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KYPRIANOS M673

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P. TT 157-470

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

Medical (recipes)
Contents:

1. Ro col. x+1 ll. x+1-3: Fragmentary text (prescription for healing eyes?)
2. Ro col. x+1 ll. x+4-7: Prescription for healing eyes (kollurium)
3. Ro col. x+1 ll. x+8-12: Prescription for healing eyes (kollurium)
4. Ro col. x+1 ll. x+12-15: Prescription for healing eyes (kollurium)
5. Ro col. x+1 ll. x+16-19: Prescription for healing eyes (kollurium klêmakion)
6. Ro col. x+1 ll. x+19-21: Prescription for healing eyes (kollurium pros ophthalmia)
7. Ro col. x+2 ll. x+1-6: Fragmentary text
8. Vo col. x+1 ll. x+1-5: Fragmentary text
9. Vo col. x+1 ll. x+6-18: Fragmentary text, perhaps for healing eye infection (ophthalmia).
10. Vo col. x+2 ll. x+1-17: Fragmentary text
See all texts in this manuscript.

Language(s):

Egyptian (Coptic)
Script(s):

Coptic
Dialect:

Sahidic
Language/dialect notes:
Date: question mark icon Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. 301 – 500
Date notes:

Richter (2014: p. 159)
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Archive name:
State of edition:

Published.
Image:

Form:

Sheet (?)
Material:

Papyrus
Dimensions (cm): Height: 10.8 Width: 8.2 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Richter 2014: p. 161.
Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

Fragmentary; damage to all sides.
Pages/Columns: question mark icon Total surviving columns in the manuscript for rolls, sheets and rotuli; total number of pages for codices.

4
Pages/Columns (notes):

Two columns each, recto and verso.
Hand:

Findspot:

TT 157, Thebes, Egypt

(TM places ID: 2355)
Place of purchase: (TM places ID: )
Writingspot:

Thebes, Egypt (?)

(TM places ID: 2355)
Present Location:
Collection History:

Found in backfill of tomb of Nebwenenef (TT 157) (Richter 2014: p.156-7).
Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript.
Collection website:

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography
Editions:

Richter, Tonio Sebastian. “Neue koptische medizinische Rezepte.” Zeitschrift für Ägyptische Sprache und Altertumskunde 141.2 (2014): 154-194, p. 156-164, no. 1.
Translations:
General:

Trismegistos ID:

383709

 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 (7/11/2018); MPS (2/10/2019); KD (23/6/2022)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP M673," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m673. Accessed on 23/12/2025

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