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KYPRIANOS M923

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

P. Mich. Inv. 1560o
Ann Arbor, Michigan University, Library P. 1560 o

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

Magical (formulary)
Contents:

1. Ro col. 1 ll. 1-6: Unclear
2. Ro col. 1 ll. 7-13: Unclear
3. Ro col. 2 ll. 1-9: Love spell
4. Ro col. 2 ll. 10-14: Spell for sleeplessness (love spell?)
5. Vo ll. 1-12: Unclear
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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 – 400
Date notes:

Zellmann-Rohrer (2015: p. 183).
Archive/collection: question mark icon Larger collection to which manuscript belongs.
Archive name:
State of edition:

Published.
Image:

Form:

Sheet (?)
Material:

Papyrus
Dimensions (cm): Height: 8 Width: 9.5 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Zellmann-Rohrer (2015: p. 183).
Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

Fragmentary. Broken on all sides, edges frayed.
Pages/Columns: question mark icon Total surviving columns in the manuscript for rolls, sheets and rotuli; total number of pages for codices.

3
Pages/Columns (notes):

2 surviving columns recto (→), 13 and 14 surviving lines; 1 column verso (↓), 12 surviving lines.
Hand:

Semi cursive, sub-literary

Findspot:

Egypt

(TM places ID: 49)
Place of purchase: (TM places ID: )
Writingspot:

Egypt

(TM places ID: 49)
Present Location:

Ann Arbor, Michigan University, Library
Collection History:

Arrived at the University of Michigan in 1924 (Zellmann-Rohrer 2015: p. 183).
Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 12
Collection website: http://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-6435/1560or.tif

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography
Editions:

Zellmann-Rohrer, Michael. “Three Magical Papyri from the Michigan Collection.” Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 194 (2015): 183-187, no. 2.
Translations:
General:

Trismegistos ID:

397803

 PAThs:
PGM: question mark icon Papyri Gracae Magicae SM: question mark icon Supplementum Magicum GEMF: question mark icon Greek and Egyptian Magical Formularies (forthcoming) 48 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 (22/5/2019); ST (17/1/2021); KD (19/2/2021)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP M923," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m923. Accessed on 05/11/2025

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