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KYPRIANOS M810

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

PGM LXXXVI
SM 80
GEMF 36
Paris, Sorbonne, Institut de Papyrologie inv. 2176
P. Reinach Gr. II 89

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.1-2: Recipe for creating amulet for healing/protection
2. Ro ll. 3-8: Unclear
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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 (1992: p. 160); 301-400 (Collart 1940: p. 32)
Archive/collection: question mark icon Larger collection to which manuscript belongs.
Archive name:
State of edition:

Published
Image:

Form:

Roll (?)
Material:

Papyrus
Dimensions (cm): Height: 10 Width: 4.5 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

SM II p. 160.
Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

Fragmentary; top margin preserved, all other sides broken.
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 surviving column, recto (→), 8 surviving lines.
Hand:

Findspot:

Egypt (?)

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

Egypt (?)

(TM places ID: 49)
Present Location:

Paris, Sorbonne, Institut de Papyrologie
Collection History:

Purchased by Théodore Reinach in Egypt, then donated to the Institut de Papyrologie upon his death in 1928 (Collart 1940: p. vii).
Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 275
Collection website: http://www.papyrologie.paris-sorbonne.fr/menu1/collections/pgrec/preinach.htm

Notes/Discussion:

Recipe does not seem to begin at l.1, implying the existence of a previous column (KD 17/4/2020).

Bibiliography
Editions:

Collart, Paul. Les Papyrus Théodore Reinach. Vol. 2. Cairo: L’Institut français d’archéologie orientale, 1940, p. 32-33, no. 89.

Daniel, Robert W., and Franco Maltomini. Supplementum Magicum. Vol. 2. Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag, 1992, p. 161-162, no. 80.

★ Maltomini, F. “GEMF 36 (PGM LXXXVI, SM II 80).” In Greek and Egyptian Magical Formularies: Text and Translation, edited by Christopher A. Faraone and Sofía Torallas Tovar, vol. 1, 2022, p. 434–435, no. 36.
Translations:

Betz, Hans D. The Greek Magical Papyri in Translation. Including the Demotic Spells. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1986, p. 301, no. 86.
General:

Trismegistos ID:

65846

 		PAThs:
PGM: question mark icon Papyri Gracae Magicae

86

 SM: question mark icon Supplementum Magicum

80

 GEMF: question mark icon Greek and Egyptian Magical Formularies (forthcoming) 36 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 (17/4/2019); KD (5/20/2020)

How to cite:
[Editor names]. "KYP M810," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, Korshi Dosoo, Markéta Preininger, & Roxanne Bélanger Sarrazin (principal editors), www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m810. Accessed on 21/10/2026
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