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KYPRIANOS M789

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

PGM LIX
Cairo, Egyptian Museum CG 10563
Ρ. Kairo 10563

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. 1-14: Applied amulet intended to protect the mummy/corpse of Saioneis daughter of Sentaesis.
2. Vo ll. 1-2: Unclear.
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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:

TM (22/3/2019); 2nd or 3rd century (Grenfell/Hunt 1903: p. 71).
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Archive name:
State of edition:

Unpublished.
Image:

Form:

Sheet
Material:

Papyrus
Dimensions (cm): Height: 15.6 Width: 6.6 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Grenfell/Hunt 1903: p. 71
Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

2 fragments, largely 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 recto with 14 lines, 1 column verso with 2 lines.
Hand:

Semi-uncial

Findspot:

Arsinoites (Fayum), Egypt

(TM places ID: 332)
Place of purchase: (TM places ID: )
Writingspot:

Arsinoites (Fayum), Egypt (?)

(TM places ID: 332)
Present Location:

Cairo, Egyptian Museum
Collection History:

Found by A.H. Sayce in the Fayum in 1894 (Preisendanz, 1974: 187).
Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 73
Collection website:

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography
Editions:

Grenfell, Bernard P., and Athur S. Hunt. Catalogue Général des antiquités égyptiennes du musée du Caire. Greek Papyri. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1903, p. 71, P. Cairo Cat. 10563.

Preisendanz, Karl. “Mumienamulett auf Papyrus.” Études de papyrologie 1 (1932): 19-22.

Preisendanz, Karl, and Henrichs, Albert. Papyri Graecae Magicae: Die Griechischen Zauberpapyri. Vol. 2. Stuttgart: Teubner, 1974, p. 187, no. 59.
Translations:

Betz, Hans D. The Greek Magical Papyri in Translation. Including the Demotic Spells. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1986, p. 286, no. PGM 59.
General:

Trismegistos ID:

63784

 PAThs:
PGM: question mark icon Papyri Gracae Magicae

59

 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 To Zodion:
Edit History:

KD (22/3/2019); MPS (26/10/2020)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP M789," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m789. Accessed on 27/06/2024

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