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KYPRIANOS M850

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

PGM XXVc

Category: question mark icon Classification of the contents, e.g. magical (formulary or applied), alchemical, liturgical, documentary or medical.

Magical (applied ?)
Contents:

1. Ro l. 1 (?): Text: “Holy Lord Sabaoth”; applied amulet for healign/protection (?)
See all texts in this manuscript.

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. 501 – 600
Date notes:

TM (1/10/2020); Grenfell/Hunt 1903: p. 55.
Archive/collection: question mark icon Larger collection to which manuscript belongs.
Archive name:
State of edition:

Published.
Image:

Form:

Sheet
Material:

Papyrus
Dimensions (cm): Height: 5.1 Width: 6.6 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Grenfell/Hunt 1903: p. 55.
Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

Complete (?). Grenfell/Hunt describe the object as a fragment or perhaps complete (1903: p. 55).
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, 1 line (?).
Hand:

Findspot:

Egypt

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

Egypt

(TM places ID: 49)
Present Location:

Cairo, Egyptian Museum CG 10434
Collection History:
Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 73
Collection website:

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography
Editions:

Grenfell, Bernard P., and Athur S. Hunt. Catalogue Général des antiquités égyptiennes du musée du Caire. Greek Papyri. Oxford: Oxfrd University Press, 1903, p. 55, P. Cairo Cat. 10434,

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

Betz, Hans D. The Greek Magical Papyri in Translation. Including the Demotic Spells. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1986, p. 264, no. PGM 25 c.

Trismegistos ID:

65022

 PAThs:
PGM: question mark icon Papyri Gracae Magicae

25c

 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

896

 Bruyn-Dijkstra: question mark icon de Bruyn and Dijkstra, “Greek Amulets and Formularies (Checklist)"

108

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

MPS (1/10/2020)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP M850," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m850. Accessed on 05/05/2025

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