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KYPRIANOS M2105

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P. Oxy. III 467
P. Oxy. 3 467
Oxford, Bodleian Library MS. Gr. class. f. 73 (P)

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

Alchemical
Contents:

1. Ro ll. 1-16: Recipe for the transformation of silver into gold.
2. Ro ll. 17-21: Recipe for purifying asem.
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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. 1 – 200
Date notes:

TM (6/4/2020)
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Archive name:
State of edition:

Published
Image:

Form:

Sheet (?)
Material:

Papyrus
Dimensions (cm): Height: 12.3 Width: 8.1 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Grenfell and Hunt 1903: p. 138.
Folding pattern:

1 horizontal crease.
State of preservation:

Fragmentary; left hand margin preserved, all others lost.
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 surviving column recto (→), 21 lines.
Hand:

Findspot:

Oxyrhynchus (Bahanasa), Egypt

(TM places ID: 1524)
Place of purchase: (TM places ID: )
Writingspot:

Oxyrhynchus (Bahanasa), Egypt (?)

(TM places ID: 1524)
Present Location:

Oxford, Bodleian Library
Collection History:

Found in situ by the team of B.P. Grenfell and A.S. Hunt.
Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 265
Collection website:

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography
Editions:

Grenfell, Bernard P., and Athur S. Hunt. The Oxyrhynchus Papyri. Vol. 3 (P. Oxy. III). London: The Egypt Exploration Fund, 1903, p. 138-139, no. 467.

Halleux, Robert. Les alchimistes grecs. Papyrus de Leyde Papyrus de Stockholm Fragments de recettes. Vol. 1. Paris: Les Belles Lettres, 1981, p. 1155-158.
Translations:
General:

Trismegistos ID:

63300

 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

01999.000
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:

KD (6/4/2020); KD (15/12/2020)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP M2105," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m2105. Accessed on 30/04/2025

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