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KYPRIANOS M917

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

P. Oxy. III 433
P. Oxy. 3 433
Cambr 117 F4
Cambridge, University Library Add. Ms. 4414

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

Magical (formulary)

Contents:

1. Col. 1 ll. 1-20: Unclear (perhaps favour spell involving creation of consecrated statue)
2. Col. 2 ll. 1-3: Unclear
3. Col. 2 ll. 4-6: To restrain anger
4. Col. 2 ll. 10-14: For hatred (separation)
5. Col. 2 ll. 15-17: For hatred (separation)

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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. 150 – 250
Date notes:

GEMF dating (11/7/2019).

Archive/collection: question mark icon Larger collection to which manuscript belongs. KYP A50
Archive name: Oxyrhynchus Astrological-Magical Archive
State of edition:

Published

Image:

Form:

Roll

Material:

Papyrus

Dimensions (cm): Height: 87 Width: 9 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

GEMF (10/1/2021).

Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

Fragmentary. Left, right and bottom margins broken.

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 recto (→), 20 and 16 surviving lines; 1 extra line may be inferred at the beginning of the recro.

Hand:

Small, rounded, semi-cursive

Findspot:

Oxyrhynchus (Bahanasa), Egypt

(TM places ID: 1524)
Place of purchase: (TM places ID: )
Writingspot:

Oxyrhynchus (Bahanasa), Egypt (?)

(TM places ID: 1524)
Present Location:

Cambridge, University Library

Collection History:

Acquired from the Egypt Exploration Fund.

Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 79
Collection website:

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography
Editions:

Grenfell, Bernard P., and Arthur S. Hunt. The Oxyrhynchus Papyri. Vol. 3 (P. Oxy III). London: The Egypt Exploration Fund, 1903, no. 433.

Zellmann-Rohrer, Michael. “An Overlooked Magical Formulary (P.Oxy. 3.433).” Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists 55 (2018): 195-209.


Translations:
General:

Trismegistos ID:

63791

PAThs:
PGM: question mark icon Papyri Gracae Magicae SM: question mark icon Supplementum Magicum GEMF: question mark icon Greek and Egyptian Magical Formularies (forthcoming) 25 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 (21/5/2019); ST (10/1/2021); KD (17/2/2021)


How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP M917," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m917. Accessed on 04/05/2025

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