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KYPRIANOS M800

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PGM LXXIII
P. Oxy. IX 73
Cambridge, University Library Add. Ms. 5900

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Oracle ticket
Contents:

1. Ro ll. 1-5, vo l. 1: Oracle ticket to Helios, Sarapis and other gods for Menander
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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:

Preisdendanz 1974: p. 204; TM (9/10/2020); Grenfell/Hunt 1912: p. 257.
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Archive name:
State of edition:

Published.
Image:

Form:

Sheet
Material:

Papyrus
Dimensions (cm): Height: 2.7 Width: 5.7 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Grenfell/Hunt 1912: p. 257.
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.

2
Pages/Columns (notes):

1 column each recto and verso; 5 lines on recto, 1 on verso. Written across fibres (Grenfell/Hunt 1912: p. 257).
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:

Cambridge, University Library
Collection History:
Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 79
Collection website:

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography
Editions:

Grenfell, Bernard P., and Athur S. Hunt. The Oxyrhynchus Papyri. Vol. 9. London: The Egypt Exploration Fund, 1912, p. 257-258, no. 1213.

Preisendanz, Karl, and Henrichs, Albert. Papyri Graecae Magicae: Die Griechischen Zauberpapyri. Vol. 2. Stuttgart: Teubner, 1974, p. 204, no. 73.
Translations:

Rowlandson, Jane (ed.). Women and Society in Greek and Roman Egypt. A Sourcebook. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 1998, 249c.
General:

Assante, Maria G. “Domande oracolari in greco: miglioramenti di lettura e riflessioni.” Analecta Papyrologica 16–17 (2004–2005): p. 90-91.

Trismegistos ID:

28933

 PAThs:
PGM: question mark icon Papyri Gracae Magicae

73

 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

02492.000
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 (20/6/2019); MPS (9/10/2020)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP M800," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m800. Accessed on 05/11/2025

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