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KYPRIANOS M839

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PGM CXXI
Milan, Università Cattolica P. Med. 71.58
Sb. 24 16047
SB 24 16047
SB XXIV 16047

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Literary (?)
Magical (?)
Contents:

1. Ro l. 1: Unclear
2. Ro l. 2: Unclear
3. Ro col. 1 ll. 1-8 – col. 2 ll. 1-12: List of misfortunes
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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:

TM (19/10/2020); Geraci 1979: p. 63.
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Archive name:
State of edition:

Published.
Image:

Form:

Sheet
Material:

Papyrus
Dimensions (cm): Height: 14 Width: 8.5 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Geraci 1979: p. 63.
Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

Complete; damaged. Left side and bottom missing.
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 lines of text written on top of recto, under them is a list of 2 columns, 8 lines and 12 lines. Text runs both with and against the fibers (two sheets attached together). 14 lines in total (Geraci 1979).
Hand:

Findspot:

Egypt

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

Egypt

(TM places ID: 49)
Present Location:

Milan, Università Cattolica
Collection History:

No acquisition information.
Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 227
Collection website:

Notes/Discussion:

See SM I p. xv.
Traces of Ouroboros drawing on the bottom. The text seems to be surrounded by lines.

Bibiliography
Editions:

Brashear, William M. “Med. inv. 71.58: Another Apotelesmatikon?” In Chartulae. Festschrift für Wolfgang Speyer. Jahrbuch für Antike und Christentum. Ergänzungsband 28. 1998, p. 14-29.

Brashear, William M. Wednesday’s Child is Full of Woe. The Seven Deadly Sins and Some More Too! Another Apotelesmatikon: P.Med. inv. 71.58. Nilus 1. Vienna: Österreichische V.-G., 1998, p. 32.

Geraci, Giovanni. “Un’actio magica contro afflizioni fisiche e morali.” Aegyptus 59 (1979): 63-72.

Rupprecht, Hans-Albert, and Joachim Hengstl. Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten. Vol. 16. (SB XVI). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 1985, no. 12222.

Rupprecht, Hans-Albert and Joachim Hengstl. Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten. Vol. 24. Wiesbaden: Harrasowitz, 2003, no. 16047.
Translations:

Betz, Hans D. The Greek Magical Papyri in Translation. Including the Demotic Spells. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1986, p. 316, no. PGM 121.
General:

Horak, Ulrike. Illuminierte Papyri, Pergamente und Papiere. Pegasus Oriens. Vol. 1. Wien: Holzhausen, 1992, p. 246, no. 200.

Trismegistos ID:

65892

 PAThs:
PGM: question mark icon Papyri Gracae Magicae

121

 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

02051.010
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:

MPS (19/10/2020)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP M839," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m839. Accessed on 05/11/2025

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