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KYPRIANOS M920

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

P. Oxy. LXXXII 5303
P. Oxy. 82 5303
Oxford, Sackler Library, Papyrology Rooms 104/106(b)

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

Magical (formulary)

Contents:

1. Ro. l. 1: Unclear; vox magicae?
2. Ro. ll. 2-6: “For sexual intercourse” (?) (love spell ?)
3. Ro. ll. 7-12: Invocation of Typhon? Creation of amulet?
4. Ro ll. 13-20: Unclear; curse?

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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. 201 – 300
Date notes:

GEMF dating (11/2/2019).

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

Published.

Image: http://163.1.169.40/gsdl/collect/POxy/index/assoc/HASHb77c/8501dcd6.dir/POxy.v0082.n5303.a.01.hires.jpg

Form:

Roll (?)

Material:

Papyrus

Dimensions (cm): Height: 12.2 Width: 6 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Maltomini 2016: p. 48.

Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

Fragmentary, upper margin, left margin of column (?) preserved.

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 surviving column recto (→), 20 lines.

Hand:

Findspot:

Oxyrhynchus (Bahanasa), Egypt

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

Oxyrhynchus (Bahanasa), Egypt (?)

(TM places ID: 1524)
Present Location:

Oxford, Sackler Library, Papyrology Rooms

Collection History:

Gift of the Egypt Exploration Fund.

Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 264
Collection website: http://163.1.169.40/cgi-bin/library?e=d-000-00---0POxy--00-0-0--0prompt-10---4------0-1l--1-en-50---20-about---00031-001-1-0utfZz-8-00&a=d&c=POxy&cl=CL3.9&d=HASHb77c8501dcd629b928c9

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography
Editions:

Maltomini, Franco. The Oxyrhynchus Papyri. Vol. 82 (P. Oxy. LXXXII). London: Egypt Exploration Society, 2016, 51-48, no. 5303.


Translations:
General:

Trismegistos ID:

702428

PAThs:
PGM: question mark icon Papyri Gracae Magicae SM: question mark icon Supplementum Magicum GEMF: question mark icon Greek and Egyptian Magical Formularies (forthcoming) 39 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 (19/3/2019); ST (15/1/2021); KD (18/2/2021)


How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP M920," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m920. Accessed on 21/06/2025

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