Sigla: 
Modern names for the manuscript, including inventory and publication numbers.
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P. Mich. Inv. 1559 |
| Category:
Classification of the contents, e.g. magical (formulary or applied), alchemical, liturgical, documentary or medical. |
Magical (applied) |
| Contents: | 1. Ro ll. 1-17: Amulet for healing/protection containing incipits of the four canonical Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke and John) and kharaktēres. |
| Language(s): | Egyptian (Coptic) |
| Script(s): | Coptic |
| Dialect: | Sahidic with Fayumic features |
| Language/dialect notes: | See related texts for further notes; Bélanger Sarrazin lists erroneously as Bohairic (2017: p. 393). |
| Date:
Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. |
601 – 800 |
| Date notes: | Browne 1979: p. 43; Collection website (14/11/2018); TM (19/11/18) |
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Archive/collection:
Larger collection to which manuscript belongs.
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| Archive name: | |
| State of edition: | Published. |
| Image: | http://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-1466/1559r.tif |
| Form: | Sheet |
| Material: | Parchment |
| Dimensions (cm): | Height: 10.8 | Width: 5.9 | Depth: |
| Dimensions (notes): | Browne 1979: p. 43; Collection website (19/11/18) |
| Folding pattern: | 10 vertical folds, 3 horizontal folds (?). |
| State of preservation: | Complete, some damage to the middle. Palimpsest. |
| Pages/Columns:
Total surviving columns in the manuscript for rolls, sheets and rotuli; total number of pages for codices.
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1 |
| Pages/Columns (notes): | 1 column on recto. |
| Hand: |
| Findspot: | Egypt (TM places ID: 49) |
| Place of purchase: | (TM places ID: ) |
| Writingspot: | Egypt (TM places ID: 49) |
| Present Location: | Ann Arbor, Michigan University, Library |
| Collection History: | No acquisition information. |
| Trismegistos collection:
Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. |
12 |
| Collection website: | https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-1466/1559r.tif |
| Notes/Discussion: |
| Bibiliography |
| Editions: |
Browne, Gerald M. Michigan Coptic Texts. Barcelona: Papyrologica Castroctaviana, 1979, p. 43-45, no. 12. |
| Translations: | |
| General: |
Mirecki, Paul A. “Evangelion-Incipits Amulets in Greek and Coptic: Towards a Typology.” In Proceedings of the Central States Regional Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature and the American Schools of Oriental Research. Vol. 4, edited by J. J. Johnson Leese. Kirkwood: Society of Biblical Literature, 2001, p. 145, no. 1. |
| Trismegistos ID: |
102263 |
PAThs: |
| PGM:
Papyri Gracae Magicae
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SM:
Supplementum Magicum
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GEMF:
Greek and Egyptian Magical Formularies (forthcoming)
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ACM:
Ancient Christian Magic
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| Bélanger Sarrazin:
Bélanger-Sarrazin. “Catalogue des textes magiques coptes” |
141 |
AKZ:
Ausgewählte koptische Zaubertexte |
CBd:
Campbell-Bonner Magical Gems Database |
Mert.-Pack:
Mertens-Pack online database |
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| Van H:
van Haelst, Catalogue des papyrus littéraires |
Bruyn-Dijkstra:
de Bruyn and Dijkstra, “Greek Amulets and Formularies (Checklist)" |
TheDefix:
Thesaurus Defixionum |
To Zodion: |
| Edit History: | KD (9/11/2018); EL (19/11/18; 11/2/20); MPS (2/10/2019); MPS (18/8/2020); SG (20/07/2025) |
How to cite:
[Editor names]. "KYP M681," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, Korshi Dosoo, Markéta Preininger, & Roxanne Bélanger Sarrazin (principal editors), www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m681. Accessed on 27/10/2026For the "editor names", see the abbreviated names in the field "Edit History", and to resolve the abbreviations, see the help page.