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KYPRIANOS M508

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TimeLine Auctions, Antiquities & Coins sale, 19–21 June 2013, lot 508

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

Magical (applied)

Contents:

1. Ro fr. 1 ll. 1-8 + fr. 2 ll. 1-8 + fr. 3 ll. 1-6: Applied amulet calling upon angels for protection of house and bearer.

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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. 301 – 500
Date notes:

Zellmann-Rohrer (2918: p. 108).

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: 5 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Those are the approximate measurements of the original manuscript with the fragments put together. (Zellmann-Rohrer 2018: p. 108.)

Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

Complete but with significant damage, 3 fragments.

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):

3 fragments recto, 1 column each fragment making 1 column in total. Fragments 1+2 next to each other, fragment 3 unerneath. 8 lines on fragment 1, 8 lines on fragment 2, 6 lines on fragment 3.

Hand:

Findspot:

Eastern Roman Empire

(TM places ID: 49)
Place of purchase: (TM places ID: )
Writingspot:

Eastern Roman Empire

(TM places ID: 49)
Present Location:

Unknown

Collection History:

Offered for sale at auction in London in 2013; said to belong to a “European gentleman living in London”, and to have been acquired in the UK before 1980 (Zellmann-Rohrer 2018: p. 107; TimeLine 2013). Present location unknown.

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Collection website:

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography
Editions:

Zellmann-Rohrer, Michael. “Two Greek Amulets.” Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 207 (2018): 107-114, no. 2.


Translations:
General:

TimeLine Auctions, Antiquities & Coins sale, 19–21 June 2013, lot 508.


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); JS (30/08/2022)


How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP M508," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m508. Accessed on 26/06/2025

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