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KYPRIANOS M3789

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

P. Oxy. LXXXVI 5543
P. Oxy. 86 5543
Sackler Library, Papyrology Rooms 100/140(b)

Category: question mark icon Classification of the contents, e.g. magical (formulary or applied), alchemical, liturgical, documentary or medical.

Magical (formulary)
Contents:

Original use:

1. Ro: Letter sent by the nomarch of Antinoopolis.

Re-use:

2. Vo ll. 1-11: Love spell to make a woman not sleep invoking Hekate.
3. Vo ll. 12-18: Fragmentary; possibly love spell using sleeplessness.
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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. 251 – 300
Date notes:

Dated palaeographically, and on mention of prefect L. Mussius Aemilianus, in office ca. 259-261 CE (Zellmann-Rohrer 2021: p. 46).
Archive/collection: question mark icon Larger collection to which manuscript belongs.
Archive name:
State of edition:

Published.
Image:

Form:

Roll (?)
Sheet
Material:

Papyrus
Dimensions (cm): Height: 13.2 Width: 6.6 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Zellmann-Rohrer 2021: p. 46.
Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

Recto contains original use, cut down for re-use. Re-use upper margin preserved, all other margins lost.
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 surviving column recto (→), original use. 1 surviving column verso (↓), magical re-use, 18 surviving lines.
Hand:

Two separate hands on re-use; second hand takes over at l. 13.

Findspot:

Oxyrhynchus (Bahanasa), Egypt

(TM places ID: 1524)
Place of purchase: (TM places ID: )
Writingspot:

Oxyrhynchus (Bahanasa), Egypt

(TM places ID: 1524)
Present Location:

Oxford, Sackler Library, Papyrology Rooms
Collection History:

Likely excavated in Oxyrhynchus by the Egypt Exploration Society.
Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 264
Collection website:

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography
Editions:

Zellmann-Rohrer, Michael. “5543. Magical Formulary”, in The Oxyrhynchus Papyri, volume LXXXVI (P. Oxy. LXXXVI), edited by Amin Benaissa and Michael Zellmann-Rohrer. London: Egypt Exploration Society, 2021, p. 46-49, plate V, no. 5543.
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 To Zodion:
Edit History:

KD (15/2/2022)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP M3789," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m3789. Accessed on 29/04/2025

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