KYP M876

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KYPRIANOS M876

Sigla:

SM 50
Cologne, Papyrussammlung T. 2
T. Köln inv. 2
SEG 38 1838
SEG 40 1574

Category: Classification of the contents, e.g. magical (formulary or applied), alchemical, liturgical, documentary or medical.	Magical (applied)
Contents:	1. Ro ll. 1-38 – Vo ll. 1-34: Applied love spell to make Matrona, daughter of Tagene, love Theodoros, son of Tekhosis.
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Language(s):	Greek
Script(s):	Geek
Dialect:
Language/dialect notes:
Date: Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE.	151 – 250
Date notes:	Daniel & Maltomini (1990: p. 205).
Archive/collection: Larger collection to which manuscript belongs.	KYP A83
Archive name:	Oxyhrynchus Love Spell Dossier
State of edition:	Published.
Image:	https://papyri.uni-koeln.de/stueck/DS_d1e33963/img/t_002/orig/T2rueck.jpg

Form:	Sheet
Material:	Metal (lead)

Dimensions (cm):

Height: 15

Width: 6

Depth:

Dimensions (notes):	Collection website (6/12/2020).
Folding pattern:
State of preservation:	Incomplete.
Pages/Columns: Total surviving columns in the manuscript for rolls, sheets and rotuli; total number of pages for codices.	2
Pages/Columns (notes):	1 column each, recto and verso. 72 lines, 38 lines on recto, 34 lines on verso.
Hand:	Semi-cursive

Findspot:	Oxyrhynchus (Bahanasa), Egypt (TM places ID: 1524)
Place of purchase:	(TM places ID: )
Writingspot:	Oxyrhynchus (Bahanasa), Egypt (TM places ID: 1524)
Present Location:	Cologne, Papyrussammlung
Collection History:
Trismegistos collection: Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript.	172
Collection website:	https://papyri.uni-koeln.de/stueck/tm105083

Notes/Discussion:

SM 49-51 were written by the same hand (Daniel & Maltomini 1990: p. 193).

Bibiliography

Editions:	Daniel, Robert W., and Franco Maltomini. Supplementum Magicum. Vol. 1. Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag, 1990, p. 193, and p. 205-210, no. 50. Pleket, Henry W., and Stroud, Ronald S. “SEG 38-1838. Oxyrhynchos. Love charm, written on lead tablet, 3rd/4th cent. A.D.” In: Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum 38 (SEG 38), edited by A. Chaniotis et al., 1988, no. 1837 (SEG 38 1838). Pleket, Henry W., and Stroud, Ronald S. “SEG 40-1574. Oxyrhynchos. Love charm, written on a lead tablet, 3rd/4th cent. A.D.” In: Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum 40 (SEG 40), edited by A. Chaniotis et al., 1990, no. 1574 (SEG 40 1574). Wortmann, Dierk. “Neue Magische Texte.” Bonner Jahrbücher 168 (1968): 64-67, no. 2.
Translations:
General:	Jordan, David R. “A Love Charm with Verses.” Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 72 (1988): 246, no. 3. Jordan, David R. “A Survey of Greek Defixiones Not Included in the Special Corpora.” Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies 26.2 (1985): 189, no. 156. Martinez, David G. “T. Köln inv. 2.25 and Erotic δαμάζειν.” Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 83 (1990): 235-236.

Trismegistos ID:

105083
65820

PAThs:

PGM: Papyri Gracae Magicae	SM: Supplementum Magicum	50	GEMF: Greek and Egyptian Magical Formularies (forthcoming)		ACM: Ancient Christian Magic
Bélanger Sarrazin: Bélanger-Sarrazin. “Catalogue des textes magiques coptes”	AKZ: Ausgewählte koptische Zaubertexte		CBd: Campbell-Bonner Magical Gems Database		Mert.-Pack: Mertens-Pack online database
Van H: van Haelst, Catalogue des papyrus littéraires	Bruyn-Dijkstra: de Bruyn and Dijkstra, “Greek Amulets and Formularies (Checklist)"		TheDefix: Thesaurus Defixionum	325	To Zodion:

Edit History:

ST (6/12/2020); MPS (7/12/2020); KD (22/2/2022)

How to cite:

Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP M876," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m876. Accessed on 04/05/2025

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