Sigla: 
Modern names for the manuscript, including inventory and publication numbers.
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PCM 1 36 |
| Category:
Classification of the contents, e.g. magical (formulary or applied), alchemical, liturgical, documentary or medical. |
Magical (formulary) |
| Contents: | 1. Ro col. 1 ll. 1-12: Recipe for healing of menstrual bleeding |
| Language(s): | Egyptian (Coptic) |
| Script(s): | Coptic |
| Dialect: | Sahidic (non-standard) |
| Language/dialect notes: | |
| Date:
Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. |
901 – 1100 |
| Date notes: | Schenke 2017: p. 253, followed by TM (17/4/2019), and Dosoo/Preininger 2023: p. 31. |
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Archive/collection:
Larger collection to which manuscript belongs.
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| Archive name: | |
| State of edition: | Published. |
| Image: | https://papyri.uni-koeln.de/stueck/tm704888 |
| Form: | Sheet |
| Material: | Paper |
| Dimensions (cm): | Height: 11 | Width: 16.5 | Depth: |
| Dimensions (notes): | Schenke 2017: p. 253; Dosoo/Preininger 2023: p. 454. At least half the height would seem to be missing given the fold patterns (21/4/2021). |
| Folding pattern: | 1 vertical and 6 horizontal creases. |
| State of preservation: | Incomplete; broken at bottom margin. |
| Pages/Columns:
Total surviving columns in the manuscript for rolls, sheets and rotuli; total number of pages for codices.
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3 |
| Pages/Columns (notes): | 2 columns recto. 15 lines in column 1, 13 lines in column 2. 1 column verso, 1 line. Verso at 90 degrees to recto. |
| Hand: |
| Findspot: | Arsinoites (Fayum), Egypt (?) (TM places ID: 332) |
| Place of purchase: | (TM places ID: ) |
| Writingspot: | Arsinoites (Fayum), Egypt (?) (TM places ID: 332) |
| Present Location: | Cologne, Papyrussammlung |
| Collection History: | Likely bought in Egypt between 1957-8 (personal communication with Charikleia Armoni, 5/10/2022; Dosoo/Preininger 2023: p. 454). |
| Trismegistos collection:
Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. |
172 |
| Collection website: | https://papyri.uni-koeln.de/stueck/tm704888 |
| Notes/Discussion: |
| Bibiliography |
| Editions: |
★ Dosoo, Korshi, and Markéta Preininger. Papyri Copticae Magicae. Coptic Magical Texts, Volume 1: Formularies (PCM I 1), Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete – Beihefte 48. Berlin: De Gruyter, 2023, p. 454-457, no. 36. |
| Translations: | |
| General: |
Schenke, Gesa. “Zur Behandlung psychischer Störungen (μανία) in der Spätantike.” In Tempel, Tiere, Sternenhimmel. Studien zur altägyptischen Religion und Wissenschaft für Christian Leitz. Teil 2, edited by Florian Löffler, Daniel von Recklinghausen, Alexa Rickert and Bettina Ventker. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2025, 829–832. |
| Trismegistos ID: |
704888 |
PAThs: |
| PGM:
Papyri Gracae Magicae
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SM:
Supplementum Magicum
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GEMF:
Greek and Egyptian Magical Formularies (forthcoming)
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ACM:
Ancient Christian Magic
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| Bélanger Sarrazin:
Bélanger-Sarrazin. “Catalogue des textes magiques coptes” |
AKZ:
Ausgewählte koptische Zaubertexte |
CBd:
Campbell-Bonner Magical Gems Database |
Mert.-Pack:
Mertens-Pack online database |
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| Van H:
van Haelst, Catalogue des papyrus littéraires |
Bruyn-Dijkstra:
de Bruyn and Dijkstra, “Greek Amulets and Formularies (Checklist)" |
TheDefix:
Thesaurus Defixionum |
To Zodion: |
| Edit History: | MPS (17/4/2019); EL (21/6/2019); KD (21/1/2020); MPS (28/8/2020); KD (21/4/2021); SVS (08/09/2022); MPS (26/9/2022); MPS (29/9/2022); MPS (6/10/2022); KD (20/11/2023); KD (22/1/2024); K (7/10/2025) |
How to cite:
[Editor names]. "KYP M503," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, Korshi Dosoo, Markéta Preininger, & Roxanne Bélanger Sarrazin (principal editors), www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m503. Accessed on 09/10/2026For the "editor names", see the abbreviated names in the field "Edit History", and to resolve the abbreviations, see the help page.