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KYPRIANOS M891

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

SM 68
SM II 68
Cairo, Egyptian Museum CP 25/8/37/1-2 (9883)
O.Cairo inv. 25/8/37/1-2(9883)
Ann Arbor, Michigan University, Library O. 9883 (previous)

Category: question mark icon Classification of the contents, e.g. magical (formulary or applied), alchemical, liturgical, documentary or medical.

Magical (unclear) (?)

Contents:

1. Ro ll. 1-4: Unclear

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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. 85).

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

Published.

Image: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/i/image/api/image/apis/X-1134/9883O.TIF/full/medium/0/native.jpg

Form:

Ostracon (pottery)

Material:

Ostracon (pottery)

Dimensions (cm): Height: 5.8 Width: 8 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Daniel & Maltomini (1992: p. 85 and Youtie 1975: p. 274); 8 x 8.5 cm (papyri.info 14/12/2020).

Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

Fragmentary (?)

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. 4 lines.

Hand:

Findspot:

Karanis (Kom Aushim), Egypt

(TM places ID: 1008)
Place of purchase: (TM places ID: )
Writingspot:

Karanis (Kom Aushim), Egypt

(TM places ID: 1008)
Present Location:

Cairo, Egyptian Museum

Collection History:

Previously Ann Arbor, Michigan University, Library O. 9883.

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. 85, no. 68.


Translations:
General:

Martin Hernandez, Raquel, and Sofia Torallas Tovar. “The Use of the Ostracon in Magical Practice in Late antique Egypt. Magical handbooks vs. Material Evidence” Studi e Materiali di Storia delle Religioni 80 (2014): p. 797.

Youtie, Herbert C. “Ostraca from Karanis.” Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 16 (1975): p. 274.


Trismegistos ID:

64128

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

68

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, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP M891," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m891. Accessed on 16/05/2024

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