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KYPRIANOS M862

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

SM 24
Florence, Istituto Papirologico ’G. Vitelli’ PSI inv. 319

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

Magical (unclear) (?)
Contents:

1. fr. a ll. 1-6 + fr. b ll. 1-6: Adjuration against demons (exorcism?), mentioning Solomon.
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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. 401 – 500
Date notes:

Daniel & Maltomini (1990: p. 67).
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: 15 Width: 11.9 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Fr. a: 5.7 (W) x 5.6 (H); Fr. b: 9.3 (W) x 6.3 (H) (Daniel & Maltomini 1990: p. 67).
Folding pattern:

Repeatedly folded (Daniel & Maltomini 1990: p. 67).
State of preservation:

Incomplete, two fragments from the same sheet.
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 verso (→), 6 lines each on fragments a and b.
Hand:

Findspot:

Egypt (?)

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

Egypt (?)

(TM places ID: 49)
Present Location:

Florence, Istituto Papirologico ’G. Vitelli’
Collection History:
Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 131
Collection website:

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography
Editions:

Daniel, Robert W., and Franco Maltomini. Supplementum Magicum. Vol. 1. Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag, 1990, p. 67-69, no. 24.
Translations:
General:

Naldini, Mario. “Un frammento esorcistico e il ‘Testamento di Salomone.” In: Studia Florentina Alexandro Ronconi sexagenario oblata, Roma 1970, p. 281-287.

Treu, Kurt. “Christliche Papyri IV.” Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete 22-23 (1974): 388.

Trismegistos ID:

64726

 PAThs:
PGM: question mark icon Papyri Gracae Magicae SM: question mark icon Supplementum Magicum

24

 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

753

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

65

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

KD (5/9/2019); ST (20/11/2020); EL (2/12/2020); KD (20/1/2022)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP M862," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m862. Accessed on 05/11/2025

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