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KYPRIANOS M140

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

P. Duk. inv. 729
formerly P. Duk. inv. LK76 2
P. Duke inv. 729
Duke University P. 729
Durham (NC), Duke University P. 729

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

Magical (formulary)

Contents:

1. p. 1 ll. 1-12: Potion (love spell).
2. p. 1 ll. 13-26: Silencing curse
3. p. 1 ll. 19-27: Binding love spell.
4. p. 2 ll. 28-54: Hymn to Helios for favour.

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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 – 300
Date notes:

GEMF dating (11/7/2019), in agreement with Jordan 2006; p. 159.

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

Published

Image: https://library.duke.edu/rubenstein/scriptorium/papyrus/images/150dpi/729r-at150.gif

Form:

Codex

Material:

Papyrus

Dimensions (cm): Height: 14.8 Width: 10.2 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

14.8 x 10.2 (Duke Library Website). 13.3 x 11.4 (Jordan 2006: p. 160).

Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

Incomplete; fragmentary.

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):

2 surviving pages. → is referred to here as p. 1.

Hand:

Cursive

Findspot:

Egypt

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

Egypt

(TM places ID: 49)
Present Location:

Durham (NC), Duke University

Collection History:

Purchased for the Duke University Library in 1976 along with P. Duk. inv. 230-231, 728 (see https://library.duke.edu/rubenstein/scriptorium/papyrus/texts/acquisitions.html).

Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 121
Collection website: https://library.duke.edu/rubenstein/scriptorium/papyrus/records/729.html

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography
Editions:

★ Jordan, David R. “P. Duk. inv. 729, Magical Formulae.” Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies 46 (2006): 159–173.


Translations:
General:

Trismegistos ID:

64011

PAThs:
PGM: question mark icon Papyri Gracae Magicae SM: question mark icon Supplementum Magicum GEMF: question mark icon Greek and Egyptian Magical Formularies (forthcoming) 21 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:

MPS (19/11/2018); EL (22/1/2019); KD (13/4/2020); ST (18/12/2020); KD (9/2/2021)


How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP M140," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m140. Accessed on 11/09/2024

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