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KYPRIANOS M880

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

SM 55
SM I 55
Cairo, Egyptian Museum JdE 36059

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. 1-19: Applied curse to make Herakles, son of Herakleia, and Hermias, son of Didyme, hate Khikhoeis, son of Takhoeis (separation).
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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 1992: p. 26; Guéraud 1934-1937: p. 206.
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: 19 Width: 15 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Daniel & Maltomini 1992: p. 26; Guéraud 1934-1937: p. 206.
Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

Complete.
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, 19 lines, preceded by complex 7 complex triangular formations.
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:

Cairo, Egyptian Museum
Collection History:

Found in Bahansa and was deposited in the Cairo museum in 1903 (Guéraud 1934-1937: p. 206).
Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 73
Collection website:

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography
Editions:

Daniel, Robert W., and Franco Maltomini. Supplementum Magicum. Vol. 2. Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag, 1992, p. 26-29, no. 55.

Guéraud, Octave. “Charme de haine, sur tablette de plomb.” In Mélanges Maspero 2. Orient, Grec, Romain et Byzantin (MIFAO 67), 1934-1937, p. 206-212.
Translations:
General:

Cauderlier, Patrice. “Les tablettes grecques d’Égypte: Inventaire.” Bibliologia 12 (1992): p. 93, no. 310.

Guéraud, Octave. “Sur la provenance de deux textes magiques du musée de Caire.” Annales du Service des Antiquités de l’Egypte 38 (1938): 248-249.

Jordan, David R. “A Survey of Greek Defixiones Not Included in the Special Corpora.” Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies 26.2 (1985): no. 154.

Robert, Jeanne, and Louis Robert. “Bulletin Épigraphique.” Revue des Études Grecques 53 (1940): no. 200.

Trismegistos ID:

92336
102284

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

55

 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:

ST (7/12/2020); MPS (8/12/2020)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP M880," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m880. Accessed on 16/05/2024

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