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KYPRIANOS M2250

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Deisidaimoniaka (1909) no. 2

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Magical (applied)
Contents:

1. Ro ll. 1-8 + vo ll. 1-7: Binding curse against Klōdia Baleria Sōphronē for Politoria.
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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. 201 – 600
Date notes:

Rough estimate of date range based on contents; apparently no published date (KD 15/11/2021).
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Archive name:
State of edition:

Published.
Image:

Form:

Sheet
Material:

Metal (lead)
Dimensions (cm): Height: 5 Width: 10 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Wünsch (1909: p. 37).
Folding pattern:

Rolled and pierced with a nail.
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 colum each recto and verso. 15 lines, 8 recto and 7 verso.
Hand:

Findspot:

Rome (via Latina), Italy

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

Rome (via Latina), Italy (?)

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Present Location:

Rome
Collection History:

No acquisition information.
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Collection website:

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography
Editions:

Wünsch, Richard. “Deisidaimoniaka.” Archiv für Religionswissenschaft 12 (1909): 37, no. 2.
Translations:
General:

Wünsch, Richard. “Rez.: Augustus Audollent, Defixionum tabellae quotquot innotuerunt tam in Graecis Orientis quam in totius Occidentis partibus praeter Atticas in Corpore inscriptionum Atticarum editas. Paris 1904, Fontemoing. CXXVIII, 568 S.” Berliner Philologische Wochenschrift 25 (1905): 1082.

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 (3/9/2021); ST (13/11/2021); KD (15/11/2021)

How to cite:
[Editor names]. "KYP M2250," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, Korshi Dosoo, Markéta Preininger, & Roxanne Bélanger Sarrazin (principal editors), www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m2250. Accessed on 19/10/2026
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