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KYPRIANOS M649

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

Bonn ÄM 3127+3134+3135

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

Magical (formulary ?)
Contents:

Original use:

Protocol

Re-use:

1. Ro ll. 1-61 (?): Unclear
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. 401 – 900
Date notes:

Preliminary estimate.
Archive/collection: question mark icon Larger collection to which manuscript belongs.
Archive name:
State of edition:

Unpublished; edition in progress by Matthias Müller (Basel)
Image:

Form:

Rotulus
Material:

Papyrus
Dimensions (cm): Height: Width: Depth:
Dimensions (notes):
Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

Complete; 3 fragments.
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, ca. 61 lines; Bonn ÄM 3127 15 lines, Bonn ÄM 3134 23 lines, Bonn ÄM 3135 23 lines.
Hand:

2 different hands

Findspot:

Egypt

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

Egypt

(TM places ID: 49)
Present Location:

Bonn, Ägyptisches Museum
Collection History:

No acquisition information.
Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 1177
Collection website: https://www.aegyptisches-museum.uni-bonn.de

Notes/Discussion:

Two texts written in wing-formation

Bibiliography
Editions:
Translations:
General:

Zellman-Rohrer, Michael. “Notes on Magical Texts” (forthcoming).

Trismegistos ID:

874245

 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 (8/10/2018); EL (29/3/2019); MPS (1/10/2019); MPS (19/8/2020); MPS (20/8/2020); KD (24/9/2021)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP M649," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m649. Accessed on 04/11/2025

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