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KYPRIANOS M143

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

PGM XCIV
SM 94
P.Ant. II 66

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

Magical (formulary)
Contents:

1. Ro, ll. 1-3: Unclear
2. Ro, ll. 4-6: Drying powder for the eyes (healing)
3. Ro, ll. 7-9: For easy childbirth (healing)
4. Ro, ll. 10-11: Protection (?)
5. Ro, ll. 12-16: Unclear
6. Ro, ll. 17-21: Against demonic possession (protection)
7. Ro, ll. 22-26: Protection or healing of the eyes using a “Gothic” ring
8. Ro, ll. 27-29: Against tumors (healing)
9. Vo, ll. 30-35: Unclear (ingredient: leaf)
10. Vo, ll. 36-38: Against strangury (healing)
11. Vo, ll: 39-43: Against migraine (protection)
12. Vo, ll: 44-58: Against the effects and pain of a wound (healing)
13. Vo, ll: 59-60: Unclear
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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:

GEMF. 501-600 (Daniel & Maltomini 1992: p. 211). 401-500 (TM 8/5/2020).
Archive/collection: question mark icon Larger collection to which manuscript belongs.
Archive name:
State of edition:

Published.
Image:

Form:

Codex
Material:

Papyrus
Dimensions (cm): Height: 11.8 Width: 13.3 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Estimated original page width: 20/21 cm. Estimated breadth of the written area 15/16 cm. Daniel & Maltomini 1992: p. 211.
Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

Incomplete; fragmentary. Only upper margins preserved (Daniel & Maltomini 1992: p. 211)
Pages/Columns: question mark icon Total surviving columns in the manuscript for rolls, sheets and rotuli; total number of pages for codices.

4
Pages/Columns (notes):

2 columns each, recto (→) and verso (↓). 29 lines recto, 31 lines verso. Both sides have an upper margin of 3.3 cm. Recto has a right margin of 2.3 cm; Verso has a left one of 1 cm. Breadth of the columns 6.7-7.3 cm. Intercolumnium ca. 1 cm.
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:

No acquisition information.
Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 264
Collection website:

Notes/Discussion:

Daniel & Maltomini (1992: p. 211) note that the order of sides is uncertain.

Bibiliography
Editions:

Barns, John W. (ed.) The Antinoopolis Papyri. Graeco-Roman Memoirs. Vol. 2. London: Egypt Exploration Society, 1960, no. 66.

Daniel, Robert W., and Franco Maltomini. Supplementum Magicum. Vol. 2. Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag, 1992, p. 211-221, no. 94.
Translations:

Betz, Hans D. The Greek Magical Papyri in Translation. Including the Demotic Spells. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1986, p. 304-305, no. 94.
General:

Horak, Ulrike. Illuminierte Papyri, Pergamente und Papiere. Pegasus Oriens. Vol. 1. Wien: Holzhausen, 1992, p. 244, ViP 167.

Trismegistos ID:

64757

 PAThs:
PGM: question mark icon Papyri Gracae Magicae

94

 SM: question mark icon Supplementum Magicum

94

 GEMF: question mark icon Greek and Egyptian Magical Formularies (forthcoming) 80 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

2391
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:

ST (8/5/2020); ST (11/5/2020); ST (13/5/2020); KD (12/5/2020); KD (13/5/2020); KD (16/6/2020); EL (29/7/2020)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP M143," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m143. Accessed on 27/07/2024

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