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KYPRIANOS M70

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

P. Med. Copto inv. 254

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

Magical (formulary)
Contents:

1. Ro ll. x+1-x+8: Instructions for writing an amulet against fever, invoking Christ to take away the fever
2. Vo: Greek/Arabic
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Language(s):

Egyptian (Coptic)
Script(s):

Coptic
Dialect:

Sahidic (non-standard)
Language/dialect notes:

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

Pernigotti (1985: p. 73); TM (9/10/2018)
Archive/collection: question mark icon Larger collection to which manuscript belongs.
Archive name:
State of edition:

Published. New edition desirable.
Image:

Form:

Sheet
Material:

Papyrus
Dimensions (cm): Height: 12.3 Width: 5.5 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Pernigotti (1985: p. 73)
Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

Fragmentary, only the right side is extant.
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, 8 surviving lines (fragmentary), 1 column verso, unknown number of lines.
Hand:

Slanting.

Findspot:

Egypt

(TM places ID: 49)
Place of purchase: (TM places ID: )
Writingspot:

Egypt

(TM places ID: 49)
Present Location:

Milan, Università Cattolica
Collection History:

No acquisition information.
Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 227
Collection website:

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography
Editions:

Pernigotti, Sergio. “I papiri copti dell’Università Cattolica di Milano: I.” Aegyptus 65 1-2. (1985): 73–76, pl. 3.
Translations:
General:

Trismegistos ID:

65209

 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”

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 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:

MPS 9/10/2018; EL (1/8/2019); KD (5/9/2019); EL (14/8/2020); MPS (12/1/2022)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP M70," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m70. Accessed on 04/11/2025

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