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KYPRIANOS M863

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

SM 25
Prague, National Library P. Wessely Prag. Gr. III 55
P. Prag. I 6

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

Magical (applied)
Contents:

1. Ro ll. 1-10: Applied amulet to heal/protect Gennadia from fever.
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Language(s):

Greek
Script(s):

Greek
Dialect:
Language/dialect notes:
Date: question mark icon Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. 401 – 500
Date notes:

Daniel & Maltomini (1990: p. 70).
Archive/collection: question mark icon Larger collection to which manuscript belongs.
Archive name:
State of edition:

Published.
Image:

Form:

Sheet
Material:

Papyrus
Dimensions (cm): Height: 13 Width: 9.9 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Daniel & Maltomini (1990: p. 70).
Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

Complete, with a square of 5 x 5cm missing at upper left and some damage at lower right.
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 (→), 10 lines.
Hand:

Findspot:

Egypt (?)

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

Egypt (?)

(TM places ID: 49)
Present Location:

Prague, National Library
Collection History:
Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 286
Collection website:

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography
Editions:

Daniel, Robert W., and Franco Maltomini. Supplementum Magicum. Vol. 1. Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag, 1990, p. 70-71, no. 25.

Maltomini, Franco in: Papyri Graecae Wessely Pragenses. Vol. 1, ed. R. Pintaudi et al. Firenze: Gonnelli, 1988, p. 45-47, no. 6.
Translations:
General:

Oerter, Wolf, B. “Die koptischen Texte aus der Sammlung Papyri Wessely Pragenses Stand Juli 2001. Recherchen zum koptischen Schrifttum in Prager Museen und Sammlungen II”. In Akten des 23. Internationalen Papyrologenkongress, Wien, 22.-28. Juli 2001, edited by Bernhard Palme. Papyrologica Vindobonensia 1. Wien: ÖAW Verlag 2007, p. 483-487.

Trismegistos ID:

64770

 PAThs:
PGM: question mark icon Papyri Gracae Magicae SM: question mark icon Supplementum Magicum

25

 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

06048.000
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)"

66

 TheDefix: question mark icon Thesaurus Defixionum To Zodion:
Edit History:

KD (5/9/2019); MPS (27/5/2020); ST (20/11/2020); EL (2/12/2020)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP M863," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m863. Accessed on 05/05/2025

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