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KYPRIANOS M762

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PGM XXVI
P. Oxy. XII 1477
London, British Library Pap 2461 Vo

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Sortition oracle
Documentary (accounts)
Contents:

1. Ro ll. 1-13: List of payments of corn
2. Vo ll. 1-21: Sortition Oracle
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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 – 400
Date notes:

Documentary text dates to 3rd century CE; 275-325 (TM 27/10/2020; Grenfell/Hunt 1916: p. 235).
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Archive name:
State of edition:

Published.
Image: http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Papyrus_2461

Form:

Sheet
Material:

Papyrus
Dimensions (cm): Height: 15.2 Width: 8.9 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Grenfell/Hunt 1916: p. 235.
Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

Fragment.
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 each recto and verso
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:

London, British Library
Collection History:
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_2461

Notes/Discussion:

Sortes Astrampsychi: 46, 48, 50, 52-55, 79-92.

Bibiliography
Editions:

Browne, Gerald M. The papyri of the Sortes Astrampsychi. Meisenheim am Glan: A. Hain, 1974, p. 17-28.

Grenfell, Bernard P., and Athur S. Hunt. The Oxyrhynchus Papyri. Vol. 12 (P. Oxy XII). London: The Egypt Exploration Fund, 1916, p. 235-236 & 265, no. 1477 & 1532 .

Hengstl, Joachim. Griechische Papyri aus Ägypten als Zeugnisse des öffentlichen und privaten Lebens. München: Heimeran Verlag, 1978, no. 65.

Hunt, Arthur S., C. C. Edgar, and Denys L. Page. Select Papyri. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1932, p. 436-439, no. 195.

Preisendanz, Karl, and Henrichs, Albert. Papyri Graecae Magicae: Die Griechischen Zauberpapyri. Vol. 2. Stuttgart: Teubner, 1974, p. 153-154, no. 26.

Stewart, Randall A. Sortes Astrampsychi II. Ecdosis altera (BSGRT). München: Teubner-K. G. Saur. 2001, p. VIII-IX [P1: 1477].
Translations:

Burnet, Régis. L’ Egypte ancienne à travers les papyrus. Vie quotidienne. Paris: Pygmalion, 2003, no. 103.

Lewis, Naphtali. Life in Egypt under Roman rule. Oxford: Claredon Press, 1983, p. 99.

Lee, Alan D. Pagans and Christians in late antiquity. A sourcebook. London – New York: Routledge, 2000, p. 28-30.
General:

Björck, G. “Heidnische und christliche Orakel mit fertigen Antworten.” Symbolae Osloenses 19 (1939): p. 86-98.

Brashear, William M. “The Greek Magical Papyri: an Introduction and Survey; Annotated Bibliography (1928-1994).” In Aufstieg und Niedergang der römischen Welt II, 18.5.Berlin-New York: W. de Gruyter 1995, p. 3548.

Bülow-Jacobsen, A. “Orakler i det graesk-romersk Aegypten.” In Dagligliv blandt guder og mennesker: Den nære Orient i oldtiden, edited by B. Alster, P. J. Frandsen. Copenhagen: Københavns Universitet, Museum Tusculanum 1986, p. 189-194.

Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the years 1921-192. London: British Museum 1950, p. 365.

Kudlien, F. “Empticius servus: Bemerkungen zum antiken Sklavenmarkt.” Historia: Zeitschrift für Alte Geschichte 35 (1986): p. 240-256.

Turner, E. G. Greek Papyri: an Introduction. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press 1968, p. 188, no. 59.

Trismegistos ID:

59320
31756

 PAThs:
PGM: question mark icon Papyri Gracae Magicae

26

 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

00168.400
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 (27/10/2020)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP M762," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m762. Accessed on 06/05/2025

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