KYP M804

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KYPRIANOS M804

Sigla:

PGM LXXVII
P. Harris I 55
P. Harris 1 55
Birmingham, Cadbury Research Library P. Harris 184 f

Category: Classification of the contents, e.g. magical (formulary or applied), alchemical, liturgical, documentary or medical.	Magical (formulary)
Contents:	1. ll.1-24: Ritual for revelation/divination
	See all texts in this manuscript.

Language(s):	Greek
Script(s):	Greek
Dialect:
Language/dialect notes:
Date: Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE.	101 – 200
Date notes:	GEMF dating (11/7/2019). 2nd century according to Powell 1936; p. 37, Preisendanz and Henrichs 1974: p. 206. 3rd century CE according to Orsini (private communication recorded on TM 12/10/2020).
Archive/collection: Larger collection to which manuscript belongs.
Archive name:
State of edition:	Published
Image:

Form:	Sheet (?)
Material:	Papyrus

Dimensions (cm):

Height: 20

Width: 7.5

Depth:

Dimensions (notes):	Jordan 2002; p. 28.
Folding pattern:	Some signs of horizontal creases, but unclear (KD 12/10/2020).
State of preservation:	Complete, some damage.
Pages/Columns: Total surviving columns in the manuscript for rolls, sheets and rotuli; total number of pages for codices.	1
Pages/Columns (notes):	1 column recto (→), 24 lines.
Hand:

Findspot:	Egypt (?) (TM places ID: 49)
Place of purchase:	(TM places ID: )
Writingspot:	Egypt (?) (TM places ID: 49)
Present Location:	Birmingham, Cadbury Research Library
Collection History:	No acquisition information; likely purchased in Egypt and donated to the library by J. Rendel Harris (KD 12/10/2020).
Trismegistos collection: Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript.	3613
Collection website:

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography

Editions:	★ Jordan, David. “Two Papyri with Formulae for Divination”, in Magic and Ritual in the Ancient World, edited by Paul Mirecki and Marvin Meyer. Leiden; Brill, 2002, p. 28-35, no. 2. Powell, J. Enoch. The Rendel Harris papyri of Woodbrooke College, Birmingham (P. Harris I). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1936, p. 37-38, no. 55. Preisendanz, Karl, and Albert Henrichs. Papyri Graecae Magicae: Die Griechischen Zauberpapyri. Stuttgart: Teubner, 1974, vol. 2, p. 206, no. 77.
Translations:	Betz, Hans D. The Greek Magical Papyri in Translation. Including the Demotic Spells. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1986, p. 298, no. 77.
General:	Eitrem, Samson. “Varia, 81,” Symbolae Osloenses 17 (1937): 103-104. Rahlfs, Alfred, and Detlef Fraenkel Verzeichnis der griechischen Handschriften des Alten Testaments, für das Septuaginta-Unternehmen aufgestellt. Die Überlieferung biz zum VIII. Jahrhundert. Vol. 1.1. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2004, p. 45.

Trismegistos ID:

63392

PAThs:

PGM: Papyri Gracae Magicae	77	SM: Supplementum Magicum	GEMF: Greek and Egyptian Magical Formularies (forthcoming)	12	ACM: Ancient Christian Magic
Bélanger Sarrazin: Bélanger-Sarrazin. “Catalogue des textes magiques coptes”		AKZ: Ausgewählte koptische Zaubertexte	CBd: Campbell-Bonner Magical Gems Database		Mert.-Pack: Mertens-Pack online database
Van H: van Haelst, Catalogue des papyrus littéraires	1076	Bruyn-Dijkstra: de Bruyn and Dijkstra, “Greek Amulets and Formularies (Checklist)"	TheDefix: Thesaurus Defixionum		To Zodion:

Edit History:

KD (11/3/2019); KD (12/10/2020)

How to cite:

Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP M804," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m804. Accessed on 05/11/2025

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