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KYPRIANOS M848

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PGM XXIVb
Cairo, Egyptian Museum JdE 47412
P. Oxy. VI 887
P. Oxy. 6 887

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Magical (formulary)
Contents:

1. Ro ll. 1-8: List of body parts
2. Vo ll. 1-7: Unclear; mentions pharmaka
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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 – 300
Date notes:

TM (16/9/2020); Grenfell & Hunt 1908: p. 201.
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Archive name:
State of edition:

Published.
Image:

Form:

Sheet (?)
Material:

Papyrus
Dimensions (cm): Height: 10.6 Width: 5.8 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Grenfell & Hunt 1908: p. 201.
Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

Incomplete; fragmentary.
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. 8 lines on recto, 7 lines verso.
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:

Cairo, Egyptian Museum
Collection History:

Found in situ by the Egypt Exploration Fund.
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Notes/Discussion:

Perhaps contains love spell involving the manipulation of a doll by the insertion of nails into specific body parts (in dative).

Grenfell & Hunt suggest the text contains instructions for wrestling (1908: p. 201).

Bibiliography
Editions:

Grenfell, Bernard P., and Athur S. Hunt. The Oxyrhynchus Papyri. Vol. 6. London: The Egypt Exploration Fund, 1908, p. 201-202, no. 887.

Preisendanz, Karl, and Henrichs, Albert. Papyri Graecae Magicae: Die Griechischen Zauberpapyri. Vol. 2. Stuttgart: Teubner, 1974, p. 152, no. 24 b.
Translations:

Betz, Hans D. The Greek Magical Papyri in Translation. Including the Demotic Spells. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1986, p. 264, no. PGM 24b.
General:

Trismegistos ID:

63949

 PAThs:
PGM: question mark icon Papyri Gracae Magicae

24b

 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 (17/5/2019); MPS (16/9/2020); KD (14/4/2021); KD (14/10/2021)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP M848," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m848. Accessed on 05/05/2025

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