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KYPRIANOS M763

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PGM XXVII
P. Oxy. XII 1478
Ghent, University Pap. 55

Category: question mark icon Classification of the contents, e.g. magical (formulary or applied), alchemical, liturgical, documentary or medical.

Magical (applied)

Contents:

1. Ro ll. 1-5: Applied amulet for victory in a race for Sarapammon.

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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. 275 – 325
Date notes:

TM (8/10/2020); Grenfell/Hunt 1916: p. 236

Archive/collection: question mark icon Larger collection to which manuscript belongs.
Archive name:
State of edition:

Published

Image: https://lib.ugent.be/en/catalog/rug01:001484528

Form:

Sheet

Material:

Papyrus

Dimensions (cm): Height: 5.4 Width: 11.9 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Collection website (8/10/2020).

Folding pattern:

3 horizontal and several vertical creases.

State of preservation:

Complete; damaged along folds.

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 (↓), 5 lines. Written across fibers (Grenfell/Hunt 1916: p. 236).

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:

Ghent, University

Collection History:

Part of the Oxyrhynchus papyri.

Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 139
Collection website: https://lib.ugent.be/en/catalog/rug01:001484528

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography
Editions:

Grenfell, Bernard P., and Arthur S. Hunt. The Oxyrhynchus Papyri. Vol. 12 (P. Oxy XII). London: The Egypt Exploration Fund, 1916, p. 236-237, no. 1478.

Hunt, Arthur S., C. C. Edgar, and Denys L. Page. Select Papyri. Vol. 1. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1959, p. 442-443, no. 198.

Preisendanz, Karl, and Henrichs, Albert. Papyri Graecae Magicae: Die Griechischen Zauberpapyri. Vol. 2. Stuttgart: Teubner, 1974, p. 154, no. 27.


Translations:

Betz, Hans D. The Greek Magical Papyri in Translation. Including the Demotic Spells. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1986, p. 265, no. PGM 27.


General:

Trismegistos ID:

64261

PAThs:
PGM: question mark icon Papyri Gracae Magicae

27

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 (8/10/2020)


How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP M763," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m763. Accessed on 06/05/2025

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