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KYPRIANOS M903

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

PGM CXXVb
SM 98 (2)
Milan, Università Statale 1262

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. 1-5: Unclear (Aramaic)
2. Vo ll. 1-9: Unclear (Greek)

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Language(s):

Greek
Aramaic

Script(s):

Greek
Aramaic

Dialect:
Language/dialect notes:
Date: question mark icon Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. 401 – 500
Date notes:

TM (1/10/2020); 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:

Roll (?)

Material:

Papyrus

Dimensions (cm): Height: 4.9 Width: 9.2 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Daniel/Maltomini 1992: p. 263.

Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

Fragmentary; broken on the top, left and right.

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):

1 column recto (→) of 5 lines (Aramaic text). 1 column verso (↓), 9 lines (Greek text); The Greek text is written at 90 degrees to the recto.

Hand:

Findspot:

Herakleopolites (?)

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

Herakleopolites (?)

(TM places ID: 2713)
Present Location:

Milan, Università Statale 1262 Vo

Collection History:

Previously Pisa, Università P. Cazzaniga 9.

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, 1992, p. 231, p. 263-268, no. 98 (2).

Maltomini, Franco. “I papiri greci.” Studi classici e orientali 29 (1980): p. 116-117, no. 9.

Marrassini, Paolo. “I Frammenti Aramaici.” Studi classici e orientali 29 (1980): p. 128, fr. 1[Aramaic text].


Translations:

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


General:

Trismegistos ID:

65850

PAThs:
PGM: question mark icon Papyri Gracae Magicae

125b

SM: question mark icon Supplementum Magicum

982

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:

MPS (1/10/2020); KD (15/12/2020)


How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP M903," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m903. Accessed on 04/05/2025

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