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KYPRIANOS M807

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PGM LXXXII
Warsaw, Department of Papyrology P. Vars. 4 (previous)

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Unclear
Contents:

1. Ro ll. 1-12: Text for unclear purposes, perhaps treatise on plants/trees.
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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:

TM (17/4/2019); Daniel 1985: p. 29.
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State of edition:

Published.
Image:

Form:

Sheet
Material:

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

5 x 9 cm (?)
Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

Fragmentary, right side missing.
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1
Pages/Columns (notes):

1 column recto, 12 lines.
Hand:

Findspot:

Egypt

(TM places ID: 49)
Place of purchase: (TM places ID: )
Writingspot:

Egypt

(TM places ID: 49)
Present Location:
Collection History:

Lost in World War II (TM 20/10/2020).
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Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography
Editions:

Daniel, Robert W. “Unidentified Prose: P.Vars. 4.” Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists (BASP) 22 (1985): 29-32.

Manteuffel, Georg. Papyri Varsovienses. Warsaw: University of Warsaw, 1935, no. 4.
Translations:

Betz, Hans D. The Greek Magical Papyri in Translation. Including the Demotic Spells. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1986, p. 300, no. PGM 82.
General:

Trismegistos ID:

64517

 PAThs:
PGM: question mark icon Papyri Gracae Magicae

82

 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

06015.000
02907.100
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 (17/4/2019); MPS (20/10/2020)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP M807," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m807. Accessed on 05/05/2025

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