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KYPRIANOS M485

Sigla:

SM 54
SEG 44 1444
DT 38
BNF Cabinet de Médailles Inv. C 3844

Category: Classification of the contents, e.g. magical (formulary or applied), alchemical, liturgical, documentary or medical.	Magical (applied)
Contents:	1. Ro ll. 1-39: Applied curse or love spell to subject Annianos to Ionikos.
	See all texts in this manuscript.

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.	101 – 300
Date notes:	Daniel & Maltomini (1992: p. 15).
Archive/collection: Larger collection to which manuscript belongs.
Archive name:
State of edition:	Published.
Image:

Form:	Sheet
Material:	Metal (lead)

Dimensions (cm):

Height: 15

Width: 16

Depth:

Dimensions (notes):	Daniel & Maltomini (1992: p. 15).
Folding pattern:
State of preservation:	Complete, bottom damaged.
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, 39 surviving lines.
Hand:

Findspot:	Alexandria, Egypt (TM places ID: 2)
Place of purchase:	(TM places ID: )
Writingspot:	Alexandria, Egypt (TM places ID: 2)
Present Location:	Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale. Cabinet des Médailles
Collection History:	Given to the museum by R.P. Poussou after being found in the “rubble of Alexandria” (Alexandriae rudera; Lenormant 1854: p. 369)
Trismegistos collection: Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript.	2593
Collection website:

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography

Editions:	Babelon, Ernest, and Adrien Blanchet. Catalogue des bronzes antiques de la Bibliothèque Nationale. Paris: Leroux, 1895, p. 701-703, no. 2296. Daniel, Robert W., and Franco Maltomini. Supplementum Magicum. Vol. 2. Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag, 1992, p. 15-25, no. 54. Moraux, Paul. Une defixion judiciaire au Musee d’Istanbul. Bruxelles: Palais des Academies, 1960, p. 48, no. 1. Pleket, Henry W., et al. “SEG 44-1444. Alexandria. Erotic Spell on a Lead Curse Tablet, 3rd cent. A.D.?” In: Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum 44 (SEG 44), edited by A. Chaniotis et al, 1994, no. 1444 (SEG 44 1444). Wessely, Carl. Ephesi Grammata Aus Papyrusrollen, Inschriften, Gemmen Etc. Gesammelt. Montana: Kessinger Publishing, 1886, no. 244.
Translations:
General:	Jordan, David R. “Magica Graeca Parvula.” Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 100 (1994): 322-323. Kuhnert, Ernst. “Feuerzauber.” Rheinisches Museum für Philologie 49 (1894): 37-38. Lenormant, Fraciscus. “De tabulis devotionis plumbeis Alexandrinis.” Rheinisches Museum für Philologie 9 (1854): 369-382. Wachsmuth, C. “Inschriften aus Korkyra.” Rheinisches Museum für Philologie 18 (1863): 563. Zündel, J. “Aegyptische Glossen. 1. Ueber die Fluchformel auf der Alexandrinischen Bleitafel.” Rheinisches Museum für Philologie 19 (1864): 483-496.

Trismegistos ID:

92337

PAThs:

PGM: Papyri Gracae Magicae	SM: Supplementum Magicum	54	GEMF: Greek and Egyptian Magical Formularies (forthcoming)		ACM: Ancient Christian Magic
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
Van H: van Haelst, Catalogue des papyrus littéraires	Bruyn-Dijkstra: de Bruyn and Dijkstra, “Greek Amulets and Formularies (Checklist)"		TheDefix: Thesaurus Defixionum	298	To Zodion:

Edit History:

KD (20/5/2020); ST (3/11/2020); ST (4/11/2020)

How to cite:

Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP M485," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m485. Accessed on 29/10/2025

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