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KYPRIANOS M688

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

P. Mich. Inv. 3544

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

Magical (unclear)

Contents:

1. Ro ll. 1-31: Unclear.

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Language(s):

Egyptian (Coptic)

Script(s):

Coptic

Dialect:
Language/dialect notes:

Use of ⲏ for ⲉ (Husselman 1942, p. 19).

Date: question mark icon Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. 501 – 700
Date notes:

Date from collection website, also stating 701-800 (14/11/2018).

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

Unpublished. Assigned to Markéta Preininger.

Image: http://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-4309/3544r.tif

Form:

Sheet (?)

Material:

Papyrus

Dimensions (cm): Height: 22.1 Width: 16 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Two fragments, one 16 (W) x 9.1 (H), other 15 (W) x 13 (H). Dimensions given are minimum. See Collection website (13/5/2019).

Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

Fragmentary. Damaged; broken into two incomplete fragments. Bottom margin preserved on bottom of second fragment. Fragment one is made up of three 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 (↓); fragment 1 16 lines, fragment 2 15 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:

The papyrus was purchased from Nahman in 1925 and came to University in October 1926 as a gift of Oscar Weber and Richard H. Webber of Detroit (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-4309/3544r.tif

Notes/Discussion:

Two different pages for the text on the Michigan website for recto and verso; these are provided in the collection website and collection image fields.

Bibiliography
Editions:
Translations:
General:

Husselman, Elinor Mullet. “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. 19.


Trismegistos ID:

874256

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 (13/5/2019); MPS (18/8/2020); MPS (19/8/2020); MPS (31/7/2023)


How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP M688," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m688. Accessed on 03/05/2025

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