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KYPRIANOS M481

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

P. Heid. Inv. Lat. 5
SM I 36
CLA 1222

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

Magical (unclear)
Contents:

1. Ro ll.1-21: Invocation of God.
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Language(s):

Latin
Script(s):

Latin
Dialect:
Language/dialect notes:
Date: question mark icon Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. 451 – 550
Date notes:

Daniel & Maltomini (1990: p. 104); 475-525: Col. website (1/11/2020).
Archive/collection: question mark icon Larger collection to which manuscript belongs. KYP A23
Archive name: Fustat Archive
State of edition:

Published.
Image:

Form:

Sheet
Material:

Papyrus
Dimensions (cm): Height: 19.1 Width: 10.2 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Daniel & Maltomini (1990: p. 104).
Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

Lost since 1945.
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, 21 lines.
Hand:

Findspot:

Babylon, Egypt

(TM places ID: 389)
Place of purchase:

Cairo, Egypt

(TM places ID: 2740)
Writingspot:

Babylon, Egypt

(TM places ID: 389)
Present Location:

Heidelberg, Institut für Papyrologie
Collection History:

Bought for Heidelberg by Carl Schmidt in Cairo in 1937, but missing since 1945 (col. website 25/11/2020). A typed transcript by Karl Preisendanz in held in the Institut für Altertumskunde of the University of Cologne (Daniel & Maltomini 1990: p. 104).
Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 156
Collection website: https://elmss.nuigalway.ie/catalogue/1701

Notes/Discussion:

Found together with SM I 32 (M866) Daniel & Maltomini 1990: p. 105).

Bibiliography
Editions:

Cavenaile, Robert. Corpus Papyrorum Latinarum. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 1958, no. 316.

Daniel, Robert W., and Franco Maltomini. Supplementum Magicum. Vol. 1. Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag, 1990, p. 104-112, no. 36.

Lowe, Elias A. Codices Latini Antiquiores. Vol. 8. Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1959, no. 1222.

Marganne, Marie-Hélène, and Magali de Haro Sanchez, “At the Crossroads of Greek and Roman Medicine: The Contribution of Latin Papyri. 1. Medical Texts; 2. Iatromagical Papyri.” In ‘Greek’ and ‘Roman’ in Latin Medical Texts Studies in Cultural Change and Exchange in Ancient Medicine, edited by Brigitte Maire, Leiden: Brill, 2014, p. 105-108.
Translations:
General:

Daniel, Robert W., and Franco Maltomini. “From the African Psalter and Liturgy.” Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 74 (1988): 253-265.

Kramer, Johannes. “A Linguistic Commentary on Heidelberg’s Latin Papyrus Amulet.” Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 74 (1988): 267-272.

Preisendanz, Karl. “Mitteilungen.” Deutsche Literaturzeitung 61 (1940): 739-740.

Preisendanz, Karl. “Wichtige Überlieferungsquellen der antiken Magie.” Forschungen und Fortschritte 16 (1940): 409.

Preisendanz, Karl. ” Zur Überlieferung der griechischen Zauberpapyri.” In Miscellanea critica: Aus Anlass des 150-jährigen Bestehens der Verlagsgesellschaft und des Graphischen Betriebes B. G. Teubner. Vol 1. Leipzig: Teubner, 1964, no. XCIV.

Seider, Richard. “Aus der Arbeit der Universitätsinstitute. Die Universitäts-Papyrussammlung.” Heidelberger Jahrbücher 8 (1964).

Trismegistos ID:

63029

 PAThs:
PGM: question mark icon Papyri Gracae Magicae SM: question mark icon Supplementum Magicum

36

 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

1213

 Bruyn-Dijkstra: question mark icon de Bruyn and Dijkstra, “Greek Amulets and Formularies (Checklist)"

77

 TheDefix: question mark icon Thesaurus Defixionum To Zodion:
Edit History:

ST (1/11/2020); ST (4/11/2020); KD (13/3/2021)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP M481," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m481. Accessed on 22/08/2024

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