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KYPRIANOS M653

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

P. Pintaudi 65

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: Amulet for protection (?)
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Language(s):

Egyptian (Coptic)
Script(s):

Coptic
Dialect:

Sahidic
Language/dialect notes:

Dialect given as Bohairic in Bélnger Sarrazin (2017: p. 399) and in Trismegistos (19/8/2020), but the only recognizable Coptic word (KYP T 702, l. 4) has a Sahidic form.
Date: question mark icon Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. 501 – 700
Date notes:

Bresciani 2012: p. 273.
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: 4.1 Width: 10.5 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Bresciani 2012: p. 273.
Folding pattern:
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, 4 lines.
Hand:

Findspot:

Egypt

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

Egypt

(TM places ID: 49)
Present Location:

Private Collection A. P. in Rome
Collection History:

Conserved by A.P. in Rome in 1970s.
Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 0
Collection website:

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography
Editions:

Bresciani, Edda. “Striscia amuletica di papiro con testo copto e figura magica.” In Inediti offerti a Rosario Pintaudi per il suo 65° compleanno (P.Pintaudi), edited by Diletta Minutoli. Florence: Edizione Gonnelli, 2012, p. 272-273.
Translations:
General:

Trismegistos ID:

144562

 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:

KD (10/10/2018); EL (14/6/2019); MPS (1/10/2019)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP M653," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m653. Accessed on 30/04/2025

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