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KYPRIANOS M906

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

PGM CXXVf
SM 98 (6)

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

Magical (unclear)

Contents:

Orginal use:

1. Ro l. 1: Aramaic text; contains Tetragrammaton

Re-use:

2. Vo ll. 1-4: Unclear magical text

See all texts in this manuscript.

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:

Greek text 475 – 499; Aramaic text 400-475 (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: 14.5 Width: 2.5 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Daniel/Maltomini 1992: p. 263.

Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

Fragmentary; broken away on top and bottom.

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 verso (re-use) with 4 lines, 1 column recto of original use, in Aramaic. On recto and verso, text runs along fibres (Daniel/Maltomini 1992: p. 263).

Hand:

Findspot:

Herakleopolites (?)

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

Herakleopolites (?)

(TM places ID: 2713)
Present Location:

Milan, Università Statale 1257 Vo

Collection History:

Previously in Pisa, Università P. Cazzaniga 13 (TM 1/10/2020).

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 (6).

Maltomini, Franco. “I papiri greci.” Studi classici e orientali 29 (1980): p. 119-120 no. 13.

Marrassini, Paolo. “I Frammenti Aramaici.” Studi classici e orientali 29 (1980): p. 129 fr. 3 [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 f.


General:

Trismegistos ID:

65854

PAThs:
PGM: question mark icon Papyri Gracae Magicae

125f

SM: question mark icon Supplementum Magicum

986

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)


How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP M906," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m906. Accessed on 04/05/2025

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