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KYPRIANOS M824

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

PGM CIII
Athens, Archaeological Society 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 col. 1 ll. 1-6: Unclear (very fragmentary)
2. Ro col. 2 ll.1-18: Love spell
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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. 1 – 100
Date notes:

GEMF dating; editor notes that late I BCE date also possible.
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: 12 Width: 7 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):
Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

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

2
Pages/Columns (notes):

2 surviving columns on recto (→), 6 and 18 surviving lines. Intercolumnium of 2-3 cm.
Hand:

Findspot:

Egypt (?)

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

Egypt (?)

(TM places ID: 49)
Present Location:

Athens, Archaeological Society
Collection History:

No acquisition information.
Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 14
Collection website:

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography
Editions:

Daniel, Robert W., and Franco Maltomini. Supplementum Magicum. Vol. 2. Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag, 1992, p. 128-131, no. 73.

Petropoulos, Georgios A. Papyri Societatis Archaeologicae Atheniensis, edited by G.A. Petropoulos. Athens: Academia scientiarum Atheniensis, 1939, no. 70.

Pintaudi, Rosario (ed.), Miscellanea papyrologica (Pap. Flor. 7). Florence: Gonelli, 1980, p. 169-172. [includes photograph]
Translations:

Betz, Hans D. The Greek Magical Papyri in Translation. Including the Demotic Spells. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1986, p. 310, no. 103.
General:

Trismegistos ID:

65843

 PAThs:
PGM: question mark icon Papyri Gracae Magicae

103

 SM: question mark icon Supplementum Magicum

73

 GEMF: question mark icon Greek and Egyptian Magical Formularies (forthcoming) 7 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 (12/3/2019); KD (29/9/2020)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP M824," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m824. Accessed on 05/11/2025

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