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KYPRIANOS M847

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PGM XXIIb
Berlin P. 13895

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Magical (formulary)
Contents:

1. Ro ll. 1-26: Prayer of Jacob (for protection, favour, strength)
2. Ro ll. 27-31: Request for dream oracle to a lamp (divination, binary oracle)
3. Ro ll. 32-35: Request for a dream oracle (divination, binary oracle)
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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. 301 – 400
Date notes:

TM (16/9/2020)
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Archive name:
State of edition:

Published.
Image:

Form:

Sheet
Material:

Papyrus
Dimensions (cm): Height: 27 Width: 38 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Preisendanz 1974: no. 22b.
Folding pattern:
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.

1
Pages/Columns (notes):

1 column recto (→), 35 lines.
Hand:

Findspot:

Egypt (?)

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

Egypt (?)

(TM places ID: 49)
Present Location:

Berlin, Staatliche Museen
Collection History:

No acquisition information.
Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 40
Collection website: https://berlpap.smb.museum/03921/

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography
Editions:

Merkelbach, Reinhold, and Totti, Maria. Abrasax. Ausgewählte Papyri religiösen und magischen Inhalts. Vol. IV. Sonderreihe Papyrologica Coloniensia 17. Opladen: Wescdc. Verl., 1990, p. 105-110 (only ll. 1-26) and Vol. V, p. 89f. (only ll. 27-35).

Preisendanz, Karl, and Henrichs, Albert. Papyri Graecae Magicae: Die Griechischen Zauberpapyri. Vol. 2. Stuttgart: Teubner, 1974, p. 148-150, 22b.
Translations:

Betz, Hans D. The Greek Magical Papyri in Translation. Including the Demotic Spells. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1986, p. 261, no. PGM 22 b.
General:

Brashear, William M. “The Greek Magical Papyri: An Introduction and Survey; Annotated Bibliography (1928–1994).” In Aufstieg und Niedergang der römischen Welt 2.18.5, edited by Wolfgang Haase. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter & Co., 1995, p. 3547.

Pachoumi, Eleni. The Concept of the Divine in the Greek Magical Papyri. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2017, p. 95-100.

Trismegistos ID:

64376

 PAThs:
PGM: question mark icon Papyri Gracae Magicae

22b

 SM: question mark icon Supplementum Magicum GEMF: question mark icon Greek and Egyptian Magical Formularies (forthcoming) 61 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 (17/5/2019); MPS (16/9/2020)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP M847," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m847. Accessed on 05/11/2025

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