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KYPRIANOS M420

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

P. Oxy. VIII 1151
PGM Christian 5b
Glasgow, University MS Gen. 1026/12

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: Amulet to heal and protect Ioannia daughter of Anastasia

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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. 431 – 500
Date notes:

TM (18/2/2019); Jones 2015: p. 142 and Hunt 1911: p. 251 state 5th century AD.

Archive/collection: question mark icon Larger collection to which manuscript belongs.
Archive name:
State of edition:

Published

Image: https://www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/library/files/special/teach/papyrus/oxyrhynchus1151.html

Form:

Sheet

Material:

Papyrus

Dimensions (cm): Height: 23.4 Width: 4.4 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Hunt 1911: p. 251.

Folding pattern:

Folded horizontally several times. Amulet was found tightly folded and tied with a string (Hunt 1911: p. 251).

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, 56 lines.

Hand:

Informal majuscule with letters mostly detached and upright, described as professional by Luijendijk (see Jones 2015, p. 144 and Luijendijk 2014: p. 419).

Findspot:

Oxyrhynchus (Bahanasa), Egypt

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

Oxyrhynchus (Bahanasa), Egypt (?)

(TM places ID: 1524)
Present Location:

Glasgow, University

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. 141
Collection website: http://special.lib.gla.ac.uk/teach/papyrus/oxyrhynchus1151.html

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography
Editions:

Hunt, Arthur S. The Oxyrhynchus papyri. Vol. 8. London: The Egypt Exploration Fund, 1911, p. 251-253, no. 1151.

★ Jones, Brice C. “New Testament Texts on Greek Amulets from Late Antiquity and Their Relevance for Textual Criticism.” PhD thesis, Concordia University, 2015, p. 142-148, no. 17.

Preisendanz, Karl, and Henrichs, Albert. Papyri Graecae Magicae: Die Griechischen Zauberpapyri. Vol. 2. Stuttgart: Teubner, 1974, p. 212, Christliches no. 5b.


Translations:

Luijendijk, AnneMarie. “A Gospel Amulet for Joannia (P.Oxy. VIII 1151).” In Daughters of Hecate: Women and Magic in the Ancient World, edited by Kimberly B. Stratton and Dayna S. Kalleres. Oxford: Oxford University Press,

2014, 418-433.

Meyer, Marvin W., and Richard Smith. Ancient Christian Magic: Coptic Texts of Ritual Power. Princeton (New Jersey): Princeton University Press, 1999, p. 40-41, no. 16.

Piwowarczyk, Przemysław. “Microtheologies behind the Biblical Amulets.” Journal of Juristic Papyrology 49 (2019): p. 269-272.


General:

Aland, Kurt. Repertorium der griechischen christlichen Papyri. Biblische Papyri, Altes Testament, Neues Testament, Varia, Apokryphen. Vol. 1. Patristische Texte und Studien 18. Berlin: de Gruyter, 1976,p. 418-420, no. 32. (non vidi)


Trismegistos ID:

61652

PAThs:
PGM: question mark icon Papyri Gracae Magicae

Christian 5b

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

959

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

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

MPS (18/2/2019); MPS (11/9/2020)


How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP M420," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m420. Accessed on 07/05/2025

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