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KYPRIANOS M2130

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Birmingham, Cadbury Research Library P. Harris 303 a Vo

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Magical (formulary)
Medical (recipe) (?)
Contents:

Original use:

1. Ro ll. 1-3: Unclear; includes kharaktēres (healing?)
2. Ro ll.4-6: For healing woman with bleeding using Homeric verse

Re-use:

3. Vo ll.1-9: Unclear recipe (healing? medical?)
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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. 175 – 300
Date notes:

Dated palaeographically to the late second or third century. Re-use dated palaeographically to the fourth century (Zellmann-Rohrer 2016: p. 9 n. 16).
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Archive name:
State of edition:

Published
Image:

Form:

Sheet (?)
Material:

Papyrus
Dimensions (cm): Height: 6.2 Width: 11.8 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Zellmann-Rohrer 2016: p. 9.
Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

Fragmentary; broken top, right and bottom.
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):

1 column each, recto (→) and verso (↓). Verso is re-use, at 90 degrees to recto. 6 surviving lines recto, 9 verso.
Hand:

Findspot:

Egypt

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

Egypt

(TM places ID: 49)
Present Location:

Birmingham, Cadbury Research Library
Collection History:

Acquired in Egypt by J. Rendel Harris between 1922 and 1923 (Zellmann-Rohrer 2016: p. 9 n. 16).
Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 3613
Collection website:

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography
Editions:

Zellmann-Rohrer, Michael W. “Homeric and Pharmacologic Medical Recipes in a Greek Papyrus Formulary”, Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists 53 (2016), p. 12-16.
Translations:
General:

Trismegistos ID:

703252
703253

 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

02398.101
02398.102
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 (27/5/2020); KD (14/3/2021)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP M2130," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m2130. Accessed on 17/05/2024

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