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KYPRIANOS M943

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SB Kopt. I 2

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

Medical (recipes)
Contents:

1. Ro ll. 1-25: Fragmentary medical recipe
2. Vo ll. 26-30: Medical recipe.
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Language(s):

Egyptian (Coptic)
Script(s):

Coptic
Dialect:
Language/dialect notes:
Date: question mark icon Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. 901 – 1100
Date notes:

Richter 2014: p. 191.
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Archive name:
State of edition:

Published.
Image:

Form:

Sheet
Material:

Paper
Dimensions (cm): Height: 5.7 Width: 21.5 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Munier 1919: p. 284.
Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

Fragmentary.
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. 25 lines on recto, 5 lines verso.
Hand:

Findspot:

Egypt (?)

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

Egypt (?)

(TM places ID: 49)
Present Location:

Unknown
Collection History:

Location unknown according to TM (19/3/2019)
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Collection website:

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography
Editions:

Chassinat, Émile. “Deux formulaes pharmaceutiques coptes”. Bulletin de l’Institut français d’archéologie orientale 49 (1950): p. 9-22.

Hasitzka, Monica R. M. Koptisches Sammelbuch. (MPER n.s. XXIII/1). Vienna: 1993: p. 2, no. 2 (SBKopt I).

Munier, Henri. “Deux recettes médicales coptes.” Annales du service des antiquités de l’Égypte 18 (1919): 284-286.
Translations:

Till, W.C. Die Arzneikunde der Kopten. Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, 1951, p. 130, no. MK (German).
General:

Richter, Tonio Sebastian. “Neue koptische medizinische Rezepte”, Zeitschrift für Ägyptische Sprache und Altertumskunde 141.2 (2014): 191.

Trismegistos ID:

101349

 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 (19/3/2019); MPS (14/10/2019); MPS (21/9/2022); MPS (23/9/2022)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP M943," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m943. Accessed on 05/11/2025

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