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KYPRIANOS M924

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P. Oxy. LXVIII 4672
Oxford, Sackler Library, Papyrology Rooms 84/59(a)

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

Magical (formulary)

Contents:

1. Ro ll. 1-15: Love spell invoking Hekate to prevent victim from sleeping until she comes to user.

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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:

Third century dating according to GEMF (11/7/2019). third or fourth century in Colomo 2003: p. 111. 201-400 CE according to Col. website (17/1/2021).

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/HASH014e/23cecad9.dir/POxy.v0068.n4672.a.01.hires.jpg

Form:

Sheet

Material:

Papyrus

Dimensions (cm): Height: 10.6 Width: 13.5 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

GEMF (17/1/2021).

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.

1

Pages/Columns (notes):

1 column recto (→). 15 lines.

Hand:

Rather formal

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=q-000-00---0POxy--00-0-0--0prompt-10---4----ded--0-1l--1-en-50---20-about-4672--00031-001-1-0utfZz-8-00&a=d&c=POxy&cl=search&d=HASH014e23cecad9ddb636062e12

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography
Editions:

Colomo, Daniela. The Oxyrhynchus Papyri. Vol. 68 (P. Oxy. LXVIII), edited by N. Gonis, D. Obbink, and P.J. Parsons. London: Egypt Exploration Society, 2003, p. 111-114, no. 4673.


Translations:
General:

Serafini, N. La dea Ecate nell’antica Grecia. Una protettrice dalla quale proteggersi. Rome: Aracne editrice, 2015, p. 256-258.


Trismegistos ID:

101344

PAThs:
PGM: question mark icon Papyri Gracae Magicae SM: question mark icon Supplementum Magicum GEMF: question mark icon Greek and Egyptian Magical Formularies (forthcoming) 44 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 (17/1/2021); KD (23/2/2021)


How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP M924," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m924. Accessed on 19/05/2024

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