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KYPRIANOS M539

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

P. Mich. Inv. 3023 a+b

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

Magical (unclear)
Contents:

1. Ro A ll. 1-27: Amulet with words of power
2. Ro B ll. 1-27: Amulet with words of power
See all texts in this manuscript.

Language(s):

Egyptian (Coptic)
Script(s):

Coptic
Dialect:
Language/dialect notes:
Date: question mark icon Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. 601 – 800
Date notes:

Collection Website (19/11/2018); 501-800 (TM 19/11/18)
Archive/collection: question mark icon Larger collection to which manuscript belongs.
Archive name:
State of edition:

Unpublished; edition desirable. Assigned (Collection Website 19/11/2018).
Image:

Form:

Sheet
Material:

Papyrus
Dimensions (cm): Height: 23.8 Width: 3 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Fragment A: width minimum: 3 cm, maximum: 5 cm.
Fragment B: width 5, height 23.3.
(Online Catalogue)
Folding pattern:

Folded in antiquity (TM 19/11/18); Rolled or folded as an amulet (Meyer & Smith 1999: p. 250).
State of preservation:

Fragmentary, two fragments.
Pages/Columns: question mark icon Total surviving columns in the manuscript for rolls, sheets and rotuli; total number of pages for codices.
Pages/Columns (notes):

1 column recto fragment A, 27 lines (?). 1 column recto fragment B, 27 lines (?).
Hand:

Findspot:

Karanis (Kom Aushim), Egypt

(TM places ID: 1008)
Place of purchase: (TM places ID: )
Writingspot:

Karanis (Kom Aushim), Egypt (?)

(TM places ID: 1008)
Present Location:

Ann Arbor, Michigan University, Library
Collection History:

No acquisition information.
Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 12
Collection website: http://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-4140/3023ar.tif

Notes/Discussion:

Fragment A and B in Collection Website and Collection Image respectively.

TM lists as Greek

Bibiliography
Editions:
Translations:

Meyer, Marvin W., and Richard Smith. Ancient Christian Magic: Coptic Texts of Ritual Power. Princeton (New Jersey): Princeton University Press, 1999, p. 250-251, no. 124.
General:

Trismegistos ID:

108913

 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

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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:

EL (19/11/2018); MPS (24/9/2019); EL (4/8/2020).

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP M539," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m539. Accessed on 01/11/2025

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