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KYPRIANOS M814

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

PGM XCI
Cambridge, University Library Michaelides 1280
Cairo, Private collection Michaelidis without number (previous)
P. Michael. Gr. 27
P. Michael. 27

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. 1-14: Amulet against fever for Tekhosis (healing).

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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 – 400
Date notes:

TM (17/4/2019); Daniel/Maltomini 1990: p. 24

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

Published.

Image:

Form:

Sheet

Material:

Papyrus

Dimensions (cm): Height: 10.5 Width: 7 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Daniel/Maltomini 1990: p. 24.

Folding pattern:

5 vertical creases (Daniel/Maltomini 1990: p. 24). 5 horizontal and 2 vertical folds (Mert.-Pack 20/10/2020).

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.

1

Pages/Columns (notes):

1 column recto (→), 14 lines.

Hand:

Findspot:

Egypt

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

Egypt

(TM places ID: 49)
Present Location:

Cambridge, University Library Michaelides

Collection History:

Previously in Cairo, Private collection Michaelidis (no number).

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

Notes/Discussion:

First 7 lines written in wing formation.

Bibiliography
Editions:

Crawford, David S. Papyri Michaelidae: Being a Catalogue of the Greek and Latin Papyri Tablets and Ostraca in the Library of Mr. G. A. Michailidis of Cairo. Aberdeen: Aberdeen University Press, 1955, p. 49 f., no. 27.

Daniel, Robert W., and Franco Maltomini. Supplementum Magicum. Vol. 1. Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag, 1990, p. 24-25, no. 9.


Translations:

Betz, Hans D. The Greek Magical Papyri in Translation. Including the Demotic Spells. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1986, p. 303, no. PGM 91.


General:

Preisendanz, Karl. ” Zur Überlieferung der griechischen Zauberpapyri,” In Miscellanea critica: Aus Anlass des 150jährigen Bestehens der Verlagsgesellschaft und des Graphischen Betriebes B. G. Teubner. Vol 1. Leipzig: Teubner, 1964, no. XC.


Trismegistos ID:

69041

PAThs:
PGM: question mark icon Papyri Gracae Magicae

91

SM: question mark icon Supplementum Magicum

9

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

06024.000

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:

EL (15/11/18); KD (17/4/2019); MPS (20/10/2020)


How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP M814," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m814. Accessed on 05/05/2025

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