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KYPRIANOS M851

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PGM XXVd

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Magical (unclear) (?)
Contents:

1. Ro l. 1 (?): Image and name Phoibion (?)
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. 201 – 400
Date notes:

TM (1/10/2020)
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Archive name:
State of edition:

Published.
Image:

Form:
Material:

Papyrus
Dimensions (cm): Height: 6.5 Width: 5 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Preisendanz 1974: p. 153.
Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

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 image on recto and 1 image on verso, on recto at least 1 line of text.
Hand:

Findspot:

Egypt

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

Egypt

(TM places ID: 49)
Present Location:

Florence, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana
Collection History:
Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 128
Collection website:

Notes/Discussion:

No number in the Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana collection (TM 1/10/2020 and Preisendanz 1974: p. 153).

Bibiliography
Editions:

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

Betz, Hans D. The Greek Magical Papyri in Translation. Including the Demotic Spells. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1986, p. 264-265, no. 25 d.
General:

Trismegistos ID:

89307

 PAThs:
PGM: question mark icon Papyri Gracae Magicae

25d

 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)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP M851," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m851. Accessed on 05/11/2025

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