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KYPRIANOS M415

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

P. Oxy. VII 1060
Manchester, John Rylands Library Gr. 452
PGM Christian 2

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. 1-11: Charm calling on Artemesian scorpion to protect house against scorpions, reptiles and practices.
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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. 501 – 600
Date notes:

TM (15/2/2019); Meyer & Smith (1999: p. 48); Preisendanz (1931: p. 189); 301-400 (Van Haelst).
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: 9.2 Width: 6.3 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Hunt 1910: p. 213.
Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

Fragmentary (?)
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, 11 lines.
Hand:

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:

Text mentions Phocas, Syrian martyr, whose tomb was used by people suffering from snake-bites. See P. Oxy. 7., p. 214.
Striking similarities to Oslo papyrus-. see Dögler in Aeg 3 (1922), p. 67.

Bibiliography
Editions:

★ Hunt, Arthur S. The Oxyrhynchus Papyri. Vol. 7. London: The Egypt Exploration Fund, 1910, p. 213-214, no. 1060.

Preisendanz, Karl. Papyri Graecae Magicae: Die Griechischen Zauberpapyri. Vol 2. Stuttgart: Teubner, 1931, p. 189-190, Christliches no. 2.

Tod, Marcus N. “The Scorpion in Graeco-Roman Egypt.” The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 25.1 (1939): 55-61, p. 60, no. 5.
Translations:

Meyer, Marvin W., and Richard Smith. Ancient Christian Magic: Coptic Texts of Ritual Power. Princeton (New Jersey): Princeton University Press, 1999, p. 48-49, no. 25.
General:

Trismegistos ID:

64461

 PAThs:
PGM: question mark icon Papyri Gracae Magicae

Christian 2

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

25
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

957

 Bruyn-Dijkstra: question mark icon de Bruyn and Dijkstra, “Greek Amulets and Formularies (Checklist)"

16

 TheDefix: question mark icon Thesaurus Defixionum To Zodion:
Edit History:

MPS (15/2/2019); MPS (28/9/2020)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP M415," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m415. Accessed on 28/10/2025

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