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KYPRIANOS M831

Sigla:

PGM CX
GEMF 13
St Louis, Washington University 181 + 221

Category: Classification of the contents, e.g. magical (formulary or applied), alchemical, liturgical, documentary or medical.	Astrological (handbook) Magical (formulary) (?)
Contents:	1. Ro ll.1-12: Instructions for divination using astrological chart, suggestion of divine revelation.
	See all texts in this manuscript.

Language(s):	Greek
Script(s):	Greek
Dialect:
Language/dialect notes:
Date: Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE.	101 – 200
Date notes:	GEMF dating (11/7/2019). II-III CE (Zola 1988: 175).
Archive/collection: Larger collection to which manuscript belongs.
Archive name:
State of edition:	Published.
Image:

Form:	Roll (?)
Material:	Papyrus

Dimensions (cm):

Height: 14.5

Width: 10.2

Depth:

Dimensions (notes):	Maresch and Packmann 1990: p. 40.
Folding pattern:
State of preservation:	Fragmentary, 2 fragments. Top and left margin of column preserved.
Pages/Columns: Total surviving columns in the manuscript for rolls, sheets and rotuli; total number of pages for codices.	1
Pages/Columns (notes):	1 column surviving recto (→), 12 surviving 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:	St Louis, Washington University
Collection History:	Acquired as part of subscription to Egypt Exploration Society, from region of Oxyrhynchus (col. website 29/9/2020).
Trismegistos collection: Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript.	315
Collection website:	http://omeka.wustl.edu/omeka/exhibits/show/papyri-collection/item/8050

Notes/Discussion:

Column delineated by thick red horizontal and vertical frame visible at top and left.

Bibiliography

Editions:	★ Faraone, C. A. and Torallas Tovar, S. “GEMF 13 (PGM CX).” In Greek and Egyptian Magical Formularies: Text and Translation, edited by Christopher A. Faraone and Sofía Torallas Tovar, vol. 1, 2022, p. 49–50, no. 13. Maresch, Klaus and Zola M. Packman. Papyri from the Washington University Collection, St. Louis, Missouri, Part II. Opladen: Springer, 1990, p. 40-46, no. 73. Packman, Zola M. “Instructions for the Use of Planet Markers on a Horoscope Board,” Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 74 (1988): 85-95. Packman, Zola M. “Three Magical Texts from the Washington University Collection,” Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists 13.4 (1976): p. 175-177, no. 1.
Translations:	Betz, Hans D. The Greek Magical Papyri in Translation. Including the Demotic Spells. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1986, p. 312, no. 110.
General:	West, Stephanie. “Astrologoumena,” Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 77 (1989): 30-32.

Trismegistos ID:

63925

PAThs:

PGM: Papyri Gracae Magicae	110	SM: Supplementum Magicum	GEMF: Greek and Egyptian Magical Formularies (forthcoming)	13	ACM: Ancient Christian Magic
Bélanger Sarrazin: Bélanger-Sarrazin. “Catalogue des textes magiques coptes”		AKZ: Ausgewählte koptische Zaubertexte	CBd: Campbell-Bonner Magical Gems Database		Mert.-Pack: Mertens-Pack online database	02054.200
Van H: van Haelst, Catalogue des papyrus littéraires		Bruyn-Dijkstra: de Bruyn and Dijkstra, “Greek Amulets and Formularies (Checklist)"	TheDefix: Thesaurus Defixionum		To Zodion:

Edit History:

KD (15/5/2019); KD (29/9/2020)

How to cite:

[Editor names]. "KYP M831," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, Korshi Dosoo, Markéta Preininger, & Roxanne Bélanger Sarrazin (principal editors), www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m831. Accessed on 21/10/2026
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