• KYP M4008

    Strzygowski, Josef (ed.) Catalogue général des antiquités égyptiennes du Musée du Caire, nos. 7001-7394 et 8742-9200. Koptische Kunst, Vienne: Imprimerie Adolf Hozhausen, 1904, pp. 331-332, no. 7025, fig. 403.Kraus, Thomas J. “Fragmente eines Amulett-Armbands im British Museum (London) mit Septuaginta Psalm 90 und der Huldigung der Magier.” Jahrbuch für Antike und Christentum 48/49 (2005/2006): 123, no. 17. La’da, C. A. and A. Papathomas. “A Greek Papyrus Amulet from the Duke Collection with Biblical Excerpts.” Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists 41 (2004): 109, no. 22. Maspero, M. Jean. “Bracelets-amulettes d’époque byzantine.” Annales du service des antiquités de l’Égypte 9 (1908): 252, no. IV. Preisigke, Friedrich. Sammelbuch Griechischer Urkunden aus…

  • KYP M4003

    Sanzo, Joseph E. Scriptual Incipts on Amulets from Late Antique Egypt. Text, Typology and Theory, Mohr Siebeck: Tübingen, 2014, pp. 83-84, no. 6.Mirecki, Paul A. “Evangelion-Incipits Amulets in Greek and Coptic: Towards a Typology.” In Proceedings of the Central States Regional Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature and the American Schools of Oriental Research. Vol. 4, edited by J. J. Johnson Leese. Kirkwood: Society of Biblical Literature, 2001, 145, no. 2. Mirecki, Paul A. “A Seventh-Century Coptic Limestone in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (Bodl. Copt. Inscr. 426).” In Magic and Ritual in the Ancient World, edited by Paul A. Mirecki and Marvin W. Meyer. Leiden: Brill, 2002, p. 53,…

  • KYP M3995

    Magical1. Magical text (?)Placeholder date; typical date range of Coptic magical maunscripts.4011200KD (26/7/2024)EgyptUnclear3995Egyptian (Coptic)Paris, Bibliothèque NationaleCopticBNF copte 165 (I)Unpublished.Fragmentary.724949Egypt

  • KYP M3992

    Berkes, Lajos and Anton Kistol. “Jesus’s Reply to Abgar and a Tax Receit: Two Coptic Ostraca in the Dnipro Museum”. Journal of Juristic Papyrology 55 (2025): 17-27Magical (applied)Entered the museum’s catalogue before 1917; likely bought by Dmytro Yavornytsky during his trip to Egypt in 1910 (Berkes & Kistol 2025: p. 18-19).https://www.museum.dp.ua/en/Black1. Ro ll. 1-12: Letter of Jesus to Abgar (applied amulet for healing and protection?)Berkes & Kistol 2025: p. 20, 22601800SahidicBerkes & Kistol 2025: p. 22.RBS (19/1/2026)Thebes, Egypt (?)Ostracon3992Egyptian (Coptic)Ostracon (pottery)11 column recto (convex), 12 lines.Dmytro Yavornytsky National Historical Museum of Dnipro, UkraineArchival note on the box containing the ostracon, in Russian: “From Thebes” (Berkes & Kistol 2025: p. 18).CopticDnipro…

  • KYP M3991

    Magical (applied) (?)In situ.Black1. ll. 1-2: Sequence of ‘magical’ names, perhaps intended as amuletic (protection?).Other wall inscriptions from the same location date between the 4th and 8th century (TM 17/12/2021).401800Inscription on a wall, dimensions not noted in principal publication.KD (3/3/3035)Abba Apollotos Monasterion (Bawit)Wall inscription3991Egyptian (Coptic) (?) Greek (?)Text consists only of names, and no Coptic signs are used. The other texts on the wall are in Sahidic Coptic.Wall inscription (plaster)1Abba Apollotos Monasterion (Bawit)Monastery of Apa Apollo, in situ.Coptic (?) Greek (?)Bawit, Chapel 24, West wall, text XXVII.Published.Complete.1045410454Abba Apollotos Monasterion (Bawit)

  • KYP M3985

    Drescher, James. “Two Coptic Magical Ingredients.” Bulletin de la Société d’Archéologie Copte 1 (1958): 59.Drescher, James. “Two Coptic Magical Ingredients.” Bulletin de la Société d’Archéologie Copte 1 (1958): 59.Magical (formulary)Present location unknown; Drescher (1958) describes it as being in the collection of R[obert] Nahman as of 1958.1. Magical text of unclear content mentioning “one xestes of antheliakon water”; this may suggest amuletic content.Placeholder date based on typical range of Coptic magical texts.5011200Sahidic (?)No information on dimensions.KD (9/12/2024)EgyptUnclear3985Egyptian (Coptic)Word ⲙⲟⲟⲩ (“water”) suggests Sahidic.UnknownSize unknown.UnknownNo provenance information.CopticUnnumbered text from Nahman collectionUnpublished.Unclear.4949Egypt

  • KYP M3971

    Magical (formulary)Formerly the property of Karl Wessely, bequeathed to Theodor Hopfner, who subsequently sold them to the National Library in Prague (Private communication Zuzana Vítková 24/4/2020).The manuscript belongs to the oriental part of the private collection of prof. Karl Wessely, probably acquired in 1904 in Paris. After the death of prof. Wessely, the whole collection was inherited by prof. Theodor Hopfner, who sorted the manuscripts and sold them to the Prague University Library. The oriental part of the collection has found its place in the Oriental Institute (information from Z. Vítková (16/9/2024)).Black1. Ro, Vo: Magical formulary, very fragmentary.Dating very uncertain; a date after the ninth century is made unlikely by…

  • KYP M3970

    Pintaudi, Rosario and Macro Vicario. “Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana. Firenze. Le collezioni di manoscritti e rari e il loro incremento”, in Antichi e rari. Recenti acquisti in antiquariato per le biblioteche pubbliche statali. Torino, Biblioteca Nazionale Universitaria, 13-27 maggio 1991 , Gaeta , Gaetagrafiche , 1991, p. 188, no. 4.MagicalNo information on acquisition.http://opac.bmlonline.it/Record.htm?idlist=0&record=5942124312491. Magical text of unclear content.Seventh or eighth century according to Pintaudi/Vicario (1991).601800KD (16/9/2024)Egypt (?)Rotulus3970Egyptian (Coptic)ParchmentFlorence, Biblioteca Medicea LaurenzianaProvenance unknown.CopticBiblioteca Medicea Laurenziana papiro inv. III/958 PL III/958 Papiro Laurenxiano III/958Unpublished.1284949Egypt (?)

  • KYP M3964

    MagicalBlack1. Magical text (?)Placeholder date; typical date range of Coptic magical maunscripts.4011200FayumicKD (26/7/2024); KD (20/6/2025)EgyptRoll3964Egyptian (Coptic)Papyrus77 surviving columns recto (↓).Paris, Bibliothèque NationaleCopticBNF copte 165 (II)Unpublished.Fragmentary.72494981.2Egypt

  • KYP M3963

    Magical1. Magical text (?)Placeholder date; typical date range of Coptic magical maunscripts.4011200KD (26/7/2024)EgyptUnclear3963Egyptian (Coptic)Paris, Bibliothèque NationaleCopticBNF copte 174.82Unpublished.Fragmentary.724949Egypt