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KYPRIANOS M499

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

O. Med. Habu Copt. 4
Chicago OIM MH E4482

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

Literary (?)
Liturgical (?)
Magical (unclear) (?)
Contents:

1. Ro ll. 1-10 – Vo ll. 1-8: Text giving name of centurion who crucified Jesus, Emperor and Magi.
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. 601 – 800
Date notes:

TM (12/4/2019); Brashear 1983: p. 299.
Archive/collection: question mark icon Larger collection to which manuscript belongs.
Archive name:
State of edition:

Published
Image:

Form:

Ostracon (pottery)
Material:

Ostracon (pottery)
Dimensions (cm): Height: Width: Depth:
Dimensions (notes):
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.

2
Pages/Columns (notes):

1 column each, recto and verso. Recto 10 lines, verso 8 lines.
Hand:

Findspot:

Memnoneia – Djeme, Thebes West, Egypt

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

Memnoneia – Djeme, Thebes West, Egypt (?)

(TM places ID: 1341)
Present Location:

Chicago, Haskell Oriental Institute
Collection History:

No acquisition information.
Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 98
Collection website: https://oi-idb.uchicago.edu/

Notes/Discussion:

There is a concordance of inventory nos. and publication nos. by T. Wilfong, Enchoria 17 (1990)

Bibiliography
Editions:

Brashear, William M. “The Coptic Three Wise Men.” Chronique d’Égypte 58 (1983): p. 299.

Stefanski, Elisabeth, and Miriam Lichtheim. Coptic Ostraca from Medinet Habu. University of Chicago. Oriental Institute Publications 71. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1952, p. 7, no. 4.
Translations:
General:

Trismegistos ID:

111241

 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:

MPS (12/4/2019); EL (21/6/2019); KD (21/1/2020); MPS (28/8/2020); KD (29/9/2021)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP M499," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m499. Accessed on 29/10/2025

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