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KYPRIANOS M414

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P. Oxy. VI 925
PGM Christian 1

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Oracle ticket
Contents:

1. Ro ll. 1-7: Oracle ticket
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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. 401 – 600
Date notes:

TM (4/2/2019); Grenfel, Hunt 1908: p. 291.
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Archive name:
State of edition:

Published.
Image:

Form:

Sheet
Material:

Papyrus
Dimensions (cm): Height: 5.6 Width: 9.6 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Grenfel, Hunt 1908: p. 291.
Folding pattern:

Folded (?)
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, 7 lines.
Hand:

Findspot:

Oxyrhynchus (Bahanasa), Egypt

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

Oxyrhynchus (Bahanasa), Egypt

(TM places ID: 1524)
Present Location:

Oxford, Sackler Library, Papyrology Rooms
Collection History:

Grenfell and Hunt excavated the object for the Egypt Exploration Fund in 1897. It was donated to Princeton Theological Seminary in 1915 through Prof. William Park Armstrong. (Papyri.info 2 4/2/2019)
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:

★ Grenfell, Bernard P., and Athur S. Hunt. The Oxyrhynchus Papyri. Vol. 6. London: The Egypt Exploration Fund, 1908, p. 291, no. 925.

Wilcken, Ulrich. Chrestomathie. Grundzüge und Chrestomathie der Papyruskunde. Vol. 2.2. Leipzig: Berlin: Teubner, 1912, p. 158-159, no. 132.

Preisendanz, Karl, and Albert Henrichs. Papyri Graecae Magicae: Die Griechischen Zauberpapyri. Vol 2. Stuttgart: Teubner, 1973–1974, no. 209.

Hunt, Arthur S., C. C. Edgar, and Denys L. Page. Select Papyri. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1932, no. 196.
Translations:

Meyer, Marvin W., and Richard Smith. Ancient Christian Magic: Coptic Texts of Ritual Power. Princeton (New Jersey): Princeton University Press, 1999, p. 52, no. 30.
General:

Metzger, Hubert. Nachrichten aus dem Wüstensand. Eine Sammlung von Papyruszeugnissen. Zürich : Artemis-Verl., 1974, no. 77 [non vidi].

Trismegistos ID:

35312

 PAThs:
PGM: question mark icon Papyri Gracae Magicae

Christian 1

 SM: question mark icon Supplementum Magicum GEMF: question mark icon Greek and Egyptian Magical Formularies (forthcoming) ACM: question mark icon Ancient Christian Magic

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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

954

 Bruyn-Dijkstra: question mark icon de Bruyn and Dijkstra, “Greek Amulets and Formularies (Checklist)" TheDefix: question mark icon Thesaurus Defixionum To Zodion:
Edit History:

MPS (4/2/2019); MPS (28/9/2020)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP M414," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m414. Accessed on 28/10/2025

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