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KYPRIANOS M163

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PDM Suppl.
Louvre E 3229
Anastasy 1061 (1857)

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Magical (formulary)
Contents:

1. 1-6 (Ro col. 1 ll. 1-6): Dream Sending.
2. 7-18 (Ro col. 1 ll. 7-18): Dream Sending.
3. 19-27 (Ro col. 1 ll. 19-27): Dream Sending.
4. 28-40 (Ro col. 1 l. 28-col. 2 l.10): Dream Sending.
5. 40-60 (Ro col. 2 ll. 10-col. 3 l.1):Dream sending.
6. 60-101 (Ro col. 3 l.1-col. 4 l.15): Dream Sending. (erotic intentions/love spell)
7. 101-116 (Ro col. 4 ll. 15-30: Dream Sending.
8. 117-130 (Ro col. 5 ll. 1-14): Dream Sending.
9. 130-138 (Ro col. 5 ll. 14-22): Divine audience of Osiris. (dream oracle)
10. 138-149 (Ro col. 5 l. 22-col. 6 ll. 1-6): Love spell (?)
11. 149-162 (Ro col. 6 ll. 6-19): Divine audience of Thoth. (dream oracle)
12. 162-168 (Ro col. 6 ll. 19-25): Ritual to find dwelling place.
13. 168-184 (Ro col. 6 l. 25-col. 7 l. 14): Divine Audience of Imhotep.
14. 185-208 (Vo col. 1 ll. 1-24)): Divination spell (?)
15. Vo col. 1 ll. 25-30: Charitesion. (partially erased)
16. Vo col. 1 ll. 31-34: Unclear (partially erased).
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Language(s):

Egyptian (Demotic)
Greek
Script(s):

Demotic
Hieratic
Greek
Cipher
Dialect:
Language/dialect notes:
Date: question mark icon Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. 101 – 250
Date notes:

101-300 (GEMF 11/7/2019). Late 3rd century (Brashear 1991: p. 71); 3rd century (Quack 2008: p. 350).
Archive/collection: question mark icon Larger collection to which manuscript belongs. KYP A1
Archive name: Theban Magical Library
State of edition:

Published.
Image: https://collections.louvre.fr/ark:/53355/cl010044964

Form:

Roll
Material:

Papyrus
Dimensions (cm): Height: 27.5 Width: 115 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Height from Johnson
Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

Damaged at left and right hand sides.
Pages/Columns: question mark icon Total surviving columns in the manuscript for rolls, sheets and rotuli; total number of pages for codices.

8
Pages/Columns (notes):

7 recto (→) columns, 2 verso (↓). Width is of col. 4 (measurement from photograph, KD 7/6/2020). Each column is ruled by red frames.
Hand:

Different hand on verso (palimpsest).

Findspot:

Thebes, Egypt

(TM places ID: 2355)
Place of purchase:

Thebes, Egypt

(TM places ID: 2355)
Writingspot:

Thebes, Egypt

(TM places ID: 2355)
Present Location:

Paris, Louvre
Collection History:

Acquired by the Musée du Louvre as part of the 1857 sale of antiquities possessed by Jean d’Anastasy, consul of Sweden and Norway in Egypt; his records indicate that it was purchased in Thebes (Dosoo 2016).
Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 274
Collection website: https://collections.louvre.fr/ark:/53355/cl010044964

Notes/Discussion:

Greek on verso partially erased.

Bibiliography
Editions:

Brashear, William M. “A Charitesion P. dem. Louvre E 3229.” In Magica Varia, edited by William M. Brashear. Papyrologica Bruxellensia 25. Bruxelles: Fondation Égyptologique Reine Élisabeth, 1991, p. 73, no. 3.

Johnson, Janet H. “Louvre E 3229: A demotic magical text.” Enchoria: Zeitschrift für Demotistik und Koptologie 7 (1977): 59-66.

Maspero, Gaston. Mémoire sur quelques Papyrus du Louvre. Paris: Franck, 1875, p. 113-123.
Translations:

Betz, Hans D. The Greek Magical Papyri in Translation. Including the Demotic Spells. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1986, p. 323-330, no. PDM Suppl.

Lexa, František. La magie dans l’Égypte antique de l’ancien empire jusqu’à l’époque copte. Les textes magiques. Vol. 2. Paris: Librairie orientaliste P. Geuthner, 1925, p. 151-153.
General:

Devéria, Théodule. Catalogue des manuscrits égyptiens au Musée Egyptien du Louvre. Paris: Charles de Mourgues Frères, 1881, p. 176-177, no. 8.

Dosoo, Korshi. “A History of the Theban Magical Library.” Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists 53 (2016): 251-274.

Quack, Joachim Friedrich. Demotische magische und divinatorische Texte, in: B. Janowski, G. Wilhelm (Hrsg.), Texte aus der Umwelt des Alten Testaments, Neue Folge Band 4. Omina, Orakel, Rituale und Beschwörungen. Gütersloh: Gütersloher Verlagshaus, 2008, p. 350-356

Trismegistos ID:

64218

 PAThs:
PGM: question mark icon Papyri Gracae Magicae

Suppl.

 SM: question mark icon Supplementum Magicum GEMF: question mark icon Greek and Egyptian Magical Formularies (forthcoming) 17 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:

ST (23/9/2020); KD (24/9/2020); KD (29/12/2020); KD (1/10/2021)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP M163," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m163. Accessed on 30/04/2025

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