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KYPRIANOS M466

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

PGM CXIII
SM 17
P.Amst. 1 15

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. 1-4: Amulet against scorpion
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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 – 500
Date notes:

TM (30/9/2020); Sijpstein 1976: p. 108.
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: 8.3 Width: 6.4 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Sijpstein 1976: p. 108.
Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

Incomplete.
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 (→), 4 lines.
Hand:

Findspot:

Egypt

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

Egypt

(TM places ID: 49)
Present Location:

Amsterdam, University Library P. Sem. 161
Collection History:
Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 11
Collection website:

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography
Editions:

Daniel, Robert W., and Franco Maltomini. Supplementum Magicum. Vol. 1. Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag, 1990, p. 46, no. 17.

Salomons, Robert P., Pieter J. Sijpesteijn, and Klass A. Worp. Die Amsterdamer Papyri I: (P. Amst. I). Studia Amstelodamensia ad epigraphicam, ius antiquum et papyrologicam pertinentia 14. Zutphen: Terra, 1980, p. 34, no. 15.

★ Sijpesteijn, Pieter J. “Amulett gegen Skorpionstich.”Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphie 22 (1976): p. 108.
Translations:

Betz, Hans D. The Greek Magical Papyri in Translation. Including the Demotic Spells. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1986, p. 313, no. PGM 113.
General:

Horak, Ulrike. Illuminierte Papyri, Pergamente und Papiere. Pegasus Oriens no. 1. Wien: Holzhausen, 1992, p. 244, ViP 166.

Tod, Marcus N. “The Scorpion in Graeco-Roman Egypt.” The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 25.1 (1939): 55-61.

Trismegistos ID:

64681

 PAThs:
PGM: question mark icon Papyri Gracae Magicae

113

 SM: question mark icon Supplementum Magicum

17

 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

6057
Van H: question mark icon van Haelst, Catalogue des papyrus littéraires Bruyn-Dijkstra: question mark icon de Bruyn and Dijkstra, “Greek Amulets and Formularies (Checklist)" TheDefix: question mark icon Thesaurus Defixionum To Zodion:
Edit History:

MPS (30/9/2020)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP M466," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m466. Accessed on 24/10/2025

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