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KYPRIANOS M656

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PGM LII + P. Oxy. LXV 4468
Leipzig gr. 9 429 + Oxford, Sackler Library, no. 4468
P.Lips. inv. 429 + Oxford, Sackler Library, no. 4468

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

Magical (formulary)

Contents:

PGM LII:

1. Vo col. 1 ll. 1-6: Incantation (love spell)
2. Vo col. 1 ll. 7-12: Favour and love spell (charitesion)
3. Vo col. 2 ll. 1-7 (ll. 13-14): Love spell
4. Vo col. 2 ll. 8-14 (ll. 20-26): Agrupnetikon

P. Oxy. LXV 4468:

5. Ro col. 1 ll. 1-37: Love spell
6. Vo col. 1 ll. 1-17: Remains of a charitesion
7. Vo col. 1 ll. 18-26: Unclear (sleeplessness/love spell?)
8. Vo col. 2 ll. 1-10: Remains of a love spell
9. Vo col. 2 ll. 11-14: Charm to induce insomnia
10. Vo col. 2 ll. 15-19: Charm against insomnia
11. Vo col. 2 ll. 20-25: Phylactery for bad encounters (?)

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Language(s):

Greek
Egyptian (Demotic/Old Coptic)

Script(s):

Greek

Dialect:
Language/dialect notes:

A few Egyptian words are transliterated in P. Oxy. LXV 4468 Vo col. 2 ll. 23-25.

Date: question mark icon Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. 51 – 100
Date notes:

GEMF dating; 75-99 (TM 25/9/2020); Preisendanz gives 3rd century (Preisendanz 1974: p. 183); Maltomini gives late 1st century (Maltomini 1998: p. 130).

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

Published.

Image: https://www.papyrusportal.de/rsc/viewer/UBLPapyri_derivate_00002420/UBLPapyri_Lips429R_300.jpg

Form:

Roll

Material:

Papyrus

Dimensions (cm): Height: 21 Width: 39 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Leipzig gr. 9 429 18 (H) x 12 (W) (Preisendanz 1974: p. 183); P. Oxy. LXV 4468: 21 (H) x 27 (W).

Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

Fragmentary. 2 fragments coming probably from the same papyrus roll (Maltomini 2019: p. 181).

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

6

Pages/Columns (notes):

4 surviving columns recto, 2 verso. Column width 12-16 cm.

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:

Leipzig, Universität

Collection History:

Second fragment in Oxford, Sackler Library, Papyrology Rooms (TM Col. 264). The papyrus from Leipzig originates from Oxyrhynchus and was obtained by Otto Rubenson for the Leipzig collection in 1905. (Maltomini 1998: p. 103).

Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 181
Collection website: https://www.papyrusportal.de/receive/UBLPapyri_schrift_00002420

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography
Editions:

Preisendanz, Karl, and Henrichs, Albert. Papyri Graecae Magicae: Die Griechischen Zauberpapyri. Vol. 2. Stuttgart: Teubner, 1974, p. 183, no. 52.

Maltomini, Franco. “4468.” In The Oxyrhynchus Papyri, volume LXV, edited by M.W. Haslam et. al. London: Egypt Exploration Society, 1998, p. 103-122, no. 4468 (P. Oxy. LXV 4468).

Maltomini, Franco. “PGM LII (=P.Lips. Inv. 429): una nuova edizione.” Studi classici e orientali 65.2 (2019): 181-194.


Translations:

Betz, Hans D. The Greek Magical Papyri in Translation. Including the Demotic Spells. Vol. 1. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1986, p. 284, no. PGM 52.


General:

Trismegistos ID:

63114
63180

PAThs:
PGM: question mark icon Papyri Gracae Magicae

52

SM: question mark icon Supplementum Magicum GEMF: question mark icon Greek and Egyptian Magical Formularies (forthcoming) 6 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:

KD (11/3/2019); MPS (25/9/2020); KD (9/10/2020); MPS (23/10/2020); KD (12/12/2021)


How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP M656," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m656. Accessed on 30/06/2024

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