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KYPRIANOS M849

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PGM XXVb
Freiburg 117 d

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Documentary
Magical (applied ?)
Contents:

1. Ro ll. 1-5:Business communication (?)
2. Vo: Image
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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. 1 – 200
Date notes:

According to TM 1-199 (TM 1/10/2020); Schaaf 2006: p. 181-182. 501-600 according to Preisendanz 1974: p. 153 and Betz 1986: p. 264.
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Archive name:
State of edition:

Published.
Image:

Form:

Sheet
Material:

Papyrus
Dimensions (cm): Height: 9.2 Width: 7.8 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Schaaf 2006: p. 180.
Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

Fragmentary; in several fragments.
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 recto (→) with 5 lines of text (not magical), 1 image verso.
Hand:

Findspot:

Egypt

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

Egypt

(TM places ID: 49)
Present Location:

Freiburg, Universitätsbibliothek 117 d Vo
Collection History:

Bought from Ahmud Abd. El Haij from Abusir-Kairo for 127,5 piastres and acquired by the University Library in Freiburg on the 3. July 1914 (Schaaf 2006: p. 180).
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Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography
Editions:

Schaaf, Ingo. “Zu P. Freib. 117d = PGM XXVb.” Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphie 156 (2006): 179-182.

Preisendanz, Karl, and Henrichs, Albert. Papyri Graecae Magicae: Die Griechischen Zauberpapyri. Vol. 2. Stuttgart: Teubner, 1974, p. 153, no. 25 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 25 b.
General:

Trismegistos ID:

65035

 PAThs:
PGM: question mark icon Papyri Gracae Magicae

25b

 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:

MPS (1/10/2020); KD (27/1/2022)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP M849," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m849. Accessed on 05/05/2025

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