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KYPRIANOS M835

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PGM CXVI
Florence, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana PL 54
P. Laur. inv. 54

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Magical (applied ?)
Contents:

1. Ro ll. 1-17: Unclear text including Typhonic Logos.
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Language(s):

Egyptian (Coptic) (?)
Script(s):

Coptic
Dialect:
Language/dialect notes:
Date: question mark icon Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. 501 – 550
Date notes:

Early sixth century (Pintaudi 1977: p. 245).
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Archive name:
State of edition:

Published.
Image:

Form:

Sheet
Material:

Papyrus
Dimensions (cm): Height: 10.8 Width: 25 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Pintaudi 1977: p. 245.
Folding pattern:

5 (?) vertical, 3 (?) horizontal creases.
State of preservation:

Complete, some damage.
Pages/Columns: question mark icon Total surviving columns in the manuscript for rolls, sheets and rotuli; total number of pages for codices.

5
Pages/Columns (notes):

4 text formations + 2 columns recto (↓).
Hand:

Findspot:

Egypt

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

Egypt

(TM places ID: 49)
Present Location:

Florence, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana
Collection History:

No acquisition information.
Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 128
Collection website:

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography
Editions:

Pintaudi, Rosario. “Invocazione a Seth-Typhon,” Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 26 (1977): 245-48.
Translations:

Betz, Hans D. The Greek Magical Papyri in Translation. Including the Demotic Spells. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1986, p. 314, no. PGM 116.
General:

Trismegistos ID:

65034

 PAThs:
PGM: question mark icon Papyri Gracae Magicae

116

 SM: question mark icon Supplementum Magicum 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 To Zodion:
Edit History:

KD (15/10/2021); KD (18/12/2023)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP M835," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m835. Accessed on 05/11/2025

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