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KYPRIANOS M616

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

SM 61
ACM 29
P. Institut français d’archéologie orientale Cairo

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. 1-4: Applied curse against Philadelphe and her children.
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Language(s):

Greek
Script(s):

Greek
Dialect:
Language/dialect notes:
Date: question mark icon Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. 501 – 600
Date notes:

6th century: Daniel & Maltomini (1992: 53); Meyer & Smith (1994: p. 51).
Archive/collection: question mark icon Larger collection to which manuscript belongs.
Archive name:
State of edition:

Published.
Image:

Form:

Sheet
Material:

Papyrus
Dimensions (cm): Height: 8 Width: 31 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Meyer & Smith (1994: p. 51). Daniel & Maltomini (1992: p. 53) state 8.5 x 31.
Folding pattern:

Six (?) vertical and 5 horizontal creases (SM II p. 53).
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 (↓), 4 lines.
Hand:

Findspot:

Egypt (?)

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

Egypt (?)

(TM places ID: 49)
Present Location:

Cairo, IFAO
Collection History:

Acquired by M. Bouriant for the IFAO library prior to 1908 (Barry 1908: p. 61).
Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 74
Collection website:

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography
Editions:

Barry, Léon. “Deux documents concernant l’archéologie chrétienne.” Le Bulletin de l’Institut français d’archéologie orientale 6 (1908): 61-63, no. 1.

Björck, Gudmund. Der Fluch des Christen Sabinus: Papyrus Upsaliensis 8. Uppsala: Almqvist & Wiksell, 1938, p. 47, no. 25.

Daniel, Robert W., and Franco Maltomini. Supplementum Magicum. Vol. 2. Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag, 1992, p. 53-54, no. 61.
Translations:

Meyer, Marvin W., and Richard Smith. Ancient Christian Magic: Coptic Texts of Ritual Power. Princeton (New Jersey): Princeton University Press, 1994, p. 51-52, no. 29.
General:

Trismegistos ID:

64397

 PAThs:
PGM: question mark icon Papyri Gracae Magicae SM: question mark icon Supplementum Magicum

61

 GEMF: question mark icon Greek and Egyptian Magical Formularies (forthcoming) ACM: question mark icon Ancient Christian Magic

29
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

739

 Bruyn-Dijkstra: question mark icon de Bruyn and Dijkstra, “Greek Amulets and Formularies (Checklist)"

79

 TheDefix: question mark icon Thesaurus Defixionum

313

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Edit History:

ST (14/11/2020); KD (18/11/2020); KD (30/1/2022)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP M616," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m616. Accessed on 03/11/2025

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