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KYPRIANOS M689

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

P. Mich. Inv. 3590

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

Magical (unclear)
Medical (?)

Contents:

1. Ro ll. 1-11 – Vo ll.1-12: Medico-magical text (healing); begins with ⲡⲛⲟⲩ ⲛⲑⲏⲣⲓⲁⲕⲏ ⲁⲛⲧⲓⲧⲁⲧⲟⲥ. Mention of jaundice, the liver, stomach, haemorrhages, confusion of the mind.

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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. 501 – 800
Date notes:

Collection website (19/11/18)

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Unpublished.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-10030/3590v.tif

Form:
Material:

Papyrus

Dimensions (cm): Height: 13 Width: 13.8 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Collection website (13/5/2019); 2 other smaller fragments exist.

Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

Fragmentary.

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

2

Pages/Columns (notes):

1 column recto (→) with 11 lines, 1 column verso (↓) with 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:

Purchased from Nahman in 1925 and came to the University in 1926 as a gift of Oscar Weber and Richard H. Webber (Collection website 2/10/2019).

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-10030/3590r.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:

874257

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); MPS (31/7/2023)


How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP M689," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m689. Accessed on 03/05/2025

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