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KYPRIANOS M969

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P. Oxy. XXXI 2554
P. Oxy. 31 2554
P. Oxy. XXXI 2546
P. Oxy. 31 2546
Oxford, Sackler Library, Papyrology Rooms P. Oxy. 2554
Oxford, Sackler Library, Papyrology Rooms P. Oxy. 2546

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

Astrological (almanac)
Magical (formulary)
Literary (poem)
Astrological (literary)
Contents:

Original use:

1. Ro cols. 1-3: Pseudo-Manetho’s Apotelesmatica IV.384-415, 417-433, 564-590, 592-604 (astrological poem).

Re-use:

2. Vo col. 1 ll. 1-19 + col. 2 ll. 1-14: Astrological predictions
3. Vo col. 2 ll. 14-16: Instructions for creating amulet for protection from negative forces of the year.
4. Vo col. 2 ll. 17-18: Information on the rise of the Nile
5. Vo col. 3 ll. 1-15 (fr. 2): Astrological predictions
6. Vo col. 3 ll. 1-8 (fr. 3): Astrological predictions
7. Vo col. 3 ll. 9-12: Instructions for creating amulet for protection from negative forces of the year.
8. Vo col. 3 ll. 13-18: Information on the rise of the Nile
9. Vo col. 3 ll. 1-11 (fr. 4): Astrological predictions
See all texts in this manuscript.

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:

TM (24/1/2021). Ro: 101-200 CE; vo: 201-400 CE: Neugebauer & van Hoesen (1964: p. 62).
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Archive name:
State of edition:

Published.
Image: http://163.1.169.40/gsdl/collect/POxy/index/assoc/HASH0230.dir/POxy.v0031.n2554.a.01.hires.jpg

Form:

Roll
Material:

Papyrus
Dimensions (cm): Height: 30 Width: 44.5 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Fr. 1: 16.5 (W) x 17 (H); fr. 2: 9 (W) x 13 (H); fr. 3: 13 (W) x 30 (H); fr. 4: 6 (W) x 11 (H).
Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

Fragmentary; 4 fragments.
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):

Re-use 3 columns verso surviving. Original use 3 columns surviving. Verso at 180 degrees to recto.
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-help---00031-001-1-0utf-00&a=d&c=POxy&cl=CL3.1&d=HASH0230483a365a97137e6b57

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography
Editions:

Rea, John R., et al. The Oxyrhynchus Papyri. Vol. 31 (P. Oxy. XXXI). London: Egypt Exploration Society, 1966, p. 77-83, nos. 2546 + 2554.
Translations:
General:

Neugebauer, Otto and Henry B. van Hoesen. “Astrological Papyri and Ostraca: Bibliographical Notes.” Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 108 (1964): p. 62, no. 125.

Radici Colace, P. “P.Oxy. 2546: per una nuova edizione degli Apotelesmatiká di Manetone”, Analecta papyrologica 2 (1990):, 45-51.

Sünskes, Julia. “Astrologie und Aufstand: Die Angst der römischen Kaiser vor Machtverlust.” In: Migratio et Commutatio. Studien zur Alten Geschichte und deren Nachlebe. Thomas Pekáry zum 60. Geburtstag am 13. September 1989 dargebracht von Freunden, Kollegen und Schülern, edited by Hans-Joachim Drexhage and Julia Sünskes, St. Katharinen: Scripta Mercuturae Verlag, 1989, p. 60-67.

Trismegistos ID:

64153
64140

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

02043.100
01295.200
01295.000
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 (24/1/2021)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP M969," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m969. Accessed on 04/05/2025

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