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KYPRIANOS M557

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

Chicago OIM E19784

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. 1-5: List of names of saints followed by characters.
See all texts in this manuscript.

Language(s):

Egyptian (Coptic)
Greek (?)
Script(s):

Coptic
Dialect:
Language/dialect notes:

Does not seem to be syntactic content.
Date: question mark icon Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. 550 – 1400
Date notes:

Date from Chicago OIM display.
Archive/collection: question mark icon Larger collection to which manuscript belongs.
Archive name:
State of edition:

Unpublished; edition in progress by Bruce Williams and Alex Tsakos.
Image:

Form:

Ostracon (pottery)
Material:

Ostracon (pottery)
Dimensions (cm): Height: Width: Depth:
Dimensions (notes):
Folding pattern:
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, 5 lines.
Hand:

Findspot:

Serra East, Nubia

(TM places ID: 2806)
Place of purchase: (TM places ID: )
Writingspot:

Serra East, Nubia (?)

(TM places ID: 2806)
Present Location:

Chicago, Haskell Oriental Institute
Collection History:

Found as part of excavation.
Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 98
Collection website: https://oi-idb.uchicago.edu/index.php

Notes/Discussion:

Will be published in forthcoming vol. 13 of OINE by Bruce Williams and Alex Tsakos.

Bibiliography
Editions:
Translations:
General:

Trismegistos ID:

874211

 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:

KD (16/5/2019); EL (14/6/2019); MPS (24/9/2019); MPS (26/8/2020)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP M557," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m557. Accessed on 07/05/2025

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