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KYPRIANOS M3858

Sigla:

GMA 38
London, British Museum inv. no. 1867,0807.1
cat. no. 3153
SEG 621

Category: Classification of the contents, e.g. magical (formulary or applied), alchemical, liturgical, documentary or medical.	Magical (applied)
Contents:	1. Ro. ll. 1-10: Applied amulet for protection of Phaeinos from demons.
	See all texts in this manuscript.

Language(s):	Greek
Script(s):	Greek
Dialect:
Language/dialect notes:
Date: Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE.	101 – 300
Date notes:	Second CE to third CE according to Kotansky (1994: p. 206; Marshall 1911: p. 378; Pleket/Stroud 1984: p. 148; Daniel 1981: p. 275).
Archive/collection: Larger collection to which manuscript belongs.
Archive name:
State of edition:	Published
Image:	https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/G_1867-0807-1

Form:	Sheet
Material:	Metal (gold)

Dimensions (cm):

Height: 2.54

Width: 5.08

Depth:

Dimensions (notes):	Collection website (25/8/2025); H. 5,2 cm W. 2,1 cm according to Kotansky (1994: p. 206).
Folding pattern:	Rolled, about 8-9 vertical creases visible.
State of preservation:	Complete.
Pages/Columns: Total surviving columns in the manuscript for rolls, sheets and rotuli; total number of pages for codices.	1
Pages/Columns (notes):	1 column recto, 10 lines.
Hand:

Findspot:	Amphipolis, Thrace, Macedonia (?) (TM places ID: 161)
Place of purchase:	(TM places ID: )
Writingspot:	Amphipolis, Thrace, Macedonia (?) (TM places ID: 161)
Present Location:	London, British Museum
Collection History:	Purchased from Rev. Peter Crosbie in 1867 (collection website; 24/8/2025).
Trismegistos collection: Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript.	193
Collection website:	https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/G_1867-0807-1

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography

Editions:	Daniel, Robert W. “A Phylactery from Amphipolis.” Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 41 (1981): 275-276. Kotansky, Roy. Greek Magical Amulets. The Inscribed Gold, Silver, Copper, and Bronze Lamellae. Part I. Published Texts of Known Provenance. Papyrologica Coloniesia Vol. 22. Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag GmbH, 1994, p. 206-210, no. 38. Marshall, Frederick. H. Catalogue of the Jewellery, Greek, Etruscan, and Roman in the Departments of Antiquities, British Museum. London: Order of the Trustees, 1911, p. 378-379, no. 3153. Pleket, Henry W., and Ronald S. Stroud, eds. Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum, vol. 31. Amsterdam: J.C. Gieben, 1984, p. 148, no. 621.
Translations:
General:	Zuntz, Günter. “Book Three. The Gold Leaves.“ In Persephone. Three Essays on Religion Thought in Magna Gaecia. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1971, p. 279-280.

Trismegistos ID:

884048

PAThs:

PGM: Papyri Gracae Magicae	SM: Supplementum Magicum	GEMF: Greek and Egyptian Magical Formularies (forthcoming)	ACM: Ancient Christian Magic
Bélanger Sarrazin: Bélanger-Sarrazin. “Catalogue des textes magiques coptes”	AKZ: Ausgewählte koptische Zaubertexte	CBd: Campbell-Bonner Magical Gems Database	Mert.-Pack: Mertens-Pack online database
Van H: van Haelst, Catalogue des papyrus littéraires	Bruyn-Dijkstra: de Bruyn and Dijkstra, “Greek Amulets and Formularies (Checklist)"	TheDefix: Thesaurus Defixionum	To Zodion:

Edit History:

KD (13/9/2022); SG (27/12/2024): MPS (24/8/2025); MPS (25/8/2025)

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