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KYPRIANOS M879

Sigla:

SM 53
Cologne, Papyrussammlung T. 4
T.Köln inv. 4
SEG 44 1491

Category: Classification of the contents, e.g. magical (formulary or applied), alchemical, liturgical, documentary or medical.	Magical (applied)
Contents:	1. Ro ll. 1-32: Applied curse against athletes, the son of Taieas and Aphous, son of Taeis.
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Language(s):	Greek
Script(s):	Greek
Dialect:
Language/dialect notes:
Date: Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE.	201 – 300
Date notes:	Daniel & Maltomini (1992: p. 8); 301-400 (Jordan).
Archive/collection: Larger collection to which manuscript belongs.
Archive name:
State of edition:	Published.
Image:	https://papyri.uni-koeln.de/stueck/DS_d1e34742/img/t_004/orig/T4vorne.jpg

Form:	Sheet
Material:	Metal (lead)

Dimensions (cm):

Height: 13

Width: 8

Depth:

Dimensions (notes):	Collection Website (7/12/2020).
Folding pattern:	At least 5 horizontal creases (rolled).
State of preservation:	One large fragment and several smaller ones which cannot be placed securely. Tablet is now cracked and corroded.
Pages/Columns: Total surviving columns in the manuscript for rolls, sheets and rotuli; total number of pages for codices.	1
Pages/Columns (notes):	1 column recto, 32 lines.
Hand:

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/tm92338

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography

Editions:	Daniel, Robert W., and Franco Maltomini. Supplementum Magicum. Vol. 2. Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag, 1992, p. 8-14, no. 53. Decker, Wolfgang. Sport in der griechischen Antike. Vom minorischen Wettkampf bis zu den olympischen Spielen. München: Beck, 1995, p. 155. Gager, John G. Curse Tablets and Binding Spells from the Ancient World. New York: Oxford University Press, 1992, p. 59-60, no. 8. Pleket, Henry W. et al. “SEG 44-1491. Oxyrhynchos. Lead tablet with a curse against two athletes, 4th cent. A.D.?.” In: Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum 44 (SEG 44), edited by A. Chaniotis et al., 1994, no. 1491 (SEG 44 1491). Tremel, Jan. Magica Agonistica. Fluchtafeln im antiken Sport. Hildesheim: Weidmann, 2004, p. 103-104, no. 10. Wortmann, Dierk. “Neue Magische Texte.” Bonner Jahrbücher 168 (1968): p. 108-109, no. 12.
Translations:
General:	Jordan, David R. “A Survey of Greek Defixiones Not Included in the Special Corpora.” Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies 26.2 (1985): no. 157. Jordan, David R. “Magica Graeca Parvula.” Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 100 (1994): 321-322.

Trismegistos ID:

92338

PAThs:

PGM: Papyri Gracae Magicae	SM: Supplementum Magicum	53	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	10	To Zodion:

Edit History:

KD (11/9/2019); ST (7/12/2020); EL (8/12/2020)

How to cite:

Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP M879," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m879. Accessed on 05/11/2025

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