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KYPRIANOS M1203

Sigla: question mark icon Modern names for the manuscript, including inventory and publication numbers.

SEG VII 213
SEG XV 847
SEG XL 1396
Magica Agonistica 19

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

Magical (applied)
Contents:

1. Ro ll. 1-33: Applied curse to restrain the horses and charioteers of the blue faction
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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. 151 – 250
Date notes:

Gager (1992: p. 53); 251-300 CE according to Jordan (1985: p. 192); 301-400 CE according to Jordan (1994: p. 326).
Archive/collection: question mark icon Larger collection to which manuscript belongs.
Archive name:
State of edition:

Published.
Image:

Form:

Sheet
Material:

Metal (lead)
Dimensions (cm): Height: 15.8 Width: 9 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Gager (1992: p. 53); Jordan (1985: p. 192).
Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

Complete, with some damage.
Pages/Columns: question mark icon Total surviving columns in the manuscript for rolls, sheets and rotuli; total number of pages for codices.

1
Pages/Columns (notes):

1 column and a drawing recto, 33 lines.
Hand:

Findspot:

Beirut, Syria

(TM places ID: 431)
Place of purchase: (TM places ID: )
Writingspot:

Beirut, Syria (?)

(TM places ID: 431)
Present Location:
Collection History:

Found near the ancient race course of Beirut, Syria in October 1929, probably during excavation for the construction at the eastern end of the rue du Maréchal Pétain (Gager 1992: p. 53; Jordan 1994: p. 325-6; Mouterde 1930: p. 106-107).
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Collection website:

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography
Editions:

Gager, John G. Curse Tablets and Binding Spells from the Ancient World. New York: Oxford University Press, 1992, p. 53-56, no. 5.

Hondius, J.J.E. “Berytos. Tabella devotionis, s. II/IIIp.” In: Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum 7 (SEG 7), edited by A. Chaniotis, T. Corsten, N. Papazarkadas, and E. Stavrianopoulou, 1934, no. 213 (SEG 7 213).

Jordan, D. R. “Magica Graeca Parvula.” Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 100 (1994): 325-333.

Maricq, A. “Tablette de défixion de Beyrouth.” Byzantion 22 (1952): 368-370.

Mouterde, René. Le Glaive de Dardanos. Objets et inscriptions magiques de Syrie. Mélanges de l’Université Saint-Joseph 15. Beirut: Imprimerie Catholique, 1930, p. 106-123.

Tremel, Jan. Magica Agonistica: Fluchtafeln im antiken Sport. Hildesheim: Weidmann, 2004, p. 110-111, no. 19.
Translations:
General:

Jordan, David R. “A Survey of Greek Defixiones Not Included in the Special Corpora.” Greek Roman and Byzantine Studies 26 (1985): 192, no. 167.

Jordan, David R. “New Defixiones from Carthage.” In: The Circus and a Byzantine Cemetery at Carthage, edited by John H. Humphrey. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1988, p. 177-134.

Pleket, Henry W., and Stroud, Ronald S. “SEG 40-1396. Berytos. Defixio against horses and charioteers, 3rd cent. A.D.” In: Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum 40 (SEG 40), edited by A. Chaniotis, T. Corsten, N. Papazarkadas, and E. Stavrianopoulou, 1990, no. 1396 (SEG 40 1396).

Robert, Jeanne, and Louis Robert. “Bulletin Épigraphique.” Revue des Études Grecques 67 (1954): 100-101, no. 21.

Woodhead, A. G. “SEG-847. Berytos (Beirut). Tabella defixionis, s. II/IIIp.” In: Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum 15 (SEG 15), edited by A. Chaniotis, T. Corsten, N. Papazarkadas, and E. Stavrianopoulou, 1958, no. 847 (SEG 15 847).

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 (31/8/2021); KD (19/10/2021)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP M1203," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m1203. Accessed on 04/11/2025

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