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KYPRIANOS M890

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

SM 67
Milan, Università Statale O. 85

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. 1-7: Unclear, includes text formation (declining triangle).
2. Vo ll. 1-3: Unclear
See all texts in this manuscript.

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. 51 – 150
Date notes:

Daniel & Maltomini (1992: p. 83).
Archive/collection: question mark icon Larger collection to which manuscript belongs.
Archive name:
State of edition:

Published.
Image:

Form:

Ostracon (pottery)
Material:

Ostracon (pottery)
Dimensions (cm): Height: 7 Width: 4 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Daniel & Maltomini (1992: p. 83).
Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

Incomplete.
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 each, recto and verso. 7 lines on recto, 3 lines on verso.
Hand:

Findspot:

Narmouthis (Medinet Madi), Egypt

(TM places ID: 1421)
Place of purchase: (TM places ID: )
Writingspot:

Narmouthis (Medinet Madi), Egypt

(TM places ID: 1421)
Present Location:

Milan, Università Statale
Collection History:
Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 229
Collection website:

Notes/Discussion:

Triangular formation.

Bibiliography
Editions:

Daniel, Robert W., and Franco Maltomini. Supplementum Magicum. Vol. 2. Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag, 1992, p. 83-84, no. 67.

Vogliano, Achille. Secondo Rapporto degli Scavi Condotti dalla Missione Archeologica d’Egitto della R. Università di Milano nella Zona di Madinet Madi (Campagna Inverno e Primavera 1936 – XIV). Milano, 1937, p. 16 + 49-51.
Translations:
General:

Martin Hernandez, Raquel, and Sofia Torallas Tovar. “The Use of the Ostracon in Magical Practice in Late antique Egypt. Magical handbooks vs. Material Evidence” Studi e Materiali di Storia delle Religioni 80 (2014): 795, no. 3.

Trismegistos ID:

92330

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

67

 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:

ST (13/12/2020); MPS (14/12/2020)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP M890," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m890. Accessed on 04/05/2025

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