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KYPRIANOS M683

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

P. Mich. Inv. 4541

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. 1-12: Applied amulet for healing (?)

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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. 801 – 900
Date notes:

Date from collection website, which also states 11th century (14/11/2018).

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

Unpublished; assigned and edition in progress.

Image: http://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-4395/4541r.tif

Form:

Sheet

Material:

Parchment

Dimensions (cm): Height: 8.7 Width: 6.9 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Collection website (2/10/2019)

Folding pattern:

Rolled or folded (Husselmann 1942: p. 18)

State of preservation:
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, 12 lines.

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:

Acquired on 14/9/1926. Purchased from Mohamed M. Elgobey in the same folder as inventory numbers 4537-4540 (Collection website 14/11/2018)

Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 12
Collection website: http://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-4395/4541r.tif

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography
Editions:
Translations:
General:

Husselman, Elinor. “The Collection of Papyri”. In Coptic Texts in the University of Michigan Collection, edited by William H. Worrell. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press, 1942, p. 18.


Trismegistos ID:

874252

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 (14/11/2018); EL (19/11/18); MPS (2/10/2019); MPS (18/8/2020)


How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP M683," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m683. Accessed on 20/06/2025

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