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KYPRIANOS M424

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

PGM Christian 6b
P.Oxy. VII 1058
Princeton, Theological Seminary P. 3

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 Apphouas
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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. 301 – 500
Date notes:

TM (20/2/2019); Hunt 1910: p. 212.
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: 11.9 Width: 9.2 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Hunt 1910: p. 212.
Folding pattern:

Perhaps 1 horizontal crease (?)
State of preservation:

Complete. Good condition.
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.
Hand:

Large uncial 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:

Excavated by Grenfell and Hunt for the Egypt Exploration Fund, probably in the 1905-1906 season. Donated to Princeton Theological Seminary in 1915 through Prof. William Park Armstrong. See (Papyri.info 20/2/2020).
Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 290
Collection website:

Notes/Discussion:

Perhaps folded down centre.
a few words written in different directions, apparently to try a pen (Grenfell and Hunt)

Bibiliography
Editions:

Blumell, Lincoln H., and Thomas A. Wayment. Christian Oxyrynchus. Texts, Documents, and Sources. Waco: Bylor University Press, 2015, no. 101.

★ Hunt, Arthur S. The Oxyrhynchus Papyri. Vol. 7. London: The Egypt Exploration Fund, 1910, p. 212, no. 1058.

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

http://papyri.info/apis/pts.apis.3

Trismegistos ID:

64603

 PAThs:
PGM: question mark icon Papyri Gracae Magicae

Christian 6b

 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

955

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

109

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

MPS (20/2/2019); MPS (28/9/2020)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP M424," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m424. Accessed on 18/05/2024

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