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KYPRIANOS M893

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

SM 74 + SM 75
Geneva, Bibliothèque P. Gr. 186 + P. Gr. 293

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

Magical (formulary)

Contents:

1. Col. 1 (?) ll. 1-7: Recipe against insomnia (healing)
2. Col. 1 (?) ll. 8-21: Recipe against sciata (healing)
3. Col. 2 (?) ll. 1-22: Recipe for unclear purposes, includes sacrifice of piglet.

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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. 101 – 200
Date notes:

GEMF dating (11/3/2019).

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

Published.

Image: http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/imageZoom/?iip=bgeiip/papyrus/pgen186-ri.ptif

Form:

Roll

Material:

Papyrus

Dimensions (cm): Height: 8 Width: 12.5 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

P. Gr. 186: 8 x 12.8 cm; P. Gr. 293: 5.8 x 11.7 cm (Daniel & Maltomini 1992: p. 132, 136).

Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

Fragmentary, two fragments.

Pages/Columns: question mark icon Total surviving columns in the manuscript for rolls, sheets and rotuli; total number of pages for codices.

2

Pages/Columns (notes):

2 columns recto (→). Column width 7-8 cm (GEMF), 22 lines.

Hand:

Findspot:

Egypt

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

Egypt

(TM places ID: 49)
Present Location:

Geneva, Bibliothèque

Collection History:

No acquisition information.

Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 136
Collection website: http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/bge/papyrus/index.php

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography
Editions:

Daniel, Robert W., and Franco Maltomini. Supplementum Magicum. Vol. 2. Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag, 1992, p. 132-141, no. 74-75.

Maltomini, Franco. “Due papiri magici della Bibliotheque Publique et Universitaire di Ginevra.” Studi classici e orientali 36 (1986): p. 293-298.


Translations:
General:

Trismegistos ID:

65844

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

74.75

GEMF: question mark icon Greek and Egyptian Magical Formularies (forthcoming) 9 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

6012

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:

KD (17/5/2019); MPS (11/12/2020); KD (14/12/2020)


How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP M893," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m893. Accessed on 16/05/2024

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