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KYPRIANOS M2253

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Sammlung der griechischen Dialekt-Inschriften (SGDI), Bd. III no. 3536

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Magical (applied)
Contents:

1. Ro ll. 1-34 + vo ll. 1-29: Curse by Antigone against Asclepiades
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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 – 0
Date notes:

Collitz & Bechtel (1899: p. 233); 2nd-3rd cent. BCE: Newton (1863: p. 724).
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State of edition:

Published.
Image:

Form:

Sheet
Material:

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

No information given. Tall and narrow.
Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

Complete, but significant damage to text on the verso.
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; 34 lines recto, 29 lines verso (22 of which are illegible).
Hand:

Findspot:

Knidos, Asia Minor

(TM places ID: 1121)
Place of purchase: (TM places ID: )
Writingspot:

Knidos, Asia Minor

(TM places ID: 1121)
Present Location:
Collection History:

Found near some bases of statues in the temenos of Demeter and brought to the British Museum by Newton. (Collitz & Bechtel 1899: p. 233; Newton et al. 1863: p. 719).
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Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography
Editions:

Collitz, Hermann and Fritz Bechtel. Sammlung der Griechischen Dialekt-Inschriften. Die Inschriften der Dorischen Gebiete ausser Lakonien, Thera, Melos, Kreta, Sicilien. Vol. 3.1. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1899, p. 233-235, no. 3536.

Newton, Charles T. and Richard P. Pullan. A History of Discoveries at Halicarnassus, Cnidus & Branchidae. Vol. 2. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1863, p. 719-731, pl. 4, no. 81.
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 (22/11/2021); KD (24/11/2021)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP M2253," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m2253. Accessed on 02/11/2025

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