KYP M486

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KYPRIANOS M486

Sigla:

SM 42
SEG 45 2129
PSI 1 28
Florence, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana 14487
Florence, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana PSI T. 28 (parallel)

Category: Classification of the contents, e.g. magical (formulary or applied), alchemical, liturgical, documentary or medical.	Magical (applied)
Contents:	1. Ro-Vo, ll.1-66: Applied love spell to make Gorgonia, daughter of Nilogenia love Sophia, daughter of Isara.
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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.	201 – 400
Date notes:	Daniel & Maltomini (1990: p. 132).
Archive/collection: Larger collection to which manuscript belongs.
Archive name:
State of edition:	Published.
Image:

Form:	Sheet
Material:	Metal (lead)

Dimensions (cm):

Height: 17.5

Width: 19.5

Depth:

Dimensions (notes):	Col. website (4/11/2020).
Folding pattern:
State of preservation:	Complete.
Pages/Columns: Total surviving columns in the manuscript for rolls, sheets and rotuli; total number of pages for codices.	2
Pages/Columns (notes):	1 column each, recto and verso. 62 lines recto, 4 lines verso.
Hand:

Findspot:	Hermopolis, Egypt (TM places ID: 816)
Place of purchase:	(TM places ID: )
Writingspot:	Hermopolis, Egypt (TM places ID: 816)
Present Location:	Florence, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana
Collection History:	No acquisition information.
Trismegistos collection: Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript.	128
Collection website:	http://www.psi-online.it/documents/psi;1;28

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography

Editions:	Daniel, Robert W., and Franco Maltomini. Supplementum Magicum. Vol. 1. Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag, 1990, p. 132-153, no. 42. Norsa, Medea. “Editio princeps de PSI I 28 (ll. 1-62).” In: Omaggio al IV convegno dei classicisti tenuto a Firence dal 18 al 20 aprile del 1911. Florence 1911, p. 20-26, no. 5. Norsa, Medea. Pubblicazioni della Società Italiana per la ricerca dei papiri greci e latini in Egitto: Papiri greci e latini. Vol. 1. Florence: Tipografia Enrico Ariani, 1912, p. 63-69, no. 28. Pleket, Henry W., et al. “SEG 46-2129. Hermoupolis Magna. Lead tablet inscribed with a spell, 3rd/4th cent. A.D.” In: Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum 46 (SEG 46), edited by A. Chaniotis et al., 1996, no. 2129 (SEG 46 2129).
Translations:	Hewitt, Seán and Luke Edward Hall, “Sophia’s Spell.” In: 30,000 Kisses: Tales of Queer Love from the Ancient World. Particular Books, p. 89-93.
General:	Brooten, Bernadette. Love between Women: Early Christian Responses to Female Homoeroticism. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996. Maltomini, Franco. “Osservazioni al testo di alcuni papiri magici greci.” In: Miscellanea critica. Vol. 7. Florence: Teubner, 1980, p. 176.4 Wünsch, Richard. “Review of Omaggio della Società italiana per la ricerca dei papiri greci in Egitto al quarto Convegno dei Classicisti tenuto in Firenze dal XVIII al XX aprile del MCMXI.” Berliner philologische Wochenschrift 32 (1912): 3-6.

Trismegistos ID:

92863

PAThs:

PGM: Papyri Gracae Magicae	SM: Supplementum Magicum	42	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	144	To Zodion:

Edit History:

KD (25/10/2019); ST (4/11/2020)

How to cite:

Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP M486," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m486. Accessed on 07/12/2025

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