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KYPRIANOS M964

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P. Bingen 13
Cairo, IFAO P. 313

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Magical (formulary)
Contents:

1. Ro ll. 1-13: Extract from Book 15 of Nechepsos’ Apotromiasmai: Ritual for protection from evil astral influences when the sun is in Virgo.
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. 101 – 300
Date notes:

Fournet 2000: p. 61.
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Archive name:
State of edition:

Published.
Image:

Form:

Sheet (?)
Material:

Papyrus
Dimensions (cm): Height: 11.8 Width: 10.4 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Fournet 2000: p.61.
Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

Fragmentary; upper, lower and right margins preserved.
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 recto (↓), 13 lines.
Hand:

Findspot:

Egypt

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

Egypt

(TM places ID: 49)
Present Location:

Cairo, IFAO
Collection History:

No acquisition information.
Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 74
Collection website:

Notes/Discussion:

Transversa charta writing may be explained by it being written on a protokollon (Fournet 2000: p. 62).

Bibiliography
Editions:

Fournet, Jean-Luc. “Un fragment de Néchepso”. In Papyri in Honorem Johannis Bingen Octogenarii, edited by H. Melaerts, Rudolf de Smet, and Cecilia Saerens. Leuven: Peeters, 2000, 61-71, plate 7, no. 13.
Translations:
General:

Trismegistos ID:

66744

 PAThs:
PGM: question mark icon Papyri Gracae Magicae SM: question mark icon Supplementum Magicum GEMF: question mark icon Greek and Egyptian Magical Formularies (forthcoming) 22 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

01325.010
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); ST (23/1/2021); KD (26/2/2021)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP M964," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m964. Accessed on 05/11/2025

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