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KYPRIANOS M2252

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

SEG 53 813
Inv. B 7539

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Magical (applied)
Contents:

1. Ro ll. 1-8 + vo ll. 1-18: Applied binding curse invoking the Syrian Goddess and the Lord Gods against the thief and accomplices who stole a bracelet.
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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. -100 – 0
Date notes:

Bruneau proposes that the mention of the Syrian Goddess implies a date before 89 BCE, when the sanctuary of the Syrian Goddess on Delos was destroyed by Mithridates (Jordan 2002: p. 55). Chaniotis et al. 2003 propose a date in the first or second century CE.
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Archive name:
State of edition:

Published.
Image:

Form:

Sheet
Material:

Metal (lead)
Dimensions (cm): Height: 14 Width: 14 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Jordan 2002: p. 56.
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 each, recto and verso; 26 lines, 8 recto, 18 verso.
Hand:

Findspot:

Delos, Aegean Islands, Greece

(TM places ID: 542)
Place of purchase: (TM places ID: )
Writingspot:

Delos, Aegean Islands, Greece (?)

(TM places ID: 542)
Present Location:
Collection History:

Found 1957 in the well of a house on Inopos Street (Jordan 2002: p. 55; Bruneau 1970: p. 650).
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Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography
Editions:

Bruneau, Philippe. Recherches sur les cultes de Délos. Paris: Boccard, 1970, p. 650-655.

Chaniotis, Angelos, T. Corsten, R. S. Stroud, and T. A. Tybout. “SEG 53-813. Delos. Curse tablet, 1st cent. B.C. or later.” In: Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum 53 (SEG 53), edited by Angelos Chaniotis, T. Corsten, N. Papazarkadas, and E. Stavrianopoulou, 2003, no. 813 (SEG 53 813).

Jordan, David. “Une prière de vengeance sur une tablette de plombe, à Délos”, Revue archéologique 1 (2002): 55-59.
Translations:
General:

Versnel, H. S. “Beyond Cursing: The Appeal to Justice in Judicial Prayers.” In: Magika Hiera: Ancient Greek Magic and Religion, edited by Christopher A. Faraone and Dirk Obbink. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997, p. 60-106(66-67?).

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 (24/10/2021); ST (14/11/2021); KD (15/11/2021)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP M2252," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m2252. Accessed on 20/12/2025

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