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KYPRIANOS M896

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

SM 85
SM II 85
P. Oxy. XLVI 3298
Oxford, Sackler Library, Papyrology Rooms P. Oxy. 3298

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

Magical (formulary)
Astrological (horoscopes)
Contents:

1. Ro col. 1, ll. 1-8: Natal horoscope of Apolinarius
2. Ro col. 2, ll. 9-17: Natal horoscope of his son Severis
3. Ro col. 2, ll. 18-20: Natal horoscope of De[…]
4. Ro col. 3, ll. 21-28: Natal horoscope of Amm[…]
5. Vo col. 1, ll. 29-37: Natal horoscope
6. Vo col. 2, ll. 38-40: Natal horoscope of Sabinus son of Isis
7. Vo col. 2, ll. 41-44: Request for a dream (divination, apparition ritual)
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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. 249 – 300
Date notes:

Daniel and Maltomini 1992: p. 53. The latest horoscope (no. 4) is dated to 249/250.
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Archive name:
State of edition:

Published.
Image: https://portal.sds.ox.ac.uk/articles/online_resource/P_Oxy_XLVI_3298_Horoscopes_and_Magic_Spell/21167818

Form:

Roll
Material:

Papyrus
Dimensions (cm): Height: 7 Width: 19 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Daniel and Maltomini 1992: p. 53.
Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

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

5
Pages/Columns (notes):

3 columns recto (→), 2 columns verso (↓).
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:

Oxford, Sackler Library, Papyrology Rooms
Collection History:

Excavated in situ by B.P Grenfell and A.S. Hunt.
Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 264
Collection website: https://aquila.zaw.uni-heidelberg.de/hgv/30194

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography
Editions:

Baccani, Donata. Baccani, Oroscopi greci: Documentazione papirologica. Messina: Sicania; 1992, no. 14.

Daniel, Robert W., and Franco Maltomini. Supplementum Magicum. Vol. 2. Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag, 1992, p. 53-54, no. 85. [ll. 41-44 only].

Rea, John Rowland. The Oxyrhynchus Papyri XLVI (P. Oxy. XLVI). London: Egypt Exploration Society, 1978, p. 59-63, no. 3298.
Translations:
General:

Trismegistos ID:

30194

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

85

 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:

KD (17/5/2019); KD (9/12/2020)

How to cite:
[Editor names]. "KYP M896," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, Korshi Dosoo, Markéta Preininger, & Roxanne Bélanger Sarrazin (principal editors), www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m896. Accessed on 20/10/2026
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