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KYPRIANOS M2255

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

Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum (SEG), Bd. 47 no. 1438
Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum (SEG), Bd. XLVII no. 1438
SEG XLVII 1438
SEG 47 1438

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. 1-4: Curse calling upon holy daimons against Onēsimon.
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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 – 500
Date notes:

Dated only to “Roman period”, i.e. 1st century BCE to 4th century CE (Chaniotis, Pleket, Stroud, & Strubbe 1997: p. 386).
Archive/collection: question mark icon Larger collection to which manuscript belongs.
Archive name:
State of edition:

Published.
Image:

Form:

Tablet
Material:

Metal (lead)
Dimensions (cm): Height: 3.8 Width: 8.5 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Manganaro (1997: p. 330).
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.

1
Pages/Columns (notes):

1 column recto, 4 lines.
Hand:

Findspot:

Ragusia, Sicily

(TM places ID: 33125)
Place of purchase: (TM places ID: )
Writingspot:

Ragusia, Sicily (?)

(TM places ID: 33125)
Present Location:

Private collection
Collection History:

Find in Passo Marinaro affirmed by Dr. Prospeto Cacia (Manganaro 1997: p. 330).
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Collection website:

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography
Editions:

Chaniotis, Angelos, H. W. Pleket, R. S. Stroud, and J. H. M. Strubbe. “SEG 47-1438. Kamarina. Defixio, Roman Imperial period.” In: Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum 47 (SEG 47), edited by Angelos Chaniotis, H. W. Pleket, R. S. Stroud, and J. H. M. Strubbe. Amsterdam: J. C. Gieben, 1997, no 1438, p. 386.

Manganaro, Giacomo. “Nuove Tavolette di Piombo Inscritte Siceliote.” La Parola del Passato 52 (1997): 330+342, no. 13.
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 (24/3/2022); ST (29/3/2022); ST (31/3/2022); ST (25/5/2022); KD (23/6/2022)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP M2255," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m2255. Accessed on 02/05/2024

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