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KYPRIANOS M1162

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P. Fayum p. 61 (c) (notice)

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Magical (unclear) (?)
Contents:

1. Unclear; no publication.
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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. 101 – 300
Date notes:

Grenfell et al 1900: p. 61.
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State of edition:

Unpublished (?)
Image:

Form:

Unclear
Material:

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

No published information.
Folding pattern:

No published information.
State of preservation:

Fragmentary.
Pages/Columns: question mark icon Total surviving columns in the manuscript for rolls, sheets and rotuli; total number of pages for codices.
Pages/Columns (notes):

No published information.
Hand:

Findspot:

Theadelphia, Fayum, Egypt

(TM places ID: 2349)
Place of purchase: (TM places ID: )
Writingspot:

Theadelphia, Fayum, Egypt (?)

(TM places ID: 2349)
Present Location:
Collection History:

Excavated in the season 1898-1899 from the Roman Tombs in Harît (ancient Theadelphia), kept at the store-room in Giza as of 1900 (Grenfell et al. 1900: p. 60).
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Notes/Discussion:

Mentioned in P. Fayum p. 61 (c), fragment of magical papyrus found in a small blue glaze pot in the Roman tombs; perhaps unpublished.

Perhaps PGM LIX (KYP M789) (although this seems to have been excavated in 1894).

Bibiliography
Editions:

Grenfell, Bernard P., Athur S. Hunt, and David G. Hogarth. Fayûm Towns and their Papyri. London: Egypt Exploration Society, 1900, p. 61.
Translations:
General:

Trismegistos ID: 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)" TheDefix: question mark icon Thesaurus Defixionum To Zodion:
Edit History:

KD (10/7/2019); KD (25/11/2021)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP M1162," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m1162. Accessed on 21/12/2025

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