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KYPRIANOS M430

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

PGM Christian 9
BGU 3 954
Mertens-Pack 6029
Var28

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. 1-30: Amulet against disease, evil eye, and demons for a man named Silouanus son of Sarapion. May be exorcism, asks for demon of witchcraft (δαίμονα προβασκανίας) to be driven from him.
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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. 501 – 600
Date notes:

TM (12/2/2019)
Wilcken 1912: p. 159.
Jones 2015, p. 114.
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):

No dimension given in any source except Jones 2015, p. 114, who states 2 x 1 cm when folded.
Folding pattern:

Folded in antiquity and found folded, with a red/brown thread (Wilcken 1912: p. 159; Jones 2015: p. 114).
State of preservation:

Complete, after unfolding damaged (Wilcken 1901: p. 431).
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, 30 lines.
Hand:

Findspot:

Herakleopolis (Ihnasya el-Medina), Egypt

(TM places ID: 49)
Place of purchase: (TM places ID: )
Writingspot:

Herakleopolis (Ihnasya el-Medina), Egypt (?)

(TM places ID: 801)
Present Location:
Collection History:

Found in Herakleopolis Magna on February 20th 1899 by Ulrich Wilken. Now lost; burned on 1899 in Hamburg (Jones 2015: p. 114).
Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript.
Collection website: http://ww2.smb.museum/berlpap/index.php/00749/

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography
Editions:

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, Var28.

★ Jones, Brice C. “New Testament Texts on Greek Amulets from Late Antiquity and Their Relevance for Textual Criticism.” PhD thesis, Concordia University, 2015, p. 114-119, no. 10.

Ägyptische Urkunden aus den Königlichen Museen zu Berlin. Griechische Urkunden. Vol. 3. Berlin: Weidmannsche Buchhandlung, 1903, p. 278, no. 954.

Preisendanz, Karl. Papyri Graecae Magicae: Die Griechischen Zauberpapyri. Vol. 2. Stuttgart: Teubner, 1931, p. 197, no. 9.

Wessely, Carl. “Les plus anciens monuments du christianisme II.” Patrologia orientalis 18 (1924): 420-422.

Wilcken, Ulrich. “Heidnisches und Christliches aus Ägypten.” Archiv für Papyrusforschung 1 (1901): 431-436.

Wilcken, Ulrich. Grundzüge und Chrestomathie der Papyruskunde. Vol. 1. Leipzig – Berlin: Teubner, 1912, p. 159, no. 133.
Translations:

Meyer, Marvin W., and Richard Smith. Ancient Christian Magic: Coptic Texts of Ritual Power. Princeton (New Jersey): Princeton University Press, 1999, p. 42, no. 18.
General:

Trismegistos ID:

64990

 PAThs:
PGM: question mark icon Papyri Gracae Magicae

Christian 9

 SM: question mark icon Supplementum Magicum GEMF: question mark icon Greek and Egyptian Magical Formularies (forthcoming) ACM: question mark icon Ancient Christian Magic

18
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

6029
Van H: question mark icon van Haelst, Catalogue des papyrus littéraires

720

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

26

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

MPS (12/2/2019); MPS (28/9/2020)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP M430," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m430. Accessed on 07/05/2025

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