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KYPRIANOS M841

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

PGM CXXVIII
SM 28
SB XVIII 13728
SB 18 13728
Heidelberg, Institut für Papyrologie P. G 1386

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. 1-6: Applied amulet to deliver Ioannes, son of Zoe (?), from fever (healing)
2. Vo ll. 1-4: Unclear

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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. 401 – 500
Date notes:

Daniel & Maltomini (1990: p. 76); TM (27/6/2020).

Archive/collection: question mark icon Larger collection to which manuscript belongs.
Archive name:
State of edition:

Published

Image: http://www.rzuser.uni-heidelberg.de/~gv0/Papyri/SB/13728/13728(150).html

Form:

Sheet

Material:

Papyrus

Dimensions (cm): Height: 6.3 Width: 9 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):
Folding pattern:

4 vertical and 4 horizontal creases.

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.

2

Pages/Columns (notes):

1 column each, recto (→) and verso (↓). 6 lines recto and 1 line verso. Verso written at ninety degrees to recto.

Hand:

Findspot:

Egypt

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

Egypt

(TM places ID: 49)
Present Location:

Heidelberg, Institut für Papyrologie

Collection History:

No acquisition information.

Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 156
Collection website: http://www.rzuser.uni-heidelberg.de/~gv0/Papyri/SB/13728/13728.html

Notes/Discussion:

Daniel & Maltomini (1990, p: 76) note that the verso was written by a different hand.

Bibiliography
Editions:

Daniel, Robert W., and Franco Maltomini. Supplementum Magicum. Vol. 1. Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag, 1990, p. 76-77, no. 28.

Maltomini, Franco. “Due Papiri Magici Inediti.” Studi classici e orientali 31 (1981): 111-114.

Rupprecht, Hans-Albert and Joachim Hengstl. Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten. Vol. 18. (SB XVIII). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 1993, no. 13728.


Translations:

Betz, Hans D. The Greek Magical Papyri in Translation. Including the Demotic Spells. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1986, p. 323, no. 128.


General:

Trismegistos ID:

69044

PAThs:
PGM: question mark icon Papyri Gracae Magicae

128

SM: question mark icon Supplementum Magicum

28

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

06053.000

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)"

69

TheDefix: question mark icon Thesaurus Defixionum To Zodion:
Edit History:

ST (27/6/2020); ST (11/7/2020)


How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP M841," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m841. Accessed on 05/05/2025

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