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KYPRIANOS M505

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PSI Inv. Ant. NN06, D 3 IV, 08.02.06
Antinoupolis III vol. 2 pp.587-591

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

Magical (applied)
Contents:

Original use:

1. Ro: Remains of protocol

Re-use:

2. Vo ll. 7-9: Applied amulet (healing/protection).Contains trishagion, invocation of the Trinity, the word “exorika”, and charakteres.
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Language(s):

Greek
Script(s):

Coptic
Greek
Dialect:
Language/dialect notes:

Written in Greek with Coptic characters
Date: question mark icon Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. 501 – 600
Date notes:

Minutoli 2017:, p. 587.
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Archive name:
State of edition:

Published.
Image:

Form:

Sheet
Material:

Papyrus
Dimensions (cm): Height: 7.8 Width: 6 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Minutoli 2017:, p. 587.
Folding pattern:

2 vertical, 2 horizontal creases.
State of preservation:
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 verso (↓) (magical re-use), 9 lines.
Hand:

Findspot:

Antinoopolis (El-Sheikh Ibada), Egypt

(TM places ID: 2774)
Place of purchase: (TM places ID: )
Writingspot:

Antinoopolis (El-Sheikh Ibada), Egypt (?)

(TM places ID: 2774)
Present Location:

Magazine, Egypt
Collection History:

Found in situ.
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Notes/Discussion:

Folded four times horizonally, then right and left sides folded twice towards centre. Found 8 February 2006 in level IV of quadrant D3 of the East Kom of the Northern necropolis.

Bibiliography
Editions:

Minutoli, Diletta. “Amuleto magico su papiro.” In Antinoupolis III, vol. 2, edited by Rosario Pintaudi (Florence: Firenze University Press, 2017) p. 587-591
Translations:
General:

Trismegistos ID:

754103

 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:

KD (16/9/2020)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP M505," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m505. Accessed on 29/10/2025

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