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KYPRIANOS M897

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SM 86
P.Oxy. LVI 3835
Oxford, Sackler Library, Papyrology Rooms 39 5B 117/E(3-4)a

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

Magical (formulary)
Literary (philosophical)
Contents:

Original use

1. Ro: Philosophical text

Re-use:

2. Vo col. 1 ll. 1-19: Spell to catch thief (?)
3. Vo col. 2 ll. 1-8: Spell to catch thief
4. Vo col. 1 ll. 1-19: Spell to catch thief
5. Vo col. 2 ll. 17-21: Spell to catch thief
6. Fr. B: Unclear
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Language(s):

Greek
Egyptian (Coptic) (?)
Script(s):

Greek
Coptic
Dialect:
Language/dialect notes:

Vo col. 2 l. 9 – probably Coptic ⲕⲏⲧⲉ – “another” (f.) (Crum 92) (KD)
Date: question mark icon Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. 201 – 400
Date notes:

GEMF dating (11/7/2019).
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Archive name:
State of edition:

Published
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Form:

Sheet (?)
Material:

Papyrus
Dimensions (cm): Height: 14.8 Width: 17.2 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Maltomioni in Sirivianou 1989: p. 57.
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.

2
Pages/Columns (notes):

2 columns verso (re-use), 3 columns recto (original use).
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 by Grenfell and Hunt at Oxyrhynchus.
Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 264
Collection website: https://portal.sds.ox.ac.uk/articles/online_resource/P_Oxy_LVI_3835_Magic/21176485

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography
Editions:

★ Daniel, Robert W., and Franco Maltomini. Supplementum Magicum. Vol. 2. Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag, 1992, p. 179-186, no. 86.

Sirivianou, Maria G. (ed). The Oxyrhynchus Papyri. Vol. 56. London: Egypt Exploration Fund, 1989, p. 57-61, no. 3835.
Translations:
General:

Trismegistos ID:

64337
97903

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

86

 GEMF: question mark icon Greek and Egyptian Magical Formularies (forthcoming) 46 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); EL (14/6/2019); MPS (11/10/2019); MPS (19/8/2020); KD (27/3/2024)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP M897," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m897. Accessed on 22/12/2025

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