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KYPRIANOS M468

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IFAO Copte 451

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

Magical (applied)
Contents:

Ro ll. 1-36 -Vo ll. 1-17: Applied curse against Mariam, her brother Kallinikos, and various other figures.
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Language(s):

Egyptian (Coptic)
Script(s):

Coptic
Dialect:

Akhmimic
Language/dialect notes:

Bélanger Sarazin 2017: no. 125.
Date: question mark icon Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. 401 – 500
Date notes:

Louis 2009: p. 25; TM (19/10/2018): p. 351-500; cf. Vienna K 10157 (PAThs Manuscript 1028; KD + EL 22/9/2021)
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Archive name:
State of edition:

Published.
Image:

Form:

Sheet
Material:

Papyrus
Dimensions (cm): Height: 29 Width: 16.2 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Louis 2009: p. 25.
Folding pattern:

Folded in antiquity (TM 19/10/2018); possibly folded 8 times (Louis 2009: p. 25), i.e. 8 horizontal creases.
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.

2
Pages/Columns (notes):

1 column each, recto and verso. Recto 36 lines, verso 17 lines.
Hand:

Similar to IFAO Copte 449 (Aberdeen Scribe)

Findspot:

Upper Egypt, Egypt (?)

(TM places ID: 2766)
Place of purchase: (TM places ID: )
Writingspot:

Upper Egypt, Egypt (?)

(TM places ID: 2766)
Present Location:

Cairo, IFAO
Collection History:

Found in a drawer in IFAO in Cairo in February 2007 (Louis 2009: p. 25).
Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 74
Collection website:

Notes/Discussion:

Linked with IFAO Copte 449 in so far as they were found in the same drawer and Rémondon had worked on both; they exhibit similar hands, and have similar content (Louis 2009: p. 25)

Bibiliography
Editions:

Louis, Catherine. “Une prière magique copte en dialecte achmimîque.” In Études coptes XII. Quatorzième journée d’études (Rome, 11-13 juin 2009), edited by Anne Boud’hors and Catherine Louis. Paris: De Boccard, 2013, p. 25-36.
Translations:
General:

van der Vliet, Jacques. “Christian Spells and Manuals from Egypt.” In Guide to the Study of Ancient Magic, edited by David Frankfurter. Leiden: Brill, 2019, p. 346-347

Trismegistos ID:

316185

 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”

125

 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 (19/10/2018); MPS (16/9/2019); KD (14/1/2020); MPS (1/9/2020); KD (28/4/2021); KD (11/5/2021); KD (2/6/2021); KD (22/9/2021)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP M468," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m468. Accessed on 19/11/2025

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