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KYPRIANOS M765

Sigla: question mark icon Modern names for the manuscript, including inventory and publication numbers.

PGM XXXa
P. Fay. 137

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Oracle ticket
Contents:

1. Ro ll. 1-4: Oracle ticket to Sokonnokonnis
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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. 1 – 100
Date notes:

TM (12/10/2020); Grenfell et al. 1900: p. 292.
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Archive name:
State of edition:

Published.
Image:

Form:

Sheet
Material:

Papyrus
Dimensions (cm): Height: 4.5 Width: 8.2 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Grenfell et al. 1900: p. 292.
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, 4 lines. Written transversa charta.
Hand:

Findspot:

Temple Room A, Bakchias (Kom el-Atl), Arsinoites (Fayum), Egypt

(TM places ID: 392)
Place of purchase: (TM places ID: )
Writingspot:

Bakchias (Kom el-Atl), Arsinoites (Fayum), Egypt (?)

(TM places ID: 392)
Present Location:

New Haven, Yale University, Beinecke Library
Collection History:
Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 242
Collection website:

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography
Editions:

Grenfell, Bernard P., Arthur S. Hunt, David G. Hogarth. Fayûm Towns and Their Papyri. London: Egypt Exploration Fund, 1900, p. 292-293, no. 137.

Preisendanz, Karl, and Henrichs, Albert. Papyri Graecae Magicae: Die Griechischen Zauberpapyri. Vol. 2. Stuttgart: Teubner, 1974, p. 156, no. 30a.

Totti, Maria. Ausgewählte Texte der Isis- und Sarapis-Religion. Subsidia epigraphica 12. Hildesheim: Georg Olms Verlagbuchshandlung, 1985, no. 50.

Wilcken, Ulrich. Grundzüge und Chrestomathie der Papyruskunde. Vol. 1.2. Hildesheim: Georg Olms Verlagbuchshandlung, 1963, p. 149, no. 121.
Translations:
General:

Assante, Maria G. “Domande oracolari in greco: miglioramenti di lettura e riflessioni.” Analecta Papyrologica 16-17 (2004-2005): p. 84-86.

Crönert, Wilhelm. Denkschrift betreffend eine deutsche Papyrusgrabung auf dem Boden griechisch-römischer Kultur in Ägypten. Bonn: Universitäts-Buchdruckerei von C. Georgi, 1901, 22 (non vidi).

Trismegistos ID:

25721

 PAThs:
PGM: question mark icon Papyri Gracae Magicae

30a

 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 (12/10/2020)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP M765," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m765. Accessed on 06/05/2025

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