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KYPRIANOS M503

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

PCM 1 36
PCM I 36
Köln Inv. 1850
P. Köln. XV 641
P. Köln Gr. 15 641

Category: question mark icon 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
2. Ro col. 1 ll. 13-15: Recipe for healing of a man with swelling; reference to King Solomon.
3. Ro col. 2 ll. 1-10: Recipe for a child who is crying (healing).
4. Vo l. 1: Perhaps “With God” (Greek)

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Language(s):

Egyptian (Coptic)
Greek

Script(s):

Coptic
Greek

Dialect:

Sahidic (non-standard)

Language/dialect notes:
Date: question mark icon 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.

Archive/collection: question mark icon Larger collection to which manuscript belongs.
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: question mark icon Total surviving columns in the manuscript for rolls, sheets and rotuli; total number of pages for codices.

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: question mark icon 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.

Schenke, Gesa. “P.Köln 641: Heilmittel gegen Blutungen aus dem Unterleib, gegen Schwellungen und Angstzustände.” In Kölner Papyri (P.Köln) vol. 15, Leiden: Brill, 2017, p. 253-260, no. 641.


Translations:
General:

Trismegistos ID:

704888

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 (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)


How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP M503," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m503. Accessed on 28/03/2024

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