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KYPRIANOS M721

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

Hermitage inv. 3794

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

Magical (unclear ?)

Contents:

1. Ro l. 1: Coptic text surrounding an image of a sikua and key (?)
2. Ro. ll. 2-4: Coptic text
3. Rol. l. 5: Pseudo-Syriac text (?)

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Language(s):

Egyptian (Coptic)
Greek
Pseudo-Syriac

Script(s):

Coptic
Greek

Dialect:
Language/dialect notes:
Date: question mark icon Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. 901 – 1200
Date notes:

Placeholder date, as text is unpublished.

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

Unpublished.

Image:

Form:

Sheet (?)

Material:

Paper

Dimensions (cm): Height: 9 Width: 6.5 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Estimate based on image (EL 25/3/2019).

Folding pattern:

4 vertical creases.

State of preservation:

Complete.

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, 5 lines.

Hand:

Findspot:

Egypt

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

Egypt

(TM places ID: 49)
Present Location:

St Petersburg, Hermitage Museum

Collection History:

No acquisition information.

Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 316
Collection website:

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography
Editions:
Translations:
General:

Trismegistos ID:

874262

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 (9/1/2019); EL (25/3/2019); MPS (11/10/2019); MPS (19/8/2020)


How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP M721," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m721. Accessed on 07/05/2025

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