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KYPRIANOS M140

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

GEMF 21
P. Duk. inv. 729
formerly P. Duk. inv. LK76 2
P. Duke inv. 729
Duke University P. 729
Durham (NC), Duke University P. 729

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

Magical (formulary)
Contents:

1. p. 1 ll. 1-12: Potion (love spell).
2. p. 1 ll. 13-26: Silencing curse
3. p. 1 ll. 19-27: Binding love spell.
4. p. 2 ll. 28-54: Hymn to Helios for favour.
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. 101 – 300
Date notes:

GEMF dating (11/7/2019), in agreement with Jordan 2006; p. 159.
Archive/collection: question mark icon Larger collection to which manuscript belongs.
Archive name:
State of edition:

Published
Image: https://library.duke.edu/rubenstein/scriptorium/papyrus/images/150dpi/729r-at150.gif

Form:

Codex
Material:

Papyrus
Dimensions (cm): Height: 14.8 Width: 10.2 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

14.8 x 10.2 (Duke Library Website). 13.3 x 11.4 (Jordan 2006: p. 160).
Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

Incomplete; fragmentary.
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):

2 surviving pages. → is referred to here as p. 1.
Hand:

Cursive

Findspot:

Egypt

(TM places ID: 49)
Place of purchase: (TM places ID: )
Writingspot:

Egypt

(TM places ID: 49)
Present Location:

Durham (NC), Duke University
Collection History:

Purchased for the Duke University Library in 1976 along with P. Duk. inv. 230-231, 728 (see https://library.duke.edu/rubenstein/scriptorium/papyrus/texts/acquisitions.html).
Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 121
Collection website: https://library.duke.edu/rubenstein/scriptorium/papyrus/records/729.html

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography
Editions:

★ Faraone, Christopher A. and Torallas Tovar, Sofia. “GEMF 21 (P.Duk. inv. 729).” In Greek and Egyptian Magical Formularies: Text and Translation, edited by Christopher A. Faraone and Sofía Torallas Tovar, vol. 1, 2022, p. 329–333, no. 21.

Jordan, David R. “P. Duk. inv. 729, Magical Formulae.” Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies 46 (2006): 159–173.
Translations:
General:

Trismegistos ID:

64011

 PAThs:
PGM: question mark icon Papyri Gracae Magicae SM: question mark icon Supplementum Magicum GEMF: question mark icon Greek and Egyptian Magical Formularies (forthcoming) 21 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:

MPS (19/11/2018); EL (22/1/2019); KD (13/4/2020); ST (18/12/2020); KD (9/2/2021)

How to cite:
[Editor names]. "KYP M140," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, Korshi Dosoo, Markéta Preininger, & Roxanne Bélanger Sarrazin (principal editors), www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m140. Accessed on 24/08/2026
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