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KYPRIANOS M870

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

SM 39
Berlin, Staatliche Museen ÄM 13412
T. Berol. inv. 13412
SB I 4947
SB 1 4947

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

Magical (applied)
Contents:

1. Ro ll. 1-17: Applied binding love spell to make Aplonous, daughter of Arsinoe, love Ptolemaios, son of Thaseis.
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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 – 300
Date notes:

Daniel & Maltomini (1990: p. 123); Collection Website (30/11/2020).
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: 28 Width: 16 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Daniel & Maltomini 1990: p. 123.
Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

Complete, but damaged at the upper right.
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, 17 lines.
Hand:

Findspot:

Egypt (?)

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

Egypt (?)

(TM places ID: 49)
Present Location:

Berlin, Staatliche Museen
Collection History:

Purchased by Hans Bernhard Ambrosius Abel in Mellawi 1911.
Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 40
Collection website: https://berlpap.smb.museum/00164/

Notes/Discussion:

To the tablet belonged a metal nail which pierced the upper middle part.
Letters are not incised, but written with ink.

Bibiliography
Editions:

Daniel, Robert W., and Franco Maltomini. Supplementum Magicum. Vol. 1. Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag, 1990, p. 123-126, no. 39.

Preisigke, Friedrich. Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten. Vol. 1. (SB I). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 1915, no. 4947.

Wilhelm, Schubart. Das Buch bei den Griechen und Römern. Heidelberg: Schneider, 1962.
Translations:

Jördens, Andrea. “Griechische Texte aus Ägypten.” In: Omina, Orakel, Rituale und Beschwörungen Texte aus der Umwelt des Alten Testaments. Vol. 4. Gütersloh: Gütersloher Verlagshaus, 2008, p. 442, no. 5.6.4.
General:

Cauderlier, Patrice. “Les tablettes grecques d’Égypte: Inventaire.” Bibliologia 12 (1992): p. 92, no. 301.

Edgar, Campbell C. “A Love Charm from the Fayoum.” Bulletin de la Société Archéologique d’Alexandrie 21 (1925): 42-47.

Plaumann, Gerhard. “Ägyptische Abteilung (Papyrussammlung) Ein antiker Liebeszauber aus Ägypten.” Amtliche Berichte aus den königlichen Papyrussammlungen 35 (1914): 203-210.

Quaegebeur, Jan. “A propos de Teilouteilou, nom de femme.” Enchoria 4 (1974): 19-29.

Trismegistos ID:

92859

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

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 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

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Edit History:

KD (13/9/2019); ST (30/11/2020); EL (2/12/2020)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP M870," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m870. Accessed on 05/11/2025

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