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KYPRIANOS M771

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

PGM XXXVIII
Oslo, University Library P. 302
P. Oslo I 3

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

Magical (formulary)

Contents:

1. Ro, ll. 1-12: Love spell (?)
2. Vo, ll. 13-26: Invocation of the sun god (?)

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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. 301 – 400
Date notes:

GEMF; Preisendanz (1974: p. 176); TM (19/8/2020).

Archive/collection: question mark icon Larger collection to which manuscript belongs. KYP A16
Archive name: Fayum Magical Archive
State of edition:

Published

Image:

Form:

Sheet (?)

Material:

Papyrus

Dimensions (cm): Height: 11 Width: 6.5 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Col. website (9/9/2020)

Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

Fragmentary, broken on all sides. Modern repair.

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):

1 column each, recto (→) and verso (↓). 12 lines recto, 14 lines verso.

Hand:

Findspot:

Fayum, Egypt (?)

(TM places ID: 332)
Place of purchase:

Fayum, Egypt

(TM places ID: 332)
Writingspot:

Fayum, Egypt (?)

(TM places ID: 332)
Present Location:

Oslo, University Library

Collection History:

Acquired by S. Eitrem in Fayum 1920, together with other magical texts of the collection (P.Oslo I 1 and I 2) (col. website 9/9/2020).

Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 262
Collection website: https://ub-baser.uio.no/opes/record/42?q=inv_no+contains+302

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography
Editions:

Eitrem, Samson. Papyri Osloenses. Vol. 1. Magical Papyri (P. Oslo). Oslo: Academy of Science and Letters of Oslo, 1925, no. 3.

Preisendanz, Karl. Papyri Graecae Magicae: Die Griechischen Zauberpapyri. Vol. 2. Leipzig/Berlin: Teubner, 1931, p. 176, no. 38.


Translations:

Betz, Hans D. The Greek Magical Papyri in Translation. Including the Demotic Spells. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1986, p. 278-279, no. 38.


General:

Trismegistos ID:

64480

PAThs:
PGM: question mark icon Papyri Gracae Magicae

38

SM: question mark icon Supplementum Magicum GEMF: question mark icon Greek and Egyptian Magical Formularies (forthcoming) 69 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); ST (19/8/2020); KD (9/9/2020)


How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP M771," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m771. Accessed on 06/05/2025

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