KYP M542

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KYPRIANOS M542

Sigla:

PGM XC
SM 92
Milan, Università Cattolica P. Med. 23
P. Med. I 20
P. Med. 1 20

Category: Classification of the contents, e.g. magical (formulary or applied), alchemical, liturgical, documentary or medical.	Magical (applied ?) Magical (formulary ?)
Contents:	1. Ro, ll. 1-13: Formula for the protection of a horse (?). 2. Ro, ll.14-18: Recipe against shivering and fever (healing)
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Language(s):	Greek
Script(s):	Greek Coptic
Dialect:
Language/dialect notes:	Some Coptic characters (TM 5/6/20)
Date: Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE.	301 – 500
Date notes:	Daniel & Maltomini (1992: p. 204); TM (5/6/2020)
Archive/collection: Larger collection to which manuscript belongs.
Archive name:
State of edition:	Published.
Image:

Form:	Sheet
Material:	Papyrus

Dimensions (cm):

Height: 12

Width: 9.5

Depth:

Dimensions (notes):	With blank spaces above, below, to the left and to the right of the text (Daniel & Maltomini, 1992: p. 204).
Folding pattern:	7 horizontal and 6 vertical creases (Daniel & Maltomini, 1992: p. 204).
State of preservation:	Complete with some damage.
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 (→), 18 lines.
Hand:

Findspot:	Egypt (TM places ID: 49)
Place of purchase:	(TM places ID: )
Writingspot:	Egypt (TM places ID: 49)
Present Location:	Milan, Università Cattolica
Collection History:	No acquisition information.
Trismegistos collection: Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript.	227
Collection website:

Notes/Discussion:

Daniel & Maltomini (1992: p. 204) suggest this is an applied text due to its folding pattern, despite its inclusion of multiple recipes, a title and other paratextual information and suggest that the folds imply that the sheet was used as an amulet.

Bibiliography

Editions:	Daniel, Robert W., and Franco Maltomini. Supplementum Magicum. Vol. 2. Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag, 1992, p. 204-208, no. 92, pl. 10. Daris, Sergio. Papiri Milanesi. (P. Med). Milano: Vita e Pensiero, 1966, no. 20. Traversa, Augusto. “Dai papiri inediti della raccolta milanese.” Aegyptus. Rivista italiana di egittologia e di papirologia 33 (1953): 57-62.
Translations:	Betz, Hans D. The Greek Magical Papyri in Translation. Including the Demotic Spells. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1986, p. 302-303, no. 90.
General:	Horak, Ulrike. Illuminierte Papyri, Pergamente und Papiere. Pegasus Oriens. Vol. 1. Wien: Holzhausen Verlag, 1992, p. 246, ViP 202.

Trismegistos ID:

64588

PAThs:

PGM: Papyri Gracae Magicae	90	SM: Supplementum Magicum	92	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	06007.000
Van H: van Haelst, Catalogue des papyrus littéraires	948	Bruyn-Dijkstra: de Bruyn and Dijkstra, “Greek Amulets and Formularies (Checklist)"		TheDefix: Thesaurus Defixionum	To Zodion:

Edit History:

ST (5/6/2020); KD (10/6/2020); ST (11/6/2020); KD (19/6/2020); EL (29/7/2020); MPS (9/9/2020)

How to cite:

Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP M542," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m542. Accessed on 21/11/2025

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