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KYPRIANOS M868

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

SM 37
SB III 6224
SB 3 6334
SB III 6225
SB 3 6225
SEG 46 2132

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

Magical (applied)
Contents:

1. Tablet A ll. 1-12 + tablet B ll. 1-6: Applied love spell calling upon the deceased Horion, son of Sarapous, to make Nike, daughter of Apollonous, love Pantous, son of Tmesios.
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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. 101 – 200
Date notes:

Daniel & Maltomini (1990: p. 115); as they note, previous dates have ranged from 100 BCE – 200 CE.
Archive/collection: question mark icon Larger collection to which manuscript belongs.
Archive name:
State of edition:

Published
Image:

Form:

Sheet
Material:

Metal (lead)
Dimensions (cm): Height: 8.8 Width: 10.1 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Daniel & Maltomini 1990 p. 115.
Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

Complete, but damaged.
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 on each tablet. Tablet A 12 lines. Tablet B 6 lines.
Hand:

Findspot:

Panopolis (Akhmim), Egypt (?)

(TM places ID: 1589)
Place of purchase: (TM places ID: )
Writingspot:

Panopolis (Akhmim), Egypt (?)

(TM places ID: 1589)
Present Location:

Heidelberg, Archäologisches Institut
Collection History:
Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 1220
Collection website:

Notes/Discussion:

Two tablets formed a diptych which was placed with its inscribed faces facing one another and pierced by four nails.

Bibiliography
Editions:

Bilabel, Friedrich. Sammelbuch Griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten. Vol. 3. Berlin/Leipzig: Walter de Gruyter, 1926, no. 6224 + 6225.

Boll, Franz. Griechischer Liebeszauber aus Ägypten auf zwei Bleitafeln des Heidelberger Archäologischen Instituts. Heidelberg: University Library Heidelberg, 1910, p. 4-5.

Daniel, Robert W., and Franco Maltomini. Supplementum Magicum. Vol. 1. Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag, 1990, p. 115-117, no. 37.

Chaniotis, Angelos, et al. “SEG 46-2132. Panopolis.Two lead tablets inscribed with spells, 1st/2nd cent. A.D.” In: Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum 46 (SEG 46), edited by A. Chaniotis et al., 1996, no. 2132 (SEG 46 2132).
Translations:
General:

Borell, Brigitte. Statuen, Gefäße und andere Gegenstände aus Metall. Katalog der Sammlung antiker Kleinkunst des Archäologischen Instituts der Universität Heidelberg. III.1. Mainz am Rhein: Von Zabern, 1989, no. 56.

Cauderlier, Patrice. “Les tablettes grecques d’Égypte: Inventaire.” Bibliologia 12 (1992): p. 93, no. 314.

Palme, Bernhard. “Papyrologie und Mentalitätsgeschichte der Antike.” In: Karl Strobel (ed.), Von Noricum nach Ägypten: Eine Reise durch die Welt der Antik. Aktuelle Forschungen zu Kultur, Alltag und Recht in der römischen Welt. Ljubljana: Hermagoras, 2007, p. 208.

Pfister, Friedrich. “Rezension von: Griechischer Liebeszauber von F. Boll.” Wochenschrift für klassische Philologie 30 (1913).

Preisendanz, Karl. “Zur synkretischen Magie im römischen Ägypten.” In: Akten des VIII. Internationalen Kongresses für Papyrologie WIen 1955. Wien 1956, p. 114, n. 33.

Wünsch, R. “Review of Griechischer Liebeszauber by F. Boll.” Berliner philologische Wochenschrift 30 (1910).

Trismegistos ID:

92858
98714

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

37

 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

315

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Edit History:

KD (13/9/2019); ST (29/11/2020); EL (2/12/2020)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP M868," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m868. Accessed on 05/11/2025

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