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KYPRIANOS M142

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

PGM LXXXXIII
P. Ant. II 65
SM 100

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. 1-10: Recipe of unclear purpose mentioning animal sacrifice and Hekate.
2. p. 2 ll. 11-20: Recipe of unclear purpose mentioning animal sacrifice.
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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. 401 – 500
Date notes:

Daniel & Maltomini (1992: p. 272). 401-600 (TM 19/11/2018).
Archive/collection: question mark icon Larger collection to which manuscript belongs.
Archive name:
State of edition:

Published.
Image:

Form:

Codex
Material:

Parchment
Dimensions (cm): Height: 4.6 Width: 6.6 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Daniel & Maltomini (1992: p. 272).
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. 10 lines recto, 11 lines verso.
Hand:

Findspot:

Antinoopolis (El-Sheikh Ibada), Egypt

(TM places ID: 2774)
Place of purchase: (TM places ID: )
Writingspot:

Antinoopolis (El-Sheikh Ibada), Egypt (?)

(TM places ID: 2774)
Present Location:

Oxford, Sackler Library, Papyrology Rooms
Collection History:

Found during excavations of John de Monins Johnson in Antinoopolis for the Egypt Exploration Society in 1913-1914.
Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 264
Collection website:

Notes/Discussion:

“A leaf from a codex inscribed on both sides. The
parchment is of fine quality and tends to show the writing on the other side (esp. side i.
between lines 6 and 8), In places the ink has corroded the parchment.” (Daniel & Maltomini, 1992: p. 272).

Bibiliography
Editions:

Barns, John W. (ed.) The Antinoopolis Papyri. Graeco-Roman Memoirs. Vol. 2. London: Egypt Exploration Society, 1960, no. 65.

Bevilacqua, Gabriella, Scrittura e magia. Un repertorio di oggetti iscritti della magia greco-romana. Opuscula epigraphica 12. Rome: Edizioni Quasar, 2010, p. 52-53.

★ Daniel, Robert W., and Franco Maltomini. Supplementum Magicum. Vol. 2. Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag, 1992, p. 272-275, no. 100.
Translations:

Betz, Hans D. The Greek Magical Papyri in Translation. Including the Demotic Spells. Vol. 1. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1986, p. 303-304, no. 93.
General:

Trismegistos ID:

64759

 PAThs:
PGM: question mark icon Papyri Gracae Magicae

93

 SM: question mark icon Supplementum Magicum

100

 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: 9
Edit History:

MPS (19/11/2018); ST (8/5/2020); EL (29/7/2020); KD (15/7/2021)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP M142," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m142. Accessed on 07/12/2025

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