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KYPRIANOS M751

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PGM XIc
London, British Library Pap 148

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Magical (formulary)

Contents:

1. Ro col. 1 ll. 1-19 – col. 2 ll. 1-13: Love spell

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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. 101 – 300
Date notes:

Preisendanz (p.56); GEMF; Kenyon 1898: p. xiv.

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Archive name:
State of edition:

Published.

Image: http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/Viewer.aspx?ref=papyrus_148_f001r

Form:

Sheet

Material:

Papyrus

Dimensions (cm): Height: 22 Width: 12.5 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Preisendanz 1974: p. 56; 9 x5 inches (Kenyon 1898: p. xiv).

Folding pattern:

Possibly 2 vertical creases (?)

State of preservation:

Incomplete, part of left column missing.

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):

2 columns recto →, column 1 19 lines, column b 13 lines.

Hand:

Findspot:

Egypt

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

Egypt

(TM places ID: 49)
Present Location:

London, British Library

Collection History:

Acquired on 2 February 1891. Purchased as part of a lot of Papyri 139-176 from the Reverend Greville John Chester (Collection website 25/9/2020).

Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 192
Collection website: http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Papyrus_148

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography
Editions:

Preisendanz, Karl, and Henrichs, Albert. Papyri Graecae Magicae: Die Griechischen Zauberpapyri. Vol. 2. Stuttgart: Teubner, 1974, p. 56, no. 11c.


Translations:

Betz, Hans D. The Greek Magical Papyri in Translation. Including the Demotic Spells. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1986, p. 152, no. PGM 11c.


General:

Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1888-1893. London: British Museum 1894, p. 398.

Kenyon, Frederick G. Greek Papyri in the British Museum. Catalogue, with Texts. Vol. 2. London: British Museum 1898, p. xiv, no. CXLVIII (description).


Trismegistos ID:

63836
28008

PAThs:
PGM: question mark icon Papyri Gracae Magicae

11c

SM: question mark icon Supplementum Magicum GEMF: question mark icon Greek and Egyptian Magical Formularies (forthcoming) 23 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:

KD (9/3/2019); MPS (25/9/2020)


How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP M751," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m751. Accessed on 06/05/2025

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