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KYPRIANOS M760

Sigla:

PGM XXIVa
GEMF 52
Cairo, Egyptian Museum JdE 47411
P. Oxy. VI 886

Category: Classification of the contents, e.g. magical (formulary or applied), alchemical, liturgical, documentary or medical.	Magical (formulary)
Contents:	1. Ro ll. 1-25: Sortition oracle of Isis and Hermes
	See all texts in this manuscript.

Language(s):	Greek
Script(s):	Greek
Dialect:
Language/dialect notes:
Date: Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE.	201 – 400
Date notes:	GEMF dating (11/7/2019); 3rd century (Grenfell/Hunt 1908: p. 200).
Archive/collection: Larger collection to which manuscript belongs.
Archive name:
State of edition:	Published.
Image:

Form:	Sheet
Material:	Papyrus

Dimensions (cm):

Height: 21.3

Width: 12.5

Depth:

Dimensions (notes):	Grenfell/Hunt 1908: p. 200.
Folding pattern:
State of preservation:	Complete
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 (→), 25 lines.
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:	Cairo, Egyptian Museum
Collection History:	Excavated in Oxyrhynchus by Egypt Exploration Society.
Trismegistos collection: Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript.	73
Collection website:

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography

Editions:	★ Faraone, C. A. and Torallas Tovar, S. “GEMF 52 (PGM XXIVa).” In Greek and Egyptian Magical Formularies: Text and Translation, edited by Christopher A. Faraone and Sofía Torallas Tovar, vol. 1, 2022, p. 495–497, no. 52. Grenfell, Bernard P., and Athur S. Hunt. The Oxyrhynchus Papyri. Vol. 6. London: The Egypt Exploration Fund, 1908, p. 200-201, no. 886. Jordan, David R. “Two Papyri with Formulae for Divination.” In Magic and Ritual in the Ancient World, edited by Paul Mirecki and Marvin Meyer. Religions in the Graeco-Roman world 141. Leiden: Brill, 2002. p. 25-28, no. 1 Preisendanz, Karl, and Henrichs, Albert. Papyri Graecae Magicae: Die Griechischen Zauberpapyri. Vol. 2. Stuttgart: Teubner, 1974, p. 151, no. 24a.
Translations:	Betz, Hans D. The Greek Magical Papyri in Translation. Including the Demotic Spells. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1986, p. 264, no. PGM 24 a.
General:	Quack, Joachim F. “Ein demotisch und altkoptisch überliefertes Losorakel”, in The Carlsberg Papyri 11. Demotic Literary Texts from Tebtunis and Beyond, edited by Joachim F. Quack and K. Ryholt. Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum Press, 2019, p. 338-339.

Trismegistos ID:

64001

PAThs:

PGM: Papyri Gracae Magicae	24a	SM: Supplementum Magicum	GEMF: Greek and Egyptian Magical Formularies (forthcoming)	52	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
Van H: van Haelst, Catalogue des papyrus littéraires		Bruyn-Dijkstra: de Bruyn and Dijkstra, “Greek Amulets and Formularies (Checklist)"	TheDefix: Thesaurus Defixionum		To Zodion:

Edit History:

KD (9/3/2019); MPS (14/9/2020); KD (8/11/2021); KD (19/10/2022)

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[Editor names]. "KYP M760," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, Korshi Dosoo, Markéta Preininger, & Roxanne Bélanger Sarrazin (principal editors), www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m760. Accessed on 21/10/2026
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