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KYPRIANOS M919

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

Kernos 23
SEG 60 817
Anapa, Historical Museum, inv. 835

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

Magical (formulary)
Contents:

1. Obverse ll. 1-12: Against magic (pharmaka)
2. Reverse ll. 13-24: Instructions for amulets for various parts of the head.
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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. 101 – 300
Date notes:

GEMF dating (15/1/2021); Faraone 2010: 91 n.1.
Archive/collection: question mark icon Larger collection to which manuscript belongs.
Archive name:
State of edition:

Published.
Image:

Form:

Gem
Material:

Stone (agate)
Dimensions (cm): Height: 3.5 Width: 3.5 Depth: 3.5
Dimensions (notes):

Spherical, diameter of 3.5 cm. GEMF (15/1/2021).
Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

Complete.
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 each obverse and reverse.
Hand:

Findspot:

Gorgippia (Anapa), Russia

(TM places ID: 38244)
Place of purchase: (TM places ID: )
Writingspot:

Gorgippia (Anapa), Russia (?)

(TM places ID: 38244)
Present Location:

Anapa, Historical Museum
Collection History:

No acquisition information.
Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript.
Collection website:

Notes/Discussion:

Faraone 2010 argues that this functioned as a miniature formulary rather than as an amulet, like most gemstones.

Bibiliography
Editions:

Blavatskaja, T. “Ein Amulet aus der Umgebung von Gorgippia.” In: Studia in honorem D. Decev. Sofija: BAN, 1958, p. 231-239.

Chaniotis, Angelos, et al. “SEG 60-817. Gorgippia (?). Magical text, Imperial period.” In: Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum 60 (SEG 60), edited by A. Chaniotis et al., no. 817 (SEG 60 817).

Faraone, Christopher. “A Greek Magical Gemstone from the Black Sea: Amulet or Miniature Handbook?” Kernos 23 (2010): 91-114.

Faraone, Christopher A. Vanishing Acts on Ancient Greek Amulets: From Oral Performance to Visual Design. London: Institute of Classical Studies, 2012, p. 51-55.

Neverov, O. “Gemmes, bagues et amulettes magiques du sud de l’USSR.” In: Hommages à M.J.Versmaseren. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1978, p. 848, no. 50.
Translations:
General:

Trismegistos ID: PAThs:
PGM: question mark icon Papyri Gracae Magicae SM: question mark icon Supplementum Magicum GEMF: question mark icon Greek and Egyptian Magical Formularies (forthcoming) 27 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 (15/1/2021); KD (18/2/2021); KD (19/2/2021)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP M919," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m919. Accessed on 05/11/2025

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