• KYP M568

    http://papyri.info/apis/columbia.apis.p1815Magical (applied ?)Acquired by Columbia University through Professor Gottheil (personal communication, Lajos Berkes 6/7/2018).http://papyri.info/apis/columbia.apis.p1815Brown (?) (faded)1. Ro ll. 1-17: Applied amulet(?)Placeholder date as manuscript is unpublished and so undated.9011200Dimensions do not include additional fragmnt APIS (26/8/2020)MPS (25/4/2019); EL (21/6/2019); KD (5/2/2020); MPS (26/8/2020); KD (4/10/201)Egypt9 horizontal creases, 5 vertical creases.Sheet56819Egyptian (Coptic) (?)Paper (?)11 column recto, 17 lines.New York, Columbia UniversityProvenance unknown.CopticColumbia inv. 574 Parch 22; Inv. 41; Columbia Coptic Document FUnpublished.Complete, slight damage along folds. Difficult to read.32127524549496Egypt

  • KYP M564

    Clackson, Sarah J. The Michaelides Coptic manuscript collection in the Cambridge University Library and British Library. Acts of the Fifth International Congress of Coptic Studies, v. 2. Rome, 1993, p. 132. Clackson, Sarah J. “The Michaelides Manuscript Collection.” Zeitschrift Für Papyrologie Und Epigraphik 100 (1994): 223–226. Collection website: https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/michaelidescoptic/1 (24/7/2026)Clackson, Sarah J. The Michaelides Coptic manuscript collection in the Cambridge University Library and British Library. Acts of the Fifth International Congress of Coptic Studies, v. 2. Rome, 1993, p. 132. Clackson, Sarah J. “The Michaelides Manuscript Collection.” Zeitschrift Für Papyrologie Und Epigraphik 100 (1994): 223–226. Collection website: https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/michaelidescoptic/1 (24/7/2026)Magical (applied ?)The Cambridge University Library purchased the Michaelides Collection in 1977…

  • KYP M563

    Spiegelberg, Wilhelm. “Aus der Straßburger Sammlung demotischer Ostraka.” Zeitschrift für Ägyptische Sprache und Altertumskunde 49 (1911): 35-36, no. 1, pl. 6. Quack, Joachim Friedrich, Demotische magische Papyri, vol. 4 (forthcoming), no. 17.Thissen, Heinz-Joseph. “Nubien in demotischen magischen Texten.” In Ägypten im Afro-Orientalischen Kontext: Aufsätze zur Archäologie, Geschichte und Sprache eines unbegrenzten Raumes: Gedenkschrift Peter Behrens. edited by D. Mendel, and C. Ulrike. Institut für Afrikanistik. Köln, 1991, p. 369-376. Ritner, Robert Krieg “Egyptian Magical Practice under the Roman Empire: The Demotic Spells and their Religious Context.” In Aufstieg und Niedergang der römischen Welt, edited by W. Haase and H. Temporini, Teil II, Band 18: Religion, 5, 1995, p. 3343-3344.Magical (formulary)Purchased…

  • KYP M562

    Bélanger Sarrazin, Roxanne. “’Just as You Quenched the Fiery Furnace of Nebuchadnezzar, Also Quench Every Fever.’ The Three Holy Children in Coptic Magic.” Vigiliae Christianae 78 (2024): p. 66-70, 82.Mihálykó, Ágnes. “5. Amulet Against Fever.” In Coptica Palatina. Koptische Texte aus der Heidelberger Papyrussammlung (P.Heid.Kopt.), edited by Anne Boud’hors, Alain Delattre, Tonio Sebastian Richter, Gesa Schenke, and Georg Schmelz, Veröffentlichungen aus der Heidelberger Papyrussammlung. Heidelberg: Heidelberg University Publishing, 2018, p. 54, n. 4.Mihálykó, Ágnes. “5. Amulet Against Fever.” In Coptica Palatina. Koptische Texte aus der Heidelberger Papyrussammlung (P.Heid.Kopt.), edited by Anne Boud’hors, Alain Delattre, Tonio Sebastian Richter, Gesa Schenke, and Georg Schmelz, Veröffentlichungen aus der Heidelberger Papyrussammlung. Heidelberg: Heidelberg University…

  • KYP M557

    Magical (applied ?)Found as part of excavation.https://isac-idb.uchicago.edu/id/ca613ab9-ce61-415e-a5aa-fb99c5e3e4cdhttps://isac-idb.uchicago.edu/id/ca613ab9-ce61-415e-a5aa-fb99c5e3e4cdBrown (?)1. Ro ll. 1-5: List of names of saints followed by characters.Date from Chicago OIM display.5501400KD (16/5/2019); EL (14/6/2019); MPS (24/9/2019); MPS (26/8/2020)Serra East, NubiaOstracon (pottery)55758Egyptian (Coptic) Greek (?)Does not seem to be syntactic content.Ostracon (pottery)Will be published in forthcoming vol. 13 of OINE by Bruce Williams and Alex Tsakos.11 column recto, 5 lines.Chicago, Haskell Oriental InstituteFound in foundation deposit of a house, Serra East, area ST.CopticChicago OIM E19784Unpublished; edition in progress by Bruce Williams and Alex Tsakos.Complete.8742119828062806Serra East, Nubia (?)

  • KYP M555

    Zellmann-Rohrer, Michael. “Enoch the Cosmic Scribe and Other Problems in British Museum Coptic Texts: Reflections on Magic and Astrology in Late Antiquity.” In Actes du XXXe Congrès international de Papyrologie, edited by Jean-Luc Fournet. Studia Papyrologica et Aegyptiaca Parisina 7. Association des Amis du Centre d’Histoire et Civilisation de Byzance: Paris, 2025, 816-818.Magical (formulary)Original acquisition unknown; originally offered for sale by Christies in London in 1978, then sold by Christie’s in an auction to the British Museum in 1996 (Zellmann-Rohrer 2025, p. 812).https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details/collection_image_gallery.aspx?partid=1&assetid=1613282438&objectid=1554118https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/Y_EA75406Black1. Ro ll. 1-14: Invocation to cause sleep.Dating uncertain, but this range seems probable; see Zellmann-Rohrer 2025, p. 812. The writing on the horizontal fibres may suggest a…

  • KYP M554

    Zellmann-Rohrer, Michael. “Enoch the Cosmic Scribe and Other Problems in British Museum Coptic Texts: Reflections on Magic and Astrology in Late Antiquity.” In Actes du XXXe Congrès international de Papyrologie, edited by Jean-Luc Fournet. Studia Papyrologica et Aegyptiaca Parisina 7. Association des Amis du Centre d’Histoire et Civilisation de Byzance: Paris, 2025, 812-814.Magical (formulary)Original acquisition unknown; originally offered for sale by Christies in London in 1978, then sold by Christie’s in an auction to the British Museum in 1996 (Zellmann-Rohrer 2025, p. 812).https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details/collection_image_gallery.aspx?partid=1&assetid=1613284091&objectid=108663https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/Y_EA75356Black1. Ro ll. 1-14: Invocation for a love spell.Dating uncertain, but this range seems probable; see Zellmann-Rohrer 2025, p. 812. The writing on the horizontal fibres may suggest…

  • KYP M553

    Depuydt, Leo. Catalogue of Coptic Manuscripts in the Pierpont Morgan Library. Leuven, 1993, vol. I, no. 304.Depuydt, Leo. Catalogue of Coptic Manuscripts in the Pierpont Morgan Library. Leuven, 1993, vol. I, no. 304.Magical (applied ?)Purchased by J. P. Morgan in 1920. Part of a lot purchased ca. 1920 from the Cairo dealer Maurice Nahman by Francis Willey Kelsey. Later brought to Rome by Kelsey in the beginning of 1920 and purchased by Henri Hyvernat on behalf of J. P. Morgan (Col. website)http://corsair.themorgan.org/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=352482https://www.themorgan.org/BlackSheet 1 (c) 1. Ro ll. 1-21 (?): Curse 2. Vo.:Empty Sheet 2 (d) 1. Ro ll. 1-22 (?): Curse including invocation of frankincense. 2. Vo. ll. 1-2: Recipe…

  • KYP M552

    Depuydt, Leo. Catalogue of Coptic Manuscripts in the Pierpont Morgan Library. Leuven, 1993, vol. I, no. 303.Depuydt, Leo. Catalogue of Coptic Manuscripts in the Pierpont Morgan Library. Leuven, 1993, vol. I, no. 303.Magical (applied ?)Purchased by J. P. Morgan in 1920. Part of a lot purchased ca. 1920 from the Cairo dealer Maurice Nahman by Francis Willey Kelsey. Later brought to Rome by Kelsey in the beginning of 1920 and purchased by Henri Hyvernat on behalf of J. P. Morgan (Col. website 27/8/2020).https://www.themorgan.org/manuscript/351280BrownOrigina use: 1. Ro: Unclear Re-use: 2. Ro ll. 1-27: Applied amulet (?), perhaps for favour; cf. Yale inv. 1793.Placeholder date as manuscript is unpublished and so undated.3011200SahidicCollection…

  • KYP M551

    http://papyri.info/apis/yale.apis.0017940000Petersen, Theodore C. A Collection of Papyri. New York: H.P. Krause, 1964, p. 44-45, no. 56.Petersen, Theodore C. A Collection of Papyri. New York: H.P. Krause, 1964, p. 44-45, no. 56.Magical (formulary)No acquisition information.https://collections.library.yale.edu/catalog/33164594https://collections.library.yale.edu/catalog/33164594Black1. Ro ll. 1-26 – Vo ll. 1-13: Formulary for invocations for revelation (divination).APIS (27/8/2020)601800Dimensions given here represent minimum. Fragment A: 15.0 x 13.2. Fragment B: 2.8 x 9.2cm. Fragment C: 5.3 x 12.8 cm. Online Catalogue (5/2/2019). “Preserved in its full height” (Petersen 1964: p. 45), but there seem to be traces of a partial line at the bottom of the recto (KD 3/2/2020).EL (29/3/2019); MPS (24/9/2019); KD (3/2/2020); MPS (27/8/2020)Egypt13 (?) vertical creases, perhaps rolled.Rotulus…