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KYPRIANOS M596

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Oxyrhynchus Antiquity 058 U.E. 2196

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Magical (unclear) (?)
Contents:

1. Side A + B ll. 1-2: Stone with image of Seth and text “Invincible (Seth?)”
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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. 201 – 600
Date notes:

Piedrafita (2010: p. 29).
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Archive name:
State of edition:

Published.
Image:

Form:

Stela
Material:

Limestone
Dimensions (cm): Height: 20 Width: 17 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Piedrafita (2010: p. 29).
Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

Broken in the middle but complete.
Pages/Columns: question mark icon Total surviving columns in the manuscript for rolls, sheets and rotuli; total number of pages for codices.

2
Pages/Columns (notes):

1 column on top and bottom of side B of limestone, 1 line each, and a drawing of Seth on side A.
Hand:

Findspot:

Oxyrhynchus (Bahanasa), Egypt

(TM places ID: 1524)
Place of purchase: (TM places ID: )
Writingspot:

Oxyrhynchus (Bahanasa), Egypt (?)

(TM places ID: 1524)
Present Location:

Oxyrhynchus new magazine, sector B
Collection History:

Found 1993 by Luis Gonzálvez in the so-called funerary house of the monk Phoibammon(Piedrafita 2010: p. 29).
Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript.
Collection website:

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography
Editions:

Piedrafita Carpena, Concepción. “Una tauleta màgica del déu Set procedent d’Oxirrinc (Proposta d’identificació i lectura).” Nilus 19 (2010): 29-31.
Translations:
General:

Trismegistos ID: PAThs:
PGM: question mark icon Papyri Gracae Magicae SM: question mark icon Supplementum Magicum 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:

ST (8/11/2021); KD (9/11/2021)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP M596," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m596. Accessed on 03/05/2025

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