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KYPRIANOS M1068

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P. Oxy. LXXIII 4932
P. Oxy. 73 4932
Oxford, Sackler Library, Papyrology Rooms 63 6B 62/c(1-3)c Vo

Category: question mark icon Classification of the contents, e.g. magical (formulary or applied), alchemical, liturgical, documentary or medical.

Magical (applied ?)
Documentary (accounts)
Contents:

Original use:

1. Ro ll. 1-7: Account of goods

Re-use:

2. Vo ll. 1-3: Psalm LXX 72.21-23; applied amulet for healing/protection (?)
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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. 301 – 500
Date notes:

Colomo (2009: p. 8).
Archive/collection: question mark icon Larger collection to which manuscript belongs.
Archive name:
State of edition:

Published.
Image: http://163.1.169.40/gsdl/collect/POxy/index/assoc/HASH0132/624b78d2.dir/POxy.v0073.n4932.a.01.hires.jpg

Form:

Sheet
Material:

Papyrus
Dimensions (cm): Height: 6 Width: 14.1 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Original width perhaps 30 cm (Colomo 2009: p. 8).
Folding pattern:

2 vertical creases.
State of preservation:

Incomplete. Right margin lost, other margins (except for perhaps upper) apparently intact.
Pages/Columns: question mark icon Total surviving columns in the manuscript for rolls, sheets and rotuli; total number of pages for codices.

2
Pages/Columns (notes):

1 column each, recto (→) and verso (→), 7 (?) lines recto, 3 lines magical re-use verso. Verso written at 90 degrees to the recto.
Hand:

2 different hands; recto: semi-cursive, verso: semi-skilled

Findspot:

Oxyrhynchus (Bahanasa), Egypt

(TM places ID: 1524)
Place of purchase: (TM places ID: )
Writingspot:

Oxyrhynchus (Bahanasa), Egypt

(TM places ID: 1524)
Present Location:

Oxford, Sackler Library
Collection History:

Found in situ by the Egypt Exploration Fund.
Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 264
Collection website: http://163.1.169.40/cgi-bin/library?e=d-000-00---0POxy--00-0-0--0prompt-10---4------0-1l--1-en-50---20-help---00031-001-1-0utf-00&a=d&c=POxy&cl=CL5.1.58&d=HASH0132624b78d2724502068f8e

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography
Editions:

Colomo, D. “4932. Amulet: Psalm LXXII 21-3.” In: The Oxyrhynchus Papyri, edited by Obbink, D., and N. Gonis. Vol. 73 (P. Oxy. LXXIII). London: The Egypt Exploration Society, 2009, p. 8-9, no. 4932.

Rahlfs, Alfred. Psalmi cum Odis. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1979.
Translations:
General:

Trismegistos ID:

117812

 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)"

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Edit History:

ST (7/4/2021); KD (19/5/2021)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP M1068," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m1068. Accessed on 04/11/2025

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