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KYPRIANOS M921

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

P. Oxy. LXXXII 5304
P. Oxy. 82 5304
P. Oxy. LXXXII 5315
P. Oxy. 82 5315
Oxford, Sackler Library, Papyrology Rooms 50 4B.30/G(1) Ro/Vo

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

Magical (formulary)
Medical (recipes)

Contents:

Original use:

1. Ro. Col. 1 ll. 1-18: Invocation of Isis
2. Ro. Col. 2 ll. 1-8: Binding love spell
3. Ro. Col. 2 ll. 9-18: Binding curse
4. Ro. Col. 2 ll. 19-:27: Spell to restrain wrath (thumokatokhos)
5. Ro. Col. 2 ll. 28-34: Binding love spell
6. Ro. Col. 2 ll. 35-38: Love spell

Re-use:

7. Vo col. 1 ll.1-26 – col. 2 ll.1-26: Healing recipes using the droppings of various flying creatures, especially birds.

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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:

Original use dated to third century, re-use dated to late third century by Maltomini (2016: p. 51, 64); Vo: 300-350 (TM: 16/1/2021).

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/HASHc77c/8591ecd6.dir/POxy.v0082.n5304.a.01.hires.jpg

Form:

Roll

Material:

Papyrus

Dimensions (cm): Height: 28.7 Width: 18.8 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Maltomini 2016, p. 51.

Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

Fragmentary.

Pages/Columns: question mark icon Total surviving columns in the manuscript for rolls, sheets and rotuli; total number of pages for codices.

4

Pages/Columns (notes):

2 surviving columns recto (→), 18 and 38 surviving lines. 2 columns verso (↓), 26 lines each.

Hand:

Hand 1: cols. i-ii; documentary.
Hand 2: cols. iii-iv; informal.

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=CL1.10&d=HASHc77c8591ecd6acb928d2

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography
Editions:

Maltomini, Franco. The Oxyrhynchus Papyri. Vol. 82 (P. Oxy. LXXXII). London: Egypt Exploration Society, 2016, pp. 51-63, 106-114, nos. 5304 & 5315.


Translations:
General:

Trismegistos ID:

702429
702440

PAThs:
PGM: question mark icon Papyri Gracae Magicae SM: question mark icon Supplementum Magicum GEMF: question mark icon Greek and Egyptian Magical Formularies (forthcoming) 40 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

02410.104

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 (16/1/2021); KD (18/2/2021)


How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP M921," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m921. Accessed on 04/05/2025

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