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KYPRIANOS M507

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

Staatliche Museen Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Antikensammlung inv. Misc. 11863, 97

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

Magical (applied)
Contents:

1. Ro ll. 1-6: User claims to be sealed by the Lord and his angels; amulet for healing/protection (?)
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Language(s):

Greek
Script(s):

Greek
Dialect:
Language/dialect notes:
Date: question mark icon Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. 201 – 300
Date notes:

Zellmann-Rohrer (2018: p. 105).
Archive/collection: question mark icon Larger collection to which manuscript belongs.
Archive name:
State of edition:

Published.
Image:

Form:

Sheet
Material:

Metal (silver)
Dimensions (cm): Height: 2 Width: 4 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Zellmann-Rohrer (2018: p. 105).
Folding pattern:

1 horizontal and 7 vertical 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.

1
Pages/Columns (notes):

1 column recto and a drawing, 6 lines recto.
Hand:

Findspot:

Southern Russia, Russia

(TM places ID: )
Place of purchase:

Southern Russia, Russia

(TM places ID: )
Writingspot:

Southern Russia, Russia

(TM places ID: )
Present Location:

Staatliche Museen Preißischer Kulturbesitz, Antikensammlung
Collection History:

Formerly in the collection of A. Merle de Massoneau, who acquired it in Southern Russia. Afterwards it was acquired for the Berlin Museums in 1907. (Zellmann-Rohrer 2018: p. 105.)
Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript.
Collection website:

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography
Editions:

Zellmann-Rohrer, Michael. “Two Greek Amulets.” Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 207 (2018): 105-107.
Translations:
General:

Trismegistos ID: 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:

ST (8/11/2021); KD (8/11/2021)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP M507," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m507. Accessed on 29/10/2025

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