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KYPRIANOS M536

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

Crum ST 399
Garstang Museum E531
Liverpool, School of Archaeology and Oriental Studies

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. 1-8: Applied curse to cause Tekooe to bleed.
See all texts in this manuscript.

Language(s):

Egyptian (Coptic)
Script(s):

Coptic
Dialect:

Sahidic
Language/dialect notes:

Bélanger Sarrazin (2017: p. 394).
Date: question mark icon Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. 501 – 700
Date notes:

TM (12/4/2019); Meyer & Smith (1999: p. 206); “relatively early script” (Crum 1921: p. 105)
Archive/collection: question mark icon Larger collection to which manuscript belongs.
Archive name:
State of edition:

Published.
Image:

Form:

Ostracon (pottery)
Material:

Ostracon (pottery)
Dimensions (cm): Height: 5.2 Width: 9.8 Depth: 1.2
Dimensions (notes):

(W) maximum 9.8 cm, minimum 7.6 cm; (H) maximum 5.2 cm, minimum 2.6-3.9; (D) maximum 1.2 cm, minimum 1 cm (EL 20/2/20).
No dimensions given by Crum (1921: p. 105)
Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

Complete. Coarse ceramic, many holes from impurities in the clay burnt-out during firing.
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, 8 lines (convex).
Hand:

Findspot:

Thebes, Egypt

(TM places ID: 2355)
Place of purchase: (TM places ID: )
Writingspot:

Thebes, Egypt

(TM places ID: 2355)
Present Location:

Liverpool, Garstang Museum
Collection History:

No acquisition information.
Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript.
Collection website:

Notes/Discussion:

Ostracon not papyrus (see TM).

Bibiliography
Editions:

Crum, Walter E. Short Texts from Coptic Ostraca and Papyri. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1921, p. 105, no. 399.
Translations:

Kropp, Angelicus. Ausgewählte koptische Zaubertexte. Textpublikation. 3 vols. Bruxelles: Édition de la Fondation Égyptologique Reine Élisabeth, 1930, p. 111-112, note 1.

Meyer, Marvin W., and Richard Smith. Ancient Christian Magic: Coptic Texts of Ritual Power. Princeton (New Jersey): Princeton University Press, 1999, p. 206, no. 99.
General:

Trismegistos ID:

99593

 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

99
Bélanger Sarrazin: question mark icon Bélanger-Sarrazin. “Catalogue des textes magiques coptes”

156

 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 (13/9/2018); MPS (12/4/2019); EL (14/6/2019; 17/1/20); KD (27/1/2020); MPS (27/8/2020); KD (15/3/2021)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP M536," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m536. Accessed on 25/10/2025

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