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KYPRIANOS M2193

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

DTAud 285
Magica Agonistica 35

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

Magical (applied)
Contents:

1. Ro ll. 1-12: Curse against the chariot (?) horse Laureatus/Dauriatus.
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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. 101 – 200
Date notes:

Faraone (2019: p. 174); Tremel (2004: p. 131).
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Archive name:
State of edition:

Published.
Image:

Form:

Sheet
Material:

Metal (lead)
Dimensions (cm): Height: 3.5 Width: 4.5 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Tremel (2004: p. 131); Audollent (1904: p. 395).
Folding pattern:

Rolled.
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.

1
Pages/Columns (notes):

1 column recto, 12 lines, magical characters and a drawing of a horse.
Hand:

Findspot:

Hadrumetum, North Africa

(TM places ID: 8315)
Place of purchase: (TM places ID: )
Writingspot:

Hadrumetum, North Africa

(TM places ID: 8315)
Present Location:

National Library Paris
Collection History:

Probably came from necropolis not far from the hippodrome at the street to Kairouan(Faraone 2019: p. 175; Tremel 2004: p. 131.)
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Notes/Discussion:

The horse is named “Dauriatus” according to the original reading of Audollent 1904, followed by Tremel 2004); “Laureatus”, first proposed by as an alternative by Audollent 1904, is considered more likely by Jordan 2005 & Faraone 2019.

Bibiliography
Editions:

Audollent, Auguste. Defixionum Tabellae Quotquot Innotuerunt tam in Graecis Orientis quam in Totius Occidentis Partibus praeter Atticas in “Corpore inscriptionum Atticarum” Editas. Paris: Fontemoing, 1904, p. 395, no. 285.

Faraone, Christopher A. “Cursing Chariot Horses instead of Drivers in the Hippodromes of the Eastern Roman Empire.” In: Litterae Magicae: Studies in Honor of Roger Tomlin, edited by Celia Sánchez Natalias. Zaragoza: Libros Pórtico, 2019, p. 174-176.

Jordan, David. “”Three Notes.” Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 152 (2005): 155-156.

Tremel, Jan. Magica Agonistica: Fluchtafeln im antiken Sport. Hildesheim: Weidmann, 2004, p. 131, no. 35.
Translations:
General:

Trismegistos ID: 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
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

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Edit History:

ST (2/9/2021); ST (21/10/2021); ST (31/10/2021); KD /2/11/2021)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP M2193," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m2193. Accessed on 30/04/2025

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