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KYPRIANOS M815

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

PGM XCII
Dublin, Chester Beatty Library P. Merton number unknown

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. 1-16: Invocation for favour and success (charitesion).
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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 – 250
Date notes:

Early 3rd century CE (Daniel & Maltomini 1992: p. 61).
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Archive name:
State of edition:

Published.
Image:

Form:

Sheet
Material:

Papyrus
Dimensions (cm): Height: 9.6 Width: 7.9 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Daniel & Maltomini 1992: p. 61.
Folding pattern:
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, 16 lines. Writin runs along fibres (Daniel & Maltomini 1992: p. 61).
Hand:

Findspot:

Egypt

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

Egypt

(TM places ID: 49)
Present Location:

Dublin, Chester Beatty Library
Collection History:

No acquisition information.
Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 112
Collection website:

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography
Editions:

Daniel, Robert W., and Franco Maltomini. Supplementum Magicum. Vol. 2. Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag, 1992, p. 61-65, no. 63

Rees, Brinley R. In A Descriptive Catalogue of the Greek Papyri in the Collection of Wilfred Merton. Vol. 2, edited by Harold I. Bell and John W. Baldwin. Dublin: 1959, p. 22-24, no. 58.
Translations:

Betz, Hans D. The Greek Magical Papyri in Translation. Including the Demotic Spells. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1986, p. 303, no. 92
General:

Trismegistos ID:

64010

 PAThs:
PGM: question mark icon Papyri Gracae Magicae

92

 SM: question mark icon Supplementum Magicum

63

 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

949

 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 (25/9/2020)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP M815," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m815. Accessed on 05/11/2025

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