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KYPRIANOS M889

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

SM 66
Baarn, Private collection Moen without number
T.Moen s.n.

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. 1-22: Invocation to cause a daimon to enter into Alexandros, son of Didyme, for divination.
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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. 251 – 350
Date notes:

Daniel & Maltomini (1992: p. 76).
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: 12.5 Width: 10.7 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Daniel & Maltomini (1992: p. 77). Folded into packet of 4 x 3 cm (TM 14/12/2020).
Folding pattern:

2 vertical creases, 1 horizontal crease (Daniel & Maltomini 1992: p. 77).
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. 22 lines.
Hand:

Findspot:

Arsinoites (Fayum), Egypt (?)

(TM places ID: 332)
Place of purchase: (TM places ID: )
Writingspot:

Arsinoites (Fayum), Egypt (?)

(TM places ID: 332)
Present Location:

Baarn, Private collection Moen
Collection History:

Purchased from a Parisian dealer, who claimed it was from the Fayum (Sijpesteijn 1969: p. 188).
Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 456
Collection website:

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography
Editions:

Daniel, Robert W., and Franco Maltomini. Supplementum Magicum. Vol. 2. Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag, 1992, p. 77-80, no. 66.

Sijpesteijn, Pieter J. “Ein Herbeirufungszauber.” Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 4 (1969): 187-191.
Translations:
General:

Maltomini, Franco. “πανάτιμοϲ: Non attestato.” Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 87 (1991): 253.

Trismegistos ID:

92331

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

66

 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 To Zodion:
Edit History:

ST (13/12/2020); MPS (14/12/2020)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP M889," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m889. Accessed on 05/11/2025

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