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KYPRIANOS M971

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

PGM O 2
P. Oslo 2 15
Oslo, University Library O. 570

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

Magical (applied)

Contents:

1. Ro ll. 1-37, Vo ll. 1-5: Applied separation spell to separate Allous from her husband Apollonios (curse).

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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. 101 – 200
Date notes:

Preisendanz (1931: p. 209); TM (5/7/2020).

Archive/collection: question mark icon Larger collection to which manuscript belongs.
Archive name:
State of edition:

Published

Image: http://ipap.csad.ox.ac.uk/4DLink4/4DACTION/IPAPwebquery?vPub=P.Oslo&vVol=2&vNum=15

Form:

Ostracon (pottery)

Material:

Ostracon (pottery)

Dimensions (cm): Height: 12.5 Width: 8 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Upper part and rim of big open bowl (Gager 1992, p. 110).

Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

Complete.

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

2

Pages/Columns (notes):

1 column each, recto (convex) and verso (concave). 42 lines. 37 recto and 5 verso.

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:

Oslo, University Library

Collection History:

Acquired 1928 in Egypt (Preisendanz 1931, p: 209).

Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 262
Collection website:

Notes/Discussion:

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Bibiliography
Editions:

Preisendanz, Karl. Papyri Graecae Magicae: Die Griechischen Zauberpapyri. Vol. 2. Stuttgart: Teubner, 1931, p. 209-210, no. O2.

Amundsen, Leiv. “Magical text on an Oslo Ostracon.” Symbolae Osloenses: Norwegian journal of Greek and Latin Studies 7 (1928): 36-37.

Eitrem, Samson and Leiv Amundson. Papyri Osloenses. Vol. 2. Oslo: Dybwad, 1931, p. 29-33, no. 15.

Gager, John G. Curse Tablets and Binding Spells from the Ancient World. New York: Oxford University Press, 1992, p. 110-112, no. 35.


Translations:
General:

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.


Trismegistos ID:

63587

PAThs:
PGM: question mark icon Papyri Gracae Magicae

O 2

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
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

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To Zodion:
Edit History:

KD (25/20/2019); ST (5/7/2020); ST (11/7/2020); KD (15/9/2020)


How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP M971," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m971. Accessed on 19/05/2024

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