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KYPRIANOS M902

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

PGM CXXVa
SM 98 (1)
Milan, Università Statale 1258 – 1260
Pisa, Università P. Cazzaniga 8 (previous)

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

Magical (formulary ?)

Contents:

1. Fr. a: Ro ll. 1-4: Voces magicae
2. Fr. b: Ro ll. 1-2: Unclear
3. Fr. c: Ro l. 1: Unclear text and image

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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. 401 – 600
Date notes:

GEMF dating (11/7/2019); 5th-6th century (Daniel/Maltomini 1992: p. 263).

Archive/collection: question mark icon Larger collection to which manuscript belongs. KYP A17
Archive name: Multilingual Library
State of edition:

Published.

Image:

Form:

Sheet (?)

Material:

Papyrus

Dimensions (cm): Height: 11.7 Width: 9.7 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Fr. A: 9.5 x 3.7 cm; B: 2.2 x 2.1 cm; C: 11.7 x 9.4 cm (Daniel/Maltomini 1992: p. 263).

Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

Fragmentary. Damaged.

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 (↓), 7 lines. Kollesis ca. 2 cm below the upper edge (Daniel/Maltomini 1992: p. 263).

Hand:

Findspot:

Herakleopolis (Ihnasya el-Medina), Egypt (?)

(TM places ID: 2713)
Place of purchase: (TM places ID: )
Writingspot:

Herakleopolis (Ihnasya el-Medina), Egypt (?)

(TM places ID: 2713)
Present Location:

Milan, Università Statale

Collection History:

Previously Pisa, Università P. Cazzaniga 8.

Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 229
Collection website:

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography
Editions:

Daniel, Robert W., and Franco Maltomini. Supplementum Magicum. Vol. 2. Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag, 1990-1992, p. 263-268 , no. 98(1)

Maltomini, Franco. “I papiri greci.” Studi Classici e Orientali 29 (1980): p. 113-116, no. 8.


Translations:

Betz, Hans D. The Greek Magical Papyri in Translation. Including the Demotic Spells. Vol. 1. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1986, p. 321-322, no. PGM 125a.


General:

Love, Edward O. D. forthcoming. “Bilingualism and Mono-/Bigraphia at the Nexus of Magical Traditions: From Egyptian-Greek to Coptic-Arabic Magical Texts.” In Christians and Muslims in Early Islamic Egypt, Proceedings of a Conference held at the Internationales Wissenschaftsforum (IWH) of the Universität Heidelberg, 29th to 30th September 2016, edited by Lajoś Berkeś.


Trismegistos ID:

65849

PAThs:
PGM: question mark icon Papyri Gracae Magicae

125a

SM: question mark icon Supplementum Magicum

981

GEMF: question mark icon Greek and Egyptian Magical Formularies (forthcoming) 85 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 (20/5/2019); MPS (16/9/2020); MPS (1/10/2020)


How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP M902," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m902. Accessed on 04/05/2025

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