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KYPRIANOS M2140

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

PGM T 2c
Cairo, Egyptian Museum CG 33020
Cairo, Egyptian Museum JdE 27359
SB I 971

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

Magical (applied)
Contents:

1. Ro l. 1-Vo l. 1: Bous amulet
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Language(s):

Greek
Script(s):
Dialect:
Language/dialect notes:
Date: question mark icon Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. 201 – 640
Date notes:

TM (15/10/2020)
Archive/collection: question mark icon Larger collection to which manuscript belongs.
Archive name:
State of edition:

Published.
Image:

Form:

Tablet
Material:

Bone
Dimensions (cm): Height: 3 Width: 4.5 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Kraus 2007: p. 480.
Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

Complete.
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 recto and verso, both with 1 line of text. Letters 5-15 mm (Milne 1905: p. 133).
Hand:

Findspot:

Egypt

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

Egypt

(TM places ID: 49)
Present Location:

Cairo, Egyptian Museum
Collection History:
Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 73
Collection website:

Notes/Discussion:

Palm branch on verso. Suspension ring on top (Milne 1905: p. 133).

Bibiliography
Editions:

Kraus, Thomas J. “‘Bus’, ‘Bainchooch’ und Septuaginta-Psalm 90?: Überlegungen zu den sogenannten ‘Bous’-Amuletten und dem beliebtesten Bibeltext für apotropäische Zwecke.” Zeitschrift für antikes Christentum 11 (2007): p. 480, no. 1.

Milne, Joseph G. Catalogue général des antiquités égyptiennes du Musée du Caire. Greek Inscriptions. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1905, p. 133, no. 33020 (includes image).

Preisendanz, Karl, and Henrichs, Albert. Papyri Graecae Magicae: Die Griechischen Zauberpapyri. Vol. 2. Stuttgart: Teubner, 1974, p. 212, no. T 2 c.

Preisigke, Friedrich. Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten. Vol. 1. (SB I). Strassburg : K.J. Trübner, 1915, p. 963, no. 971.
Translations:
General:

Chaniotis, Angelos, Thomas Corsten, Nikolaos Papazarkadas, Eftychia Stavrianopoulou, and Rolf Tybout. Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum 57. Leiden: Brill 2013: no. 1638 (non vidi)

Chaniotis, Angelos, Thomas Corsten, Nikolaos Papazarkadas, Eftychia Stavrianopoulou, and Rolf Tybout. Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum 63. Leiden: Brill 2007: no. 1946 (non vidi)

Menci, Giovanna. “Un amuleto ‘Bous’ da Antinoe.” Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 159 (2007): 249-252.

Trismegistos ID:

89303

 PAThs:
PGM: question mark icon Papyri Gracae Magicae

T 2c

 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
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 (21/9/2020); MPS (15/10/2020); KD (26/3/2021)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP M2140," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m2140. Accessed on 30/04/2025

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