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KYPRIANOS M764

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PGM XXIX
P. Oxy. XI 1383
P.Oxy. 11 1383
Princeton, University Library AM 9053

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Literary (poem)
Contents:

1. Ro col. 1 ll. 1-2: Unclear (perhaps another poem)
2. Ro col. 2 ll. 1-10: Poem about calming the seas
3. Ro l. 1 (right margin): Title of the poem about calming the seas
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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 (22/10/2020); late 3rd century (Grenfell/Hunt 1915: p. 236).
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Archive name:
State of edition:

Published
Image:

Form:

Roll
Material:

Papyrus
Dimensions (cm): Height: 12 Width: 5.4 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Collection website (22/10/2020); Grenfell/Hunt 1915: p. 236.
Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

Incomplete (remains of another text on the papyrus)
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 (→), 10 lines. 5 lines and 1 line on the right margin (title). Traces of two lines of second column (probably another column and perhaps a different hand) (Grenfell/Hunt 1915: 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:

Princeton, University Library
Collection History:

Excavated in situ by the Egyptian Exploration fund.
Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 291
Collection website:

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography
Editions:

Brioso, M. “Aportaciones al problema de la Métrica griega tardía.” Estudios clasicos 16 (1972): 112-115.

Grenfell, Bernard P., and Athur S. Hunt. The Oxyrhynchus Papyri. Vol. 11. London: The Egypt Exploration Fund, 1915, p. 236-237, no. 1383.

Jördens, Andrea. “Wasser Für Pharos.” Zeitschrift für Papyrologie Und Epigraphik 190 (2014): 69-75.

Preisendanz, Karl, and Henrichs, Albert. Papyri Graecae Magicae: Die Griechischen Zauberpapyri. Vol. 2. Stuttgart: Teubner, 1974, p. 155, no. 29 and p. 265-266, no. 29.

Heitsch, Ernst, Die griechischen Dichterfragmente der römischen Kaiserzeit 1. Göttingen: Abhandlungen der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Göttingen, 1961, p. 33, no. IV.
Translations:

Betz, Hans D. The Greek Magical Papyri in Translation. Including the Demotic Spells. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1986, p. 265-266, no. PGM 29.
General:

http://papyri.info/apis/princeton.apis.p65

Crönert, Wilhelm. “Die Aufgeforschte.” Philologus 84 (1928): 159.

Deubner, Ludwig. Bemerkungen zu einigen literarischen Papyri aus Oxyrhynchos. Sitzungsberichte der Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften. Heidelberg: Winter, 1919, Abh. 17, 11-13.

Dihle, Albrecht. “Die Anfänge der Griechischen Akzentuierenden Verskunst.” Hermes 82 (1954): 185-187.

Manteuffel, Georg. De opusculis graecis aegypti e papyris, ostracis lapidibusque collectis. Warszawa : Nakladem towarzystwa naukowego warszawskiego, z zasilku funduszu kultury narodowej, 1930, no. 29.

Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, U.V. “Lesefrüchte.” Hermes 60.3: 314-315.

Trismegistos ID:

64221

 PAThs:
PGM: question mark icon Papyri Gracae Magicae

29

 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

01929.000
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 (22/10/2020)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP M764," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m764. Accessed on 06/05/2025

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