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KYPRIANOS M795

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

PGM LXVIII
Cairo, Egyptian Museum JdE 60636

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.1-20 + Vo ll. 1-3 : Applied love spell to make Eutyches son of Zosime love Eriea daughter of Erchēeliō.

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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:

Preisendanz (1974: p. 201); TM (20/6/2019).

Archive/collection: question mark icon Larger collection to which manuscript belongs. KYP A39
Archive name: Hawara Magical Dossier
State of edition:

Published

Image:

Form:

Sheet

Material:

Papyrus

Dimensions (cm): Height: 17.5 Width: 9 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Preisendanz 1974, p: 201

Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

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 each, recto and verso, 20 lines recto, 3 lines verso.

Hand:

Hawara Scribe

Findspot:

Haueris (Hawara), Egypt

(TM places ID: 747)
Place of purchase: (TM places ID: )
Writingspot:

Haueris (Hawara), Egypt (?)

(TM places ID: 747)
Present Location:

Cairo, Egyptian Museum

Collection History:

Provenance unknown; Guéraud (1934, p. 292) suggests it was found in Hawara, since the hand is the same as that of PGM XXXIIa.

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:

Guéraud, Octave. “Deux textes magiques du Musée du Caire.” Mélanges Maspero 2. Orient grec, romain et byzantin MIFAO 67 (1935-1937): 202-206, no. 1.

Preisendanz, Karl. Papyri Graecae Magicae. Die griechischen Zauberpapyri. Vol. 2 (2nd ed). Stuttgart: Teubner, 1974, p. 201, no. 68.


Translations:

Betz, Hans D. The Greek Magical Papyri in Translation. Including the Demotic Spells. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1992, p. 297, no. 68.


General:

Nachtergael, Georges. “Papyrologica. II.” Chronique d’Egypte 80 (2005): p. 243.


Trismegistos ID:

63785

PAThs:
PGM: question mark icon Papyri Gracae Magicae

68

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: 10
Edit History:

KD (20/6/2019); ST (30/8/2020); KD (14/9/2020)


How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP M795," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m795. Accessed on 27/06/2024

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