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KYPRIANOS M427

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

PGM Christian 7
P. Oxy. XI 1384
Glasgow, University MS Gen. 1026/16
Mertens-Pack 02410.000

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

Magical (formulary) (?)
Medical (recipes)

Contents:

1. Ro ll. 1-14: Ingredients for laxative
2. Ro ll. 15-22: Part of a non-canonical gospel
3. Ro ll. 23-29: Passage from apocalyptic text
4. Ro ll. 30-33: For difficulty in urination
5. Ro ll. 34-36: For treatment of wounds

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. 401 – 600
Date notes:

TM (22/2/2019); Grenfell, Hunt 1915: p. 238: 5th century AD; Mazza 2007: p. 439: 5-6th century AD.

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

Published.

Image: http://special.lib.gla.ac.uk/teach/papyrus/oxyrhynchus1384.html

Form:

Sheet

Material:

Papyrus

Dimensions (cm): Height: 30.2 Width: 15.4 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Grenfell, Hunt 1915: p. 238.

Folding pattern:

6 horizontal folds (?) and 3 vertical folds.

State of preservation:

Fragmentary, most of right half of the papyrus missing.

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 (→), 36 lines. Kollesis visible in the middle of the sheet.

Hand:

Irregular, rather large script (Mazza 2007: p. 439).

Findspot:

Oxyrhynchus (Bahanasa), Egypt

(TM places ID: 1524)
Place of purchase: (TM places ID: )
Writingspot:

Oxyrhynchus (Bahanasa), Egypt (?)

(TM places ID: 1524)
Present Location:

Glasgow, University

Collection History:

Likely excavated in Oxyrhynchus by the Egypt Exploration Society.

Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 141
Collection website: http://special.lib.gla.ac.uk/teach/papyrus/oxyrhynchus1384.html

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography
Editions:

Grenfell, Bernard P., and Athur S. Hunt. The Oxyrhynchus Papyri. Vol. 11. London: The Egypt Exploration Fund, 1915, p. 238-241, no. 1384.

★ Mazza, Roberta. “P. Oxy. XI, 1384: medicina, rituali di guarigione e cristianesimi nell’Egitto tardoantico.” Annali di Storia dell’Esegesi, monographical issue on ‘Ancient Christianity and “Magic”/ Il cristianesimo antico e la “magia” 24.2 (2007): 437-462.

Preisendanz, Karl. Papyri Graecae Magicae: Die Griechischen Zauberpapyri. Vol 2. Stuttgart: Teubner, 1931, p. 195, Christliches no. 7.


Translations:

Meyer, Marvin W., and Richard Smith. Ancient Christian Magic: Coptic Texts of Ritual Power. Princeton (New Jersey): Princeton University Press, 1999, p. 31, no. 4.


General:

Marganne, Marie-Hélène. Inventaire analytique des papyrus grecs de médecine. Genève: Droz, 1981, no. 136.


Trismegistos ID:

62077

PAThs:
PGM: question mark icon Papyri Gracae Magicae

Christian 7

SM: question mark icon Supplementum Magicum GEMF: question mark icon Greek and Egyptian Magical Formularies (forthcoming) 88 ACM: question mark icon Ancient Christian Magic

4

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

2410

Van H: question mark icon van Haelst, Catalogue des papyrus littéraires

584

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 (22/2/2019); MPS (28/9/2020)


How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP M427," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m427. Accessed on 11/09/2024

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