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KYPRIANOS M808

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

PGM LXXXIV
SM 40
P. Princ. 2 76
P. Princ. II 76
Princeton, University Library Garrett deposit 7665

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

Magical (applied)

Contents:

1. Ro ll. 1-21: Applied love spell to make Ptolemais, daughter of Helen, love Ptolemaois, son of Didyme

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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. 201 – 300
Date notes:

Daniel & Maltomini (1990: p. 127); TM (13/6/2020).

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

Published.

Image: http://papyri.info/apis/princeton.apis.p61/images

Form:

Sheet

Material:

Papyrus

Dimensions (cm): Height: 14 Width: 8 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):
Folding pattern:

5 vertical, 1 horizontal creases (Daniel & Maltomini, 1990: p. 127).

State of preservation:

Complete with some damage.

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):

1 column, recto (→). 21 lines. There is an upper margin of 1 cm and a lower one of 2.5.

Hand:

Findspot:

Egypt

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

Egypt

(TM places ID: 49)
Present Location:

Princeton, University Library Garrett

Collection History:

No acquisition information.

Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 291
Collection website:

Notes/Discussion:

Daniel & Maltomini (1990: p. 127) note that a lock of hair was originally attached with some remaining on the verso side.

Bibiliography
Editions:

Daniel, Robert W., and Franco Maltomini. Supplementum Magicum. Vol. 1. Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag, 1990, p. 127-128, no. 40.

Kase, Edmund H. Jr. Papyri in the Princeton University collections. Vol. 2. Baltimore: John Hopkins Press, 1936, p. 73-74, no. 76.


Translations:

Betz, Hans D. The Greek Magical Papyri in Translation. Including the Demotic Spells. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1986, p. 300-301, no. 84.

Moke, D. F. Eroticism in the Greek Magical Papyri. Selected Studies. Vol. 1. Minnesota: University of Minnesota, 1975, p. 378.


General:

Preisendanz, Karl. ” Zur Überlieferung der griechischen Zauberpapyri” In Miscellanea critica: Festschrift zum 150-jährigen Bestehen des Verlages. Vol 1. Leipzig: B. G. Teubner, 1964, no. 84.


Trismegistos ID:

92233

PAThs:
PGM: question mark icon Papyri Gracae Magicae

84

SM: question mark icon Supplementum Magicum

40

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:

ST (13/6/2020); KD (19/6/2020); EL (29/7/2020)


How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP M808," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m808. Accessed on 05/05/2025

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