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KYPRIANOS M766

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PGM XXXIa
Yale University, Beinecke Library P. CtYBR 6
P.Fay. 138

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Oracle ticket
Contents:

1. Ro ll. 1-5: Oracle Ticket to Dioscouroi (crocodile gods)
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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. 101 – 200
Date notes:

TM (22/10/2020); Preisendanz 1974: p. 157; 1st-2nd century (Grenfell/Hunt 1900: p. 293).
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Archive name:
State of edition:

Published.
Image:

Form:

Sheet
Material:

Papyrus
Dimensions (cm): Height: 3.3 Width: 7.3 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Preisendanz 1974: p. 157.
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):
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. 293, no. 138.

Preisendanz, Karl, and Albert Henrichs. Papyri Graecae Magicae: Die Griechischen Zauberpapyri. Vol 2. Stuttgart: Teubner, 1974, p. 157, no. 31a.

Totti, Maria. Ausgewählte Texte der Isis- und Sarapis-Religion. Subsidia epigraphica 12. Hildesheim: Georg Olms Verlagbuchshandlung, 1985, no. 55.

Wilcken, Ulrich. Grundzüge und Chrestomathie der Papyruskunde. Vol. 1.2. Leipzig – Berlin: Teubner, 1912, p. 124, no. 95.
Translations:
General:

Assante, Maria G. “Domande oracolari in greco: miglioramenti di lettura e riflessioni.” Analecta Papyrologica 16-17 (2004-2005): p. 86-88.

Cabrol, Ferdinand, and Henri Leclercq. Monumenta ecclesiae liturgica. Vol. 1. Paris: Firmin-Didot, 1900, p. 201, no. 38.

Trismegistos ID:

25722

 PAThs:
PGM: question mark icon Papyri Gracae Magicae

31a

 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); MPS (22/10/2020)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP M766," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m766. Accessed on 04/11/2025

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