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KYPRIANOS M830

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PGM CIX
P. Oxy. LXXXVI 5546
P. Oxy. 86 5546
Sackler Library, Papyrology Rooms 50 4B 23/J(1-3)b
P. Oxy. 50.4 B23J (1-3)b

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. 1-8: Love spell or spell against a fugitive slave, aimed at Zetous, also called Kalemera
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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:

3rd-4th century (Daniel/Maltomini 1992: p. 30; Zellmann-Rohrer 2021: 56); 295-305 according to TM (16/10/2020); around 300 CE (Faraone 1988: p. 279).
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Archive name:
State of edition:

Published.
Image:

Form:

Sheet
Material:

Papyrus
Dimensions (cm): Height: 8 Width: 8 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Faraone 1988: p. 279.
Folding pattern:

Vertical creases indicative of rolling.
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 (→), 8 lines.
Hand:

Findspot:

Oxyrhynchus (Bahanasa), Egypt

(TM places ID: 1524)
Place of purchase: (TM places ID: )
Writingspot:

Oxyrhynchus (Bahanasa), Egypt

(TM places ID: 1524)
Present Location:

Oxford, Sackler Library, Papyrology Rooms
Collection History:

Likely excavated in Oxyrhynchus by the Egypt Exploration Society. Previously in the British museum, number unknown (TM Collection 193).
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. 30-33, no. 56.

Faraone, Christopher A. “Hermes but No Marrow: Another Look at a Puzzling Magical Spell.” Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 72 (1988): 279-286.

Giangrande, Giuseppe. “Hermes and the Marrow: A Papyrus Love Spell.” Ancient Society 9 (1978): 101-116.

Gorissen, P. “Once More the Love-Spell of Hermes and the Marrow.” Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 37 (1980): 199-200.

Griffiths, John G. “Hermes and the Marrow in a Love-Charm.” Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 26 (1977): 287-288.

Turner, Eric G. “The Marrow of Hermes.” In Images of Man in Ancient and Medieval Thought. Studia Gerardo Verbeke ab amicis et collegis dicata, edited by Gérard Verbeke and Fernand Bossier. Leuven: Leuven University Press, 1976, p. 169-173.

Versnel, Henrik S. “A Twisted Hermes. Another View of an Enigmatic Spell.” Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 72 (1988): 287-292.

Zellmann-Rohrer, Michael. “5546. Curse against Zetous alias Kalemera”, in The Oxyrhynchus Papyri, volume LXXXVI (P. Oxy. LXXXVI), edited by Amin Benaissa and Michael Zellmann-Rohrer. London: Egypt Exploration Society, 2021, p. 56-59, no. 5546.
Translations:

Betz, Hans D. The Greek Magical Papyri in Translation. Including the Demotic Spells. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1986, p. 312, no. PGM 109.
General:

Giangrande, Giuseppe. Scripta Minora Alexandrina. Vol. 2. Amsterdam: A.M. Hakkert, 1981, p. 573-588 (non vidi).

Giangrande, Giuseppe. Museum philolologum Londiniense. Vol. 7. J.C. Gieben, 1986, p. 39-42 (non vidi).

Trismegistos ID:

92238

 PAThs:
PGM: question mark icon Papyri Gracae Magicae

109

 SM: question mark icon Supplementum Magicum

56

 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 Bruyn-Dijkstra: question mark icon de Bruyn and Dijkstra, “Greek Amulets and Formularies (Checklist)" TheDefix: question mark icon Thesaurus Defixionum

291

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Edit History:

MPS (16/10/2020); KD (15/2/2022)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP M830," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m830. Accessed on 05/11/2025

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