{"id":33306,"date":"2021-08-10T21:56:01","date_gmt":"2021-08-10T19:56:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de\/?p=33306"},"modified":"2021-09-15T12:56:01","modified_gmt":"2021-09-15T10:56:01","slug":"kyprianos-update-10-august-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de\/index.php\/2021\/08\/10\/kyprianos-update-10-august-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyprianos Update (10 August 2021)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p id=\"block-a5ce9f11-4029-486c-93e5-b4a18fc03801\">We\u2019ve just posted our latest update to the&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de\/index.php\/manuscripts-search\/\" target=\"_blank\">Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-a5ce9f11-4029-486c-93e5-b4a18fc03801\">The update includes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/P.-Berlin-8503-784x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-32196\" width=\"392\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/P.-Berlin-8503-784x1024.jpg 784w, https:\/\/www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/P.-Berlin-8503-230x300.jpg 230w, https:\/\/www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/P.-Berlin-8503-768x1003.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/P.-Berlin-8503-1176x1536.jpg 1176w, https:\/\/www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/P.-Berlin-8503-1567x2048.jpg 1567w, https:\/\/www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/P.-Berlin-8503-1140x1490.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/P.-Berlin-8503-scaled.jpg 1959w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 392px) 100vw, 392px\" \/><figcaption>A tracing of the illustration of P. Berlin <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de\/index.php\/text\/kyp-t-568\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">8503 (KYP T568)<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\" id=\"block-a73c905d-10b7-404e-83a6-6dd6bbbbbfa3\"><li>22 new\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de\/?sfid=11222&amp;_sfm_all\" target=\"_blank\">manuscript entries<\/a>, bringing the total to 943.<ul><li>These contain primarily Greek and\/or Coptic magical texts from Egypt.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>47 new\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de\/?sfid=20347\" target=\"_blank\">text entries<\/a>, bringing the total to 156. Among the texts we\u2019ve chosen for this update are\u2026<ul><li>The recipes from <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de\/?sfid=20347&amp;_sfm_manuscript_id=167\" target=\"_blank\">P. Macq. I 1<\/a>, one of the most famous Coptic magical papyri. Although we have not yet edited the long prayer to the Baktiotha with which it begins, our edition of its 31 recipes resolves several problems which confronted its initial editors.<\/li><li>Two more texts featuring the Egyptian goddess Isis: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de\/index.php\/text\/kyp-t-74\/\" target=\"_blank\">Hs. Schmidt 1, another of the Horus-Isis charms<\/a>, apparently to make someone fall asleep, and <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de\/index.php\/text\/kyp-t-343\/\" target=\"_blank\">P. Michigan 4932f<\/a>, a love spell; both were co-edited with <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/uio.academia.edu\/RoxanneB\u00e9langerSarrazin\" target=\"_blank\">Roxanne B\u00e9langer Sarrazin<\/a>.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de\/index.php\/text\/kyp-t-557\/\" target=\"_blank\">An amulet for healing the uvula of a man named Andrew<\/a> (&#8220;Antreas&#8221; in Coptic) which makes mention of the Seal of Solomon.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de\/index.php\/text\/kyp-t-568\/\" target=\"_blank\">A silencing curse which draws upon the story of the Exodus<\/a>, and whose user and victim both have Arabic names &#8211; Abdallah and Mouflih respectively. <\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de\/index.php\/text\/kyp-t-14\/\" target=\"_blank\">T. K\u00f6ln 35<\/a> (misidentified in previous publications as T. K\u00f6ln 10), a curse of sickness, and one of the only surviving Coptic magical texts written on lead.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>These new texts include 7 new tracings of accompanying images, bringing the total to 26.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019ve just posted our latest update to the&nbsp;Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects. The update includes: 22 new\u00a0manuscript entries, bringing the total to 943. These contain primarily Greek and\/or Coptic magical texts from Egypt. 47 new\u00a0text entries, bringing the total to 156. Among the texts we\u2019ve chosen for this update are\u2026 The recipes from P. Macq. I 1, one of the most famous Coptic magical papyri. Although we have not yet edited the long prayer to the Baktiotha with which it begins, our edition of its 31 recipes resolves several problems which confronted its initial editors. Two more texts featuring the Egyptian goddess Isis: Hs. Schmidt 1, another of the Horus-Isis charms, apparently to make someone fall asleep, and P. Michigan 4932f, a love spell; both were co-edited with Roxanne B\u00e9langer Sarrazin. An amulet for healing the uvula of a man named Andrew (&#8220;Antreas&#8221; in Coptic) which makes mention of the Seal of Solomon. A silencing curse which draws upon the story of the Exodus, and whose user and victim both have Arabic names &#8211; Abdallah and Mouflih respectively. T. K\u00f6ln 35 (misidentified in previous publications as T. K\u00f6ln 10), a curse of sickness, and one of the only surviving Coptic magical texts written on lead. 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