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KYPRIANOS M752

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PGM XV
Alexandria, Graeco-Roman Museum P. 491

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Magical (applied)
Contents:

1. Ro ll. 1-21: Applied binding love spell binding Nilos/Agathos Daimon son of Demetria for Capitolina daughter of Peperous.
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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 – 300
Date notes:

TM (9/3/2019); Henrichs 1970: p. 194.
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Archive name:
State of edition:

Published.
Image:

Form:

Sheet
Material:

Papyrus
Dimensions (cm): Height: 10 Width: 22 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Henrichs 1970: p. 194.
Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

Complete.
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, 21 lines.
Hand:

Findspot:

Egypt

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

Egypt

(TM places ID: 49)
Present Location:

Alexandria, Graeco-Roman Museum
Collection History:

According to Henrichs, the collection of the Alexandrian museum have been moved to an unknown location (Henrichs 1970: p. 195).
Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 5
Collection website:

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography
Editions:

★ Breccia, Evaristo A. Bulletin de la Société archéologique d’Alexandrie 9 (1907): p. 95-96

Henrichs, Albert. Zetischrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphie 6 (1970): p. 193-203.

Preisendanz, Karl. “Ein neuer Liebeszauber.” Philologus 69 (1910): 51-58.

Preisendanz, Karl, and Henrichs, Albert. Papyri Graecae Magicae: Die Griechischen Zauberpapyri. Vol. 2. Stuttgart: Teubner, 1974, p. 133-134, no. 15.

Preisigke, Friedrich. Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten. Vol. 1. (SB I). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 1915, no. 4324.
Translations:

Betz, Hans D. The Greek Magical Papyri in Translation. Including the Demotic Spells. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1986, p. 251, no. PGM 15.
General:

Trismegistos ID:

63957

 PAThs:
PGM: question mark icon Papyri Gracae Magicae

15

 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:

KD (9/3/2019); MPS (30/9/2020)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP M752," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m752. Accessed on 04/11/2025

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