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KYPRIANOS M526

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

GEMF 34
PGM LXII
P. Warren 21
Leiden, Papyrological Institute P. Warren 21
P. L. Bat. 1 21
P. L. Bat. I 21

Category: question mark icon Classification of the contents, e.g. magical (formulary or applied), alchemical, liturgical, documentary or medical.

Magical (formulary)
Sortition oracle
Astrological (horoscopes)
Contents:

1. Ro col. 1 ll. 1-23: Lamp divination ritual (love spell)
2. Ro col. 2 ll. 1-21, 27: Vessel divination using a child as medium
3. Ro col. 2 ll. 22-26: Psephistic process to find out if a man is alive or dead (divination)
4. Vo col. 1 ll. 1-23: 4 horoscopes
5. Vo col. 2 ll. 1-31: Curse to cause menstrual bleeding or abortion
6. Vo col. 3 ll. 1-27: Katochos (restraining procedure)
See all texts in this manuscript.

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. 244 – 300
Date notes:

Preisendanz dates to third century (1974: p. 192). Mid to late 3rd century (GEMF 4/10/2020). Horoscopes are for individuals born from 217-244.
Archive/collection: question mark icon Larger collection to which manuscript belongs.
Archive name:
State of edition:

Published.
Image: https://papyri.info/dclp/64079/images

Form:

Roll
Material:

Papyrus
Dimensions (cm): Height: 18.9 Width: 30.6 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

David et al 1941: p. 52.
Folding pattern:

10 vertical creases, likely due to rolling.
State of preservation:

Some damage. Recto complete, verso broken off at the side.
Pages/Columns: question mark icon Total surviving columns in the manuscript for rolls, sheets and rotuli; total number of pages for codices.

5
Pages/Columns (notes):

2 columns recto (→), 3 columns verso (↓)and a drawing. Column widths: 11 (col. 1), 13.8 (col. 2), 8 (col. 3), 13.9 (col. 4) (measurements by KD from photo 7/6/2020).
Hand:

PGM LXII Hands 1-4

Findspot:

Egypt (?)

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

Egypt (?)

(TM places ID: 49)
Present Location:

Leiden, Papyrological Institute
Lewes, Private collection Warren (previous)
Collection History:

Donated ca. 1935 by Edward Perry Warren (1860-1928) (Worp 2010: p. 238-240)
Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 180
Collection website: https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/geesteswetenschappen/papyrologisch-instituut/de-papyruscollectie/online-tentoonstelling#magie-en-bij-geloof

Notes/Discussion:

Due to the different hands and styles, the uneven column widths and the combination of horoscopes with magical recipes the manuscript might be written over a period of time (GEMF 4/10/2020).

Image of verso here: http://ullet.net/papyrology/LPIW21v.jpg

Bibiliography
Editions:

★ David, Martin, Bernhard A. van Groningen and J. C. van Oven. The Warren Papyri (Papyrologica Lugduno-Batava 1). Brill: Leiden, 1941, p. 52-64, no. 21.

Hunt, Arthur S. “The Warren Magical Papyrus.” In: Studies presented to F. Ll. Griffith, London 1932, p. 233-240.

Neugebauer, Otto, and Henry B. van Hoesen. Greek Horoscopes. Philadelphia: The American Philosophical Society, 1987, p. 53, 56-57 (ll. 51-74).

Preisendanz, Karl. Papyri Graecae Magicae. Die griechischen Zauberpapyri. Vol. 2 (2nd ed). Stuttgart: Teubner, 1974, p. 192-196.
Translations:

Betz, Hans D. The Greek Magical Papyri in Translation. Including the Demotic Spells. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1992, p. 292-294, no. 62.

Martínez, Calvo, José Luis, and Dolores Sánchez Romero. Textos de Magia en Papiros Griegos. Biblioteca Clásica Gredos. Madrid: Editorial Gredos, 1987, p. 375-377.

Ogden, Daniel. Magic, Witchcraft, and Ghosts in the Greek and Roman Worlds. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002, p. 244, no. 234 (ll. 75-105).
General:

Aubert, Jean-Jacques. “Threatened Wombs: Aspects of Ancient Uterine Magic.” Greek, Roman and Byzantine Studies 30 (1989).

Eitrem, Samson. “Varia”, Symbolae Osloenses, 11 (1932): p. 112-114.

Fauth, Wolfgang. “Dardaniel (PGM LXII 12-16).” Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 98 (1993).

García Molinos, Alejandro. La adivinación en los papiros mágicos griegos. Zaragoza: Prensas de la Universidad de Zaragoza, 2017, p.175-177.

Horak, Ulrike. Illuminierte Papyri, Pergamente und Papiere. Pegasus Oriens. Vol. 1. Wien: Holzhausen, 1992, p. 248, ViP 223.

Worp, K.A. “Notes on Papyri: P.Warren (=Pap.Lugd.Bat. 1)”, Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists, vol. 47 (2010), pp. 238-240.

Trismegistos ID:

64079

 PAThs:
PGM: question mark icon Papyri Gracae Magicae

62

 SM: question mark icon Supplementum Magicum GEMF: question mark icon Greek and Egyptian Magical Formularies (forthcoming) 34 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
Van H: question mark icon van Haelst, Catalogue des papyrus littéraires

1081

 Bruyn-Dijkstra: question mark icon de Bruyn and Dijkstra, “Greek Amulets and Formularies (Checklist)" TheDefix: question mark icon Thesaurus Defixionum To Zodion:
Edit History:

KD (7/6/2020); ST (4/10/2020); KD (9/10/2020); KD (14/1/2025)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP M526," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m526. Accessed on 29/10/2025

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