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KYPRIANOS M737

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Pachoras (Faras), ‘Potteries’ Room 6 Inscription

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Magical (applied ?)
Contents:

1. Sator formula and name of scribe (for protection ?).
See all texts in this manuscript.

Language(s):

Greek (?)
Egyptian (Coptic) (?)
Script(s):

Greek
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 – 1200
Date notes:

TM (11/06/2019)
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Archive name:
State of edition:

Published.
Image:

Form:

Wall inscription
Material:

Wall inscription (plaster)
Dimensions (cm): Height: Width: Depth:
Dimensions (notes):
Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

Damaged, 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 (?)
Hand:

Findspot:

Pachora (Faras), Sudan

(TM places ID: 3170)
Place of purchase: (TM places ID: )
Writingspot:

Pachora (Faras), Sudan

(TM places ID: 3170)
Present Location:
Collection History:

Found in situ. Not preserved (DBMT 1562 and 1563)
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Collection website:

Notes/Discussion:

“symbolic letters painted on arms of cross with subscription of scribe (?) below” (DBMNT 1562)

Bibiliography
Editions:

Griffith, Francis L. “Oxford Excavations in Nubia.” University of Liverpool Annals of Archaeology and Anthropology 13 (1926): p. 64, plates 41.3, 42.2, 43.1.
Translations:
General:

Adams, William Y. “Archaeological survey of Sudanese Nubia: The Christian potteries at Faras.” Kush 9 (1961): 30-43, p. 41 with no. 27.

DBMT no. 1562 & 1563 (http://www.dbmnt.uw.edu.pl)

Trismegistos ID:

370098
370099

 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 (20/2/2019); MPS (11/6/2019); EL (14/6/2019); MPS (17/8/2020)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP M737," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m737. Accessed on 07/05/2025

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