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KYPRIANOS M423

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PGM Christian 6a
P.Oxy. VIII 1152
Princeton, Theological Seminary P. 8

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. 1-6: Amulet to protect a house
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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 (20/2/2019); Hunt 1911, p. 253.
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: 4.2 Width: 6.1 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Hunt 1911: p. 253.
Folding pattern:

No evidence of folding (Litpap 20/2/2019)
State of preservation:

Complete. Minor damage.
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 (↓), 6 lines written across fibres (Hunt 1911: p. 235).
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:

Princeton, Theological Seminary
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. 290
Collection website:

Notes/Discussion:

Print illustration: Wessely, AMC 2, p.403-404

Bibiliography
Editions:

★ Hunt, Arthur S. The Oxyrhynchus Papyri. Vol. 8. London: The Egypt Exploration Fund, 1911, p. 253, no. 1152.

Preisendanz, Karl. Papyri Graecae Magicae: Die Griechischen Zauberpapyri. Vol 2. Stuttgart: Teubner, 1931, p. 194, Christliches no. 6a.
Translations:
General:

http://litpap.info/dclp/64911

D’Alessio, Giovan B. “Danni materiali e ricostruzione di rotoli papiracei: Le Elleniche di Ossirinco (“POxy” 842) e altri esempi.” Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 134 (2001): p. 38.

Trismegistos ID:

64911

 PAThs:
PGM: question mark icon Papyri Gracae Magicae

Christian 6a

 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

960

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

24

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

MPS (20/2/2019); MPS (28/9/2020); MPS (12/1/2022)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP M423," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m423. Accessed on 28/10/2025

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