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KYPRIANOS M881

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

SM 57
Paris, Sorbonne, Institut de Papyrologie 2063
Université de Paris – Sorbonnc. Inv. 2063.

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. 1-42: Applied anger-restraining curse for Horigenes against Paomis.

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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. 301 – 400
Date notes:

Daniel & Maltomini 1992: p. 34; 4th-5th century (Collart 1940: p. 29).

Archive/collection: question mark icon Larger collection to which manuscript belongs.
Archive name:
State of edition:

Published.

Image: http://www.papyrologie.paris-sorbonne.fr/photos/2012063.jpg

Form:

Sheet

Material:

Metal (lead)

Dimensions (cm): Height: 20 Width: 16 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Collart indicates 19 x 25 cm which is incorrect (Daniel & Maltomini 1992: p. 34).

Folding pattern:

1 horizontal break and at least 5 more creases (Daniel & Maltomini 1992: p. 34).

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, 42 lines.

Hand:

Findspot:

Egypt

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

Egypt

(TM places ID: 49)
Present Location:

Paris, Sorbonne, Institut de Papyrologie

Collection History:
Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 275
Collection website:

Notes/Discussion:

3 small holes – 2 on left edge and 1 on right edge.
Trinagular formation. 9 sections.

Bibiliography
Editions:

Collart, Paul. “Une nouvelle tabella defixionis d’Egypte.” Revue de philologie, de littérature et d’histoire anciennes 4.3 (1930): 248-256.

Collart, Paul. Les Papyrus Théodore Reinach. Vol. 2. Cairo: L’Institut français d’archéologie orientale, 1940, p. 29-32, no. 88.

Daniel, Robert W., and Franco Maltomini. Supplementum Magicum. Vol. 2. Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag, 1992, p. 34-42, no. 57.


Translations:
General:

Bonner., Campbell. Studies on Magical Amulets chiefly Graeco-Egyptian. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press (London: Oxford University Press), 1950, p. 104, p. 169.

Jordan, David R. “A Survey of Greek Defixiones Not Included in the Special Corpora.” Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies 26.2 (1985): no. 162.


Trismegistos ID:

92335

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

57

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

171

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Edit History:

KD (25/20/2019); MPS (8/12/2020)


How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP M881," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m881. Accessed on 16/05/2024

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