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KYPRIANOS M926

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

P. Mich. Inv. 4451a
P.Mich. inv. 4451
Ann Arbor, Michigan University, Library P. 4451 a

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

Magical (formulary)
Medical (?)
Contents:

1. Ro col. 1 l. 1: Unclear
2. Ro col. 1 l. 2: Unclear; character?
3. Ro col. 1 l. 3 Unclear
4. Ro col. 1 ll. 4-6: Unclear
5. Ro col. 1 ll. 7-8: Characters; healing from pain?
6. Ro col. 1 l. 9: Unclear
7. Ro col. 2 l. 10: Unclear
8. Ro col. 2 ll. 11-16: Unclear; healing from inflammation?
9. Ro col. 2 ll. 17-20: Healing from wound?
10. Vo ll. 1-2: Unclear
11. Vo ll. 3-4: Unclear
12. Vo ll. 5-7: Healing recipe?
13. Vo ll. 8-11: Healing against dog bite.
14. Vo l. 12: 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. 301 – 500
Date notes:

Dated to fourth or fifth century by GEMF (11/3/2019) and Zellmann-Rohrer (2015: p. 177). 401-700: Col. website (17/1/2021).
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: 9 Width: 15 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Zellmann-Rohrer (2015: p. 177); 9 x 16 cm: Col. website (17/1/2021).
Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

Fragmentary. Broken on all sides, edges frayed.
Pages/Columns: question mark icon Total surviving columns in the manuscript for rolls, sheets and rotuli; total number of pages for codices.

3
Pages/Columns (notes):

2 surviving columns recto (→), 1 verso (↓). 20 surviving lines recto, 12 lines verso.
Hand:

Semi cursive, irregular, sub-literary

Findspot:

Arsinoites (Fayum), Egypt (?)

(TM places ID: 332)
Place of purchase: (TM places ID: )
Writingspot:

Arsinoites (Fayum), Egypt (?)

(TM places ID: 332)
Present Location:

Ann Arbor, Michigan University, Library
Collection History:

Purchased by D.L. Askren and A.E.R. Boak in 1925 (Zellmann-Rohrer 2015: p.177).
Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 12
Collection website: http://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-13035/4451av.tif

Notes/Discussion:

Separation between texts has been inferred from paragraphos.

Bibiliography
Editions:

Zellmann-Rohrer, Michael. “Three Magical Papyri from the Michigan Collection.” Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 194 (2015) 177-183, no.1.
Translations:
General:

Trismegistos ID:

397802

 PAThs:
PGM: question mark icon Papyri Gracae Magicae SM: question mark icon Supplementum Magicum GEMF: question mark icon Greek and Egyptian Magical Formularies (forthcoming) 78 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 (12/3/2019); ST (17/1/2021); KD (23/2/2021)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP M926," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m926. Accessed on 21/12/2025

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