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KYPRIANOS M3593

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Tablet Fayez
SEG LVII 1985
SEG 57 1985

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. 1-33: Applied binding curse against three runners, Antiokhos, son of Tabēkh, Hierax, son of Tamin, and Kastor, also known as Dioskoros, son of Tekosis.
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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. 301 – 400
Date notes:

Tomlin 2007: p. 161
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Archive name:
State of edition:

Published
Image:

Form:

Sheet
Material:

Lead
Dimensions (cm): Height: 7.8 Width: 11.8 Depth: .5
Dimensions (notes):

Dimensions from Tomlin 2007: p. 161.
Folding pattern:

Originally folded or rolled (Tomlin 2007: p. 161).
State of preservation:

Complete, some damage to upper right hand corner, right edge, and left edge.
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, 33 lines.
Hand:

Findspot:

Egypt

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

Egypt

(TM places ID: )
Present Location:

Private collection Fayez Barakat.
Collection History:

In the collection of Fayez Barakat (Tomlin 2007: p. 161).
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Collection website:

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography
Editions:

A. Chaniotis, T. Corsten, R.S. Stroud and R.A. Tybout, “SEG 57-1985. Egypt. Unknown provenance. Magic spell against three competitors in a foot race, 4th cent. A.D.”, in Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum (SEG), vol. 57. Leiden: Brill, 2007, online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1874-6772_seg_a57_1985

Tomlin, ‘Roger S.O. “Remain like Stones, Unmoving, Un-running’: Another Greek Spell against Competitors in a Foot-Race”, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 160 (2007), pp. 161-166.
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:

KD (25/11/2021)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP M3593," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m3593. Accessed on 05/11/2025

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