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KYPRIANOS M3751

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

P. Monac. inv. ÄS 6792
Munich, Staatliches Museum Ägyptischer Kunst 6792
SB 20 14664
SB XX 14664

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. 1-56: Love spell to make Isis, daughter of Auei, fall in love with Priskos, son of Annous.
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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:

Brashear 1992: 85 dates to the fourth century CE based on palaeography.
Archive/collection: question mark icon Larger collection to which manuscript belongs.
Archive name:
State of edition:

Published.
Image:

Form:

Sheet
Material:

Papyrus
Dimensions (cm): Height: 34 Width: 19 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

(Brashear 1992: 84).
Folding pattern:

7 horizontal, 5 (?) vertical creases.
State of preservation:

Complete, somedamage along folds.
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 (↓), 56 lines.
Hand:

Findspot:

Egypt

(TM places ID: 49)
Place of purchase: (TM places ID: )
Writingspot:

Egypt

(TM places ID: 49)
Present Location:

Munich, Staatliches Museum Ägyptischer Kunst
Collection History:

Purchased by the Staatlichen Sammlung Ägyptischer Kunst in Munich in 1982 (Brashear 1992: 79).
Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 237
Collection website:

Notes/Discussion:

Part of ensemble consisting of a jar, into which was placed the papyrus along with two embracing wax figurines wrapped in the papyrus (Brashear 1992: 79).

Bibiliography
Editions:

Brashear, William M. “Ein neues Zauberensemble in München”, Studien zur Altägyptischen Kultur 19 (1992): 79-109.

Rupprecht, Hans-Albert and Joachim Hengstl. Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten. Vol. 20. Wiesbaden: Harrasowitz, 1997, p. 441-442, no. 14664.
Translations:

Jördens, Andrea. “Griechische Texte aus Ägypten.” In Omina, Orakel, Rituale und Beschwörungen Texte aus der Umwelt des Alten Testaments. Vol. 4. Gütersloh: Gütersloher Verlagshaus, 2008, p. 438-440, no. 5.5.4.
General:

Wildung, in: Miinchner Jahrbuch der bildenden Kunst 1983, 210-211, und dort abgebildet (Abb. 14) . Wachsf iguren: As 6791, Papyrus: As 6792, Tontopf: As 6793

Trismegistos ID:

34053

 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 To Zodion:
Edit History:

KD (26/11/2021); KD (17/3/2022); KD (28/3/2022)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP M3751," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m3751. Accessed on 16/04/2024

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