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KYPRIANOS M934

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

National Library of Egypt ID 4562, inv. 768

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. 1-18, Vo ll. 1-13: Prayer of Mary ‘in Bartos’; applied amulet to protect Šaḥātatu ibn Munǧih from evil spirits.
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Language(s):

Arabic
Script(s):

Arabic
Coptic
Dialect:
Language/dialect notes:
Date: question mark icon Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. 1501 – 1600
Date notes:

8th-9th century according to Saleh 2008: p. 21. Arabic Papyri. National Library of Egypt, but a date before the 10th century is unlikely based on the use of paper. Naïm Vanthieghem suggests a sixteenth century date as a preliminary estimate based on the Arabic hand (personal communication 13/11/2024).
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Unpublished.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: 16 Width: 11.5 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Saleh 2008: p. 21.
Folding pattern:

5 (?) vertical folds, 1 horizontal fold.
State of preservation:

Complete, considerable damage to upper part and some to lower left.
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 recto, 1 column verso, 18 lines recto, 13 verso.
Hand:

Findspot:

Egypt

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

Egypt

(TM places ID: 49)
Present Location:

Cairo, Egyptian Library
Collection History:

No acquisition information.
Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 403
Collection website:

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography
Editions:
Translations:
General:

Saleh, Fathi (director). Arabic Papyri. National Library of Egypt. Dar el Kotob, 2008, p. 21.

Trismegistos ID:

874270

 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 (18/3/2019); EL (26/3/2019); MPS (14/10/2019); MPS (17/10/2019); MPS (19/8/2020); KD (6/7/2021); KD (19/7/2021); KD (6/10/2021); KD (13/11/2024)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP M934," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m934. Accessed on 05/11/2025

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