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KYPRIANOS M874

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

SM 48
Ann Arbor, Michigan University, Kelsey Museum 6925
P. Mich. inv. 6925
P. Mich. 757

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. 1-78: Applied love spell to make Kopria, daughter of Taesis, love Ailourion, son of Kopria.
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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 – 300
Date notes:

Daniel & Maltomini 1990: p. 184; Martinez 1985: p. 21.
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: 29.5 Width: 20 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Daniel & Maltomini 1990: p. 184; Martinez 1985: p. 21.
Folding pattern:

Rolled.
State of preservation:

Complete. Mostly undamaged, but sand and calcium deposits prevent the reading of certain passages (Martinez 1985: p. 1).
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, 78 lines.
Hand:

Findspot:

Egypt

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

Egypt

(TM places ID: 49)
Present Location:

Ann Arbor, Michigan University, Kelsey Museum
Collection History:

Bought in 1982 (Collection website 7/1/2020).
Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 614
Collection website: http://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-3030/6925r.tif

Notes/Discussion:

PGM IV 269ff is the handbook version of this charm (see Martinez 1985: p. 1).
Text written in triangular wing-formation.

Bibiliography
Editions:

Daniel, Robert W., and Franco Maltomini. Supplementum Magicum. Vol. 1. Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag, 1990, p. 184-192, no. 48.

Martinez, David G. P. Mich. 6925: A New Magical Love Charm 16 757. Michigan: The American Society of Papyrologists, 1985.
Translations:
General:

Trismegistos ID:

92865

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

48

 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

323

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Edit History:

KD (25/10/2019); ST (5/12/2020); MPS (7/12/2020)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP M874," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m874. Accessed on 05/11/2025

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