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KYPRIANOS M1204

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SEG VII 234
Magica agonistica 20

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. 1-23: Applied binding curse against Drakontinos son of Marthēnē Asteria.
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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 – 400
Date notes:

Tremel (2004: p. 112); Jordan (1985: p. 192).
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Archive name:
State of edition:

Published.
Image:

Form:

Sheet
Material:

Metal (lead)
Dimensions (cm): Height: 9.5 Width: 8.7 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Tremel (2004: p. 112); Jordan (1985: p. 192).
Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

Complete with some damage, particularly at left.
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 recto, 23 lines.
Hand:

Findspot:

Damascus, Syria

(TM places ID: 533)
Place of purchase: (TM places ID: )
Writingspot:

Damascus, Syria

(TM places ID: 533)
Present Location:

Unknown.
Collection History:

No acquisition information.
Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript.
Collection website:

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography
Editions:

Hondius, J.J.E. “Damascus. Defixio, s. IVp.” In: Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum 7 (SEG 7), edited by A. Chaniotis, T. Corsten, N. Papazarkadas, and E. Stavrianopoulou, 1934, no. 234 (SEG 7 234).

Mouterde, René. “Le Glaive de Dardanos. Objets et inscriptions magiques de Syrie.” Mélanges de l’Université Saint-Joseph 15 (1930/31): 124-127.

Tremel, Jan. Magica Agonistica: Fluchtafeln im antiken Sport. Hildesheim: Weidmann, 2004, p. 112, no. 20.
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. 166.

Jordan, D. R. “Magica Graeca Parvula.” Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 100 (1994): 328-329.

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 (13/9/2019); ST (31/8/2021); ST (21/10/2021); KD (9/11/2021)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP M1204," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m1204. Accessed on 21/12/2025

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