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KYPRIANOS M1197

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Magica Agonistica 13
Princeton Art Museum inv. 3573-I54 a+b

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Magical (applied)
Contents:

1. Unpublished text; presumably curse.
See all texts in this manuscript.

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. 451 – 550
Date notes:

Tremel (2004: p. 107); 401-600 CE: TheDeMa (11/9/2019).
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Archive name:
State of edition:

Published.
Image:

Form:

Roll
Material:

Metal (lead)
Dimensions (cm): Height: Width: 14.5 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Rolled width: 14,5 cm (Tremel 2004: p. 107; Jordan 2000: p. 27).
Folding pattern:

Rolled.
State of preservation:

Still rolled up.
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):
Hand:

Findspot:

Antioch, Syria

(TM places ID: 205)
Place of purchase: (TM places ID: )
Writingspot:

Antioch, Syria

(TM places ID: 205)
Present Location:

Princeton, University Art Museum
Collection History:

Found in the hippodrome of Antioch in Syria in 1934/35. (Tremel 2004: p. 107.)
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Collection website:

Notes/Discussion:

The text has not been opened.

Bibiliography
Editions:
Translations:
General:

Campbell, William A. “The Third Season of Excavation of Antioch-on-the-Orontes.” American Journal of Archaeology 40 (1936): 2.

Heintz, Florent. “Circus Curses and Their Archaeological Contexts.” Journal of Roman Archaeology 11 (1998): 337-342.

Humphrey, John H. “Prolegomena to the Study of the Hippodrome at Caesarea Maritima.” Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 213 (1974): 40.

Jordan, David R. “A Survey of Greek Defixiones Not Included in the Special Corpora.” Greek Roman and Byzantine Studies 26 (1985): 193.

Jordan, David R. “New Greek Curse Tablets (1985-2000).” Greek Roman and Byzantine Studies 41 (2000): 27, no. 104.

Tremel, Jan. Magica Agonistica: Fluchtafeln im antiken Sport. Hildesheim: Weidmann, 2004, p. 107, no. 13.

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

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Edit History:

KD (12/9/2019); ST (30/8/2021); ST (19/10/2021); ST (21/10/2021); KD (22/10/2021)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP M1197," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m1197. Accessed on 01/05/2025

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