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KYPRIANOS M547

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

British Library MS Or 4721 (1)
P. Lond. Copt. 370

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. 1-2: Applied amulet (?) asking for salvation for Piakou Kosma (protection/healing ?)

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Language(s):

Egyptian (Coptic)

Script(s):

Coptic

Dialect:

Sahidic

Language/dialect notes:

Bélanger Sarrazin (2017: p. 405). See related texts for further notes.

Date: question mark icon Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. 301 – 1200
Date notes:

Placeholder date as hand has not been dated.

Archive/collection: question mark icon Larger collection to which manuscript belongs. KYP A59
Archive name: British Library Graf Archive
State of edition:

Published. No image. New edition desirable

Image:

Form:

Sheet

Material:

Parchment

Dimensions (cm): Height: 1.3 Width: 20.7 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Maximum dimensions (EL from autopsy on 17/12/2019); 1/2 x 8 inches (Crum 1905: p. 174).

Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

Complete, one break (with exact join) 4.6 cm from the right.

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, 2 lines.

Hand:

Findspot:

Egypt

(TM places ID: 49)
Place of purchase:

Arsinoites (Fayum), Egypt (?)

(TM places ID: 332)
Writingspot:

Egypt

(TM places ID: 49)
Present Location:

London, British Library

Collection History:

Purchased from [Theodor?] Graf, perhaps in 1893 (Crum 1905: p. 174)

Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 192
Collection website:

Notes/Discussion:

Framed as: MS Or 4720 (10); 4721 (1); 4721 (2); 4721 (3); 4721 (4); 4721 (5); 4721 (6) (EL from autopsy on 17/12/2019)

Wrinkled because rolled? (EL from autopsy on 17/12/2019)

Bibiliography
Editions:

Crum, Walter E. Catalogue of the Coptic Manuscripts in the British Museum. London: British Museum, 1905, p. 174, no. 370.


Translations:
General:

Trismegistos ID:

874149

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”

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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 (19/9/18; 17/12/2019); MPS (24/9/2019); KD (10/12/2019); MPS (27/8/2020); EL (2/9/2020)


How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP M547," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m547. Accessed on 07/05/2025

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