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KYPRIANOS M816

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

PGM XCV
SM II 99
P. Ant. III 140
Oxford, Sackler Library, Papyrology Rooms P. Ant. 140

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

Magical (formulary)
Medical (recipe(s))
Contents:

1. Ro col.1 ll.1-2: Curse for subjugation
2. Ro col.1 ll.3-6: Business spell for workshop
3. Ro col.2 ll.1-7: On the uses of a mole-rat
4. Vo ll.1-6: Medical recipe(s) concerning the lungs
See all texts in this manuscript.

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. 401 – 600
Date notes:

GEMF (11/7/2019; Daniel & Maltomini (1992: p. 269)
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: 5.5 Width: 12.5 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

SM II p. 269.
Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

Fragment. Upper margin survives.
Pages/Columns: question mark icon Total surviving columns in the manuscript for rolls, sheets and rotuli; total number of pages for codices.

3
Pages/Columns (notes):

2 columns recto (→), 1 wider column verso (↓). Recto column 1: 6 surviving lines; recto column 2: 7 surviving lines; verso column 1: 6 surviving lines.
Hand:

Findspot:

Antinoopolis (El-Sheikh Ibada), Egypt

(TM places ID: 2774)
Place of purchase: (TM places ID: )
Writingspot:

Antinoopolis (El-Sheikh Ibada), Egypt

(TM places ID: 2774)
Present Location:

Oxford, Sackler Library, Papyrology Rooms
Collection History:

Found during excavations of John de Monins Johnson in Antinoopolis for the Egypt Exploration Society in 1913-1914.
Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 264
Collection website:

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography
Editions:

Daniel, Robert W., and Franco Maltomini. Supplementum Magicum. Vol. 2. Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag, 1992, p. 269-271, no. 99.

de Haro Sanchez, Magali. “Le vocabulaire de la pathologie et de la thérapeutique dans les papyrus iatromagiques grecs. Fièvres, traumatismes et ‘épilepsie’,” Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists 47 (2010): p. 146-147.

Barns, John W. and Henrik Zilliacus (eds.). The Antinoopolis Papyri. Graeco-Roman Memoirs. Vol. 3 (P. Ant. III). London: Egypt Exploration Society, 1967, no. 140.
Translations:

Betz, Hans D. The Greek Magical Papyri in Translation. Including the Demotic Spells. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1986, p. 305-306, no. 95.
General:

Marganne, Marie-Hélène. Inventaire analytique des papyrus grecs de médecine. Geneva: Librairie Droz, 1981, no. 62.

Trismegistos ID:

64896

 PAThs:
PGM: question mark icon Papyri Gracae Magicae

95

 SM: question mark icon Supplementum Magicum

99

 GEMF: question mark icon Greek and Egyptian Magical Formularies (forthcoming) 86 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

02391.500
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 (30/9/2020); KD (15/7/2021)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP M816," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m816. Accessed on 05/11/2025

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