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KYPRIANOS M540

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

PGM CXXVc
Milan, Università Statale 1261
formerly Pisa, Università P. Cazzaniga 10

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

Magical (formulary)

Contents:

1. Ro ll. x+1-4; x+5-7: Fragmentary, purpose unclear.

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Language(s):

Greek
Egyptian (Coptic)

Script(s):

Greek
Coptic

Dialect:
Language/dialect notes:
Date: question mark icon Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. 475 – 500
Date notes:

TM (25/4/2019); 5th century CE (Betz 1986, p. 322)

Archive/collection: question mark icon Larger collection to which manuscript belongs. KYP A17
Archive name: Multilingual Library
State of edition:

Published

Image:

Form:

Sheet

Material:

Papyrus

Dimensions (cm): Height: 5.3 Width: 7.5 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Fragment B; Fragment A: 3.5 x 5.8 cm (Daniel and Maltomini: p. 263)

Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

Fragmentary.

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. Fragment A 4 lines of text, Fragment B 3 lines of text.

Hand:

Findspot:

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

(TM places ID: 2713)
Place of purchase: (TM places ID: )
Writingspot:

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

(TM places ID: 2713)
Present Location:

Milan, Università Statale

Collection History:

Previous collection: Pisa, Università P. Cazzaniga no. 10 (TM 31/1/2020).

Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 229
Collection website:

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography
Editions:

Daniel, Robert W., and Franco Maltomini. Supplementum Magicum. Vol. 2. Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag, 1992, p. 263 and 265, no. 98 (3).

Maltomini, Franco. “I papiri greci.” Studi classici e orientali 29 (1979): p. 117-118, no. 10.


Translations:
General:

Betz, Hans D. The Greek Magical Papyri in Translation. Including the Demotic Spells. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1986, p. 322, no. PGM 125c.


Trismegistos ID:

65851

PAThs:
PGM: question mark icon Papyri Gracae Magicae

125c

SM: question mark icon Supplementum Magicum

983

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
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 (25/4/2019); EL (21/6/2019); KD (31/1/2020); KD (31/1/2020); MPS (27/8/2020); MPS (22/3/2021)


How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP M540," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m540. Accessed on 07/05/2025

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