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KYPRIANOS M963

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Meinarti excavation no. 122

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Magical (applied ?)
Contents:

1. Ro ll. 1-5: Series of monogrammatic or cryptographic letters, perhaps names of archangels arranged in the form of a cross.
See all texts in this manuscript.

Language(s):

Egyptian (Coptic) (?)
Greek
Script(s):

Coptic
Greek
Dialect:
Language/dialect notes:
Date: question mark icon Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. 1001 – 1100
Date notes:

DBMNT 1226 (20/3/2019) “dated by archaeological context” (DBMNT 1226); TM (20/3/2019)
Archive/collection: question mark icon Larger collection to which manuscript belongs.
Archive name:
State of edition:

Unpublished.
Image:

Form:

Wall inscription
Material:

Wall inscription (plaster)
Dimensions (cm): Height: Width: Depth:
Dimensions (notes):
Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

Complete (?)
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, 5 lines.
Hand:

Findspot:

Meinarti, Sudan

(TM places ID: 3145)
Place of purchase: (TM places ID: )
Writingspot:

Meinarti, Sudan

(TM places ID: 3145)
Present Location:

In situ
Collection History:

TM (20/3/2019)
Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript.
Collection website:

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography
Editions:
Translations:
General:

Adams, William Yewdale and N. K. Adams. Kulubnarti II. The Artifactual Remains. London: Sudan Archaeological Research Society, 1996, p. 69. fig. 31 [a?]. [non vidi]

DBMNT 1226 (http://www.dbmnt.uw.edu.pl)

Trismegistos ID:

369776

 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 (20/3/2019); EL (14/6/2019); MPS (26/11/2019); EL (12/8/2020)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP M963," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m963. Accessed on 05/11/2025

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