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KYPRIANOS M6

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

Moen Inv. no. 107
Baarn, Private collection Moen P. 107

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. 1-3: Applied amulet, perhaps for gynaecological purposes (healing) (?).
See all texts in this manuscript.

Language(s):

Egyptian (Coptic)
Script(s):

Coptic
Dialect:

Sahidic
Language/dialect notes:

Sarrazin 2017: p. 386. 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. 501 – 800
Date notes:

TM (25/9/2018)
Archive/collection: question mark icon Larger collection to which manuscript belongs.
Archive name:
State of edition:

Published.
Image:

Form:

Sheet
Material:

Parchment
Dimensions (cm): Height: 19.7 Width: 3 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Sijpesteijn (1982: p. 183).
Folding pattern:

Several vertical folds (Sijpestein 1982: p. 183).
State of preservation:

Complete, some damage.
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 (flesh side), 3 lines.
Hand:

Findspot:

Egypt

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

Egypt

(TM places ID: 49)
Present Location:

Baarn, Private collection Moen
Collection History:

No acquisition information.
Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 456
Collection website:

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography
Editions:

★ Sijpesteijn, Pieter J. “A Coptic Magical Amulet.” Chronique d’Égypte no. 57 fasc. 113 (1982): 183–184.
Translations:

Pernigotti, Sergio. “La magia copta: I testi.” In Aufstieg und Niedergang der römischen Welt, edited by Hildegard Temporini and Wolfgang Haase, II.18. 5. Berlin and New York: Walter de Gruyter, 1995, p. 3729, no. 43.
General:

Trismegistos ID:

102265

 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:

MPS (25/9/2018); EL (14/6/2019); KD (27/4/2020); Team (27/4/2020)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP M6," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m6. Accessed on 13/12/2025

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