓), 17 (?) lines. 1 column verso (re-use) (→), 16 lines. Verso at 90 degrees to recto.
Hand:

Findspot:

Oxyrhynchus (Bahanasa), Egypt

(TM places ID: 1524)
Place of purchase: (TM places ID: )
Writingspot:

Oxyrhynchus (Bahanasa), Egypt (?)

(TM places ID: 1524)
Present Location:

Ann Arbor, Michigan University, Library
Collection History:

Purchased by Boal. Reached the University in October 1926. Report by Bell exists, dated to 2 May 1925 (Online Catalogue 19/11/2018).
Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 12
Collection website: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-10264/3798v.tif

Notes/Discussion:

Recto of 3798 and 3772b as Col. Website and Col. Image respectively.

Recto 3798: http://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-4343/3798r.tif
Verso 3798: http://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-10264/3798v.tif

Recto 3772b: http://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-10240/3798v.tif
Verso 3772b: http://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-10240/3798v.tif

Bibiliography
Editions:
Translations:
General:

Trismegistos ID:

874200

 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 (19/11/2018); MPS (16/9/2019); KD (13/1/2020); MPS (1/9/2020); MPS (22/3/2021); JS (30/08/22)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP M457," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m457. Accessed on 29/10/2025

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