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KYPRIANOS M427

Sigla:

PGM Christian 7
PGM P 7
P. Oxy. XI 1384
Glasgow, University MS Gen. 1026/16
Mertens-Pack 02410.000

Category: Classification of the contents, e.g. magical (formulary or applied), alchemical, liturgical, documentary or medical.	Magical (formulary) Medical (recipes)
Contents:	1. Ro ll. 1-14: Ingredients for laxative 2. Ro ll. 15-22: Narrative charm for healing 3. Ro ll. 23-29: Narrative charm against eye disease 4. Ro ll. 30-33: For difficulty in urination 5. Ro ll. 34-36: For treatment of wounds
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Language(s):	Greek
Script(s):	Greek
Dialect:
Language/dialect notes:
Date: Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE.	401 – 600
Date notes:	TM (22/2/2019); Grenfell, Hunt 1915: p. 238: 5th century AD; Mazza 2007: p. 439: 5-6th century AD.
Archive/collection: Larger collection to which manuscript belongs.
Archive name:
State of edition:	Published.
Image:	http://special.lib.gla.ac.uk/teach/papyrus/oxyrhynchus1384.html

Form:	Sheet
Material:	Papyrus

Dimensions (cm):

Height: 30.2

Width: 15.4

Depth:

Dimensions (notes):	Grenfell, Hunt 1915: p. 238.
Folding pattern:	6 horizontal folds (?) and 3 vertical folds.
State of preservation:	Fragmentary, most of right half of the papyrus missing.
Pages/Columns: Total surviving columns in the manuscript for rolls, sheets and rotuli; total number of pages for codices.	1
Pages/Columns (notes):	1 column recto (→), 36 lines. Kollesis visible in the middle of the sheet.
Hand:	Irregular, rather large script (Mazza 2007: p. 439).

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: 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/oxyrhynchus1384.html

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography

Editions:	Grenfell, Bernard P., and Athur S. Hunt. The Oxyrhynchus Papyri. Vol. 11. London: The Egypt Exploration Fund, 1915, p. 238-241, no. 1384. ★ Mazza, Roberta. “P. Oxy. XI, 1384: medicina, rituali di guarigione e cristianesimi nell’Egitto tardoantico.” Annali di Storia dell’Esegesi, monographical issue on ‘Ancient Christianity and “Magic”/ Il cristianesimo antico e la “magia” 24.2 (2007): 437-462. Preisendanz, Karl. Papyri Graecae Magicae: Die Griechischen Zauberpapyri. Vol 2. Stuttgart: Teubner, 1931, p. 195, Christliches no. 7.
Translations:	Meyer, Marvin W., and Richard Smith. Ancient Christian Magic: Coptic Texts of Ritual Power. Princeton (New Jersey): Princeton University Press, 1999, p. 31, no. 4.
General:	Marganne, Marie-Hélène. Inventaire analytique des papyrus grecs de médecine. Genève: Droz, 1981, no. 136.

Trismegistos ID:

62077

PAThs:

PGM: Papyri Gracae Magicae	Christian 7	SM: Supplementum Magicum	GEMF: Greek and Egyptian Magical Formularies (forthcoming)	88	ACM: Ancient Christian Magic	4
Bélanger Sarrazin: Bélanger-Sarrazin. “Catalogue des textes magiques coptes”		AKZ: Ausgewählte koptische Zaubertexte	CBd: Campbell-Bonner Magical Gems Database		Mert.-Pack: Mertens-Pack online database	02410
Van H: van Haelst, Catalogue des papyrus littéraires	584	Bruyn-Dijkstra: de Bruyn and Dijkstra, “Greek Amulets and Formularies (Checklist)"	TheDefix: Thesaurus Defixionum		To Zodion:

Edit History:

MPS (22/2/2019); MPS (28/9/2020); KD (25/7/2024)

How to cite:

Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP M427," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m427. Accessed on 28/10/2025

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