KYP M970

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KYPRIANOS M970

Sigla:

PGM O 1
P. Ross. Georg. 5 3
SB XVIII 13169
SB 18 13169
Previously London, Private collection Hilton Price number unknown
O. Crum 522

Category: Classification of the contents, e.g. magical (formulary or applied), alchemical, liturgical, documentary or medical.	Magical (applied)
Contents:	1. Ro ll. 1-13: Applied spell to cause Hori, son of Maria, to not speak against Hatros, son of Taesis (curse)
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Language(s):	Greek
Script(s):	Greek
Dialect:
Language/dialect notes:
Date: Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE.	601 – 700
Date notes:	TM (4/7/2020).
Archive/collection: Larger collection to which manuscript belongs.
Archive name:
State of edition:	Published.
Image:

Form:	Ostracon (pottery)
Material:	Ostracon (pottery)

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Dimensions (notes):	No dimensions given in publications.
Folding pattern:
State of preservation:	Complete.
Pages/Columns: Total surviving columns in the manuscript for rolls, sheets and rotuli; total number of pages for codices.	1
Pages/Columns (notes):	1 column, recto. 13 lines.
Hand:

Findspot:	Hermopolis (El-Ashmunein), Egypt (TM places ID: 816)
Place of purchase:	(TM places ID: )
Writingspot:	Hermopolis (El-Eshmunein), Egypt (TM places ID: 816)
Present Location:	Unknown
Collection History:	Previously London, Private collection Hilton Price number unknown (TM 11/7/2020).
Trismegistos collection: Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript.
Collection website:

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography

Editions:	Preisendanz, Karl. Papyri Graecae Magicae. Die griechischen Zauberpapyri. Vol. 2 (2nd ed). Stuttgart: Teubner, 1931, p. 233, no. O1. Crum, Walter E. Coptic Ostraca from the Collections of the Egypt Exploration Fund, the Cairo Museum and others. London: Egypt Exploration Fund, 1902, no. 522. Rupprecht, Hans-Albert and Joachim Hengstl. Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten. Vol. 18. (SB XVIII). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 1993, no. 13169. Zerteli, Grigol et al. Papyri Russischer und georgischer Sammlungen. Vol. 5. Amsterdam: Hakkert, 1935, no. 3.
Translations:
General:	Faraone, Christopher A. “Thumos as Masculine Ideal and Social Pathology in Ancient Greek Magical Spells.” In Ancient Anger: Perspectives from Homer to Galen, edited by S. Braund and G. Most (“Yale Classical Studies”, 32), Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, MA, 2003, 150-151. Martín Hernández, Raquel, and Torallas Tovar, Sofìa. “The Use of the Ostracon in Magical Practice in Late Antique Egypt.” Studi e Materiali di Storia delle Religioni 80 (2014): 795. Wilcken, Ulrich. “Die Berliner Papyrusgrabungen in Herakleopolis Magna im Winter 1898/9.” Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete 2 (1903): 173.

Trismegistos ID:

64315

PAThs:

PGM: Papyri Gracae Magicae	O 1	SM: Supplementum Magicum		GEMF: Greek and Egyptian Magical Formularies (forthcoming)		ACM: Ancient Christian Magic
Bélanger Sarrazin: Bélanger-Sarrazin. “Catalogue des textes magiques coptes”		AKZ: Ausgewählte koptische Zaubertexte		CBd: Campbell-Bonner Magical Gems Database		Mert.-Pack: Mertens-Pack online database
Van H: van Haelst, Catalogue des papyrus littéraires	752	Bruyn-Dijkstra: de Bruyn and Dijkstra, “Greek Amulets and Formularies (Checklist)"	41	TheDefix: Thesaurus Defixionum	581	To Zodion:

Edit History:

ST (4/7/2020); ST (11/7/2020); KD (15/9/2020)

How to cite:

Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP M970," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m970. Accessed on 04/05/2025

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