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KYPRIANOS M425

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

PGM Christian 6c
P. Oxy. VII 1059
P. Oxy. 7 1059

Category: question mark icon Classification of the contents, e.g. magical (formulary or applied), alchemical, liturgical, documentary or medical.

Magical (applied)
Contents:

Original use:

1. Recto: List of garments and their value.

Re-use:

2. Verso ll. 1-7: Amulet to protect family, names members.
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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. 450 – 500
Date notes:

TM (22/2/2019); Hunt 1910: p. 212: 5th century AD
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: Width: Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

6.1 x 12.2 – dimensions by Hunt 1910: p. 212.
Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

Compete.
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 verso, 7 lines (magical re-use).
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:

New Haven, Yale Divinity School
Collection History:

Previously in the Newton Centre, Andover Newton Theological School (TM 28/9/2020).
Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 3944
Collection website:

Notes/Discussion:

G. Cavallo – H.Maehler, Greek Bookhands, pl.21a (Photo)

Recto contans the first four lines of a list of garments with their values.

Bibiliography
Editions:

★ Hunt, Arthur S. The Oxyrhynchus Papyri. Vol. 7. London: The Egypt Exploration Fund, 1910, p. 212-213, no. 1059 Vo.

Preisendanz, Karl. Papyri Graecae Magicae: Die Griechischen Zauberpapyri. Vol 2. Stuttgart: Teubner, 1931, p. 195, Christliches no. 6c.
Translations:
General:

Trismegistos ID:

64683
35309

 PAThs:
PGM: question mark icon Papyri Gracae Magicae

Christian 6c

 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

956

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

110

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

MPS (22/2/2019); MPS (28/9/2020); KD (16/1/2025)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP M425," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m425. Accessed on 28/10/2025

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