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KYPRIANOS M823

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PGM CII
P. Oxy. XXXVI 2753
P. Oxy. XXXVI 2751
Oxford, Sackler Library, Papyrology Rooms P. Oxy. 2753

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Magical (formulary)
Literary (philosophical)

Contents:

Original use:

1. Ro, col. 1-2: Plato, Republic 412c13-414d1

Re-use:

2. Vo col. 1 (fr. D): Unclear
2. Vo col. 2 (fr. E ll. 1-4, fr. C ll. 1-3, fr. D ll. 1-16): Dream oracle of Bes

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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. 301 – 400
Date notes:

Magical re-use is fourth century (GEMF; TM 15/5/2019; Daniel & Maltomini (1992: p. 196); P. Oxy. XXXVI p. 27). Original use is late third to early third century (TM 15/5/2019; P. Oxy. XXXVI p. 21).

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Archive name:
State of edition:

Published

Image: http://163.1.169.40/gsdl/collect/POxy/index/assoc/HASH0146/df5a811a.dir/POxy.v0036.n2753.a.01.hires.jpg

Form:

Roll (?)

Material:

Papyrus

Dimensions (cm): Height: 18 Width: 15 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Height given is the minimum, 3 fragments; fr. A: ?; fr. B: 3 x 3; fr. C: 4 x 2.5; fr. D: 15 x 15.5; fr. E: 2.5 x 3.

Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

Fragmentary. Two columns each survive on recto (original use) and verso (re-use). Considerable damage to entire piece.

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):

2 surviving columns verso (↓) (magical re-use); original use: 2 surviving columns recto (→).

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:

Oxford, Sackler Library, Papyrology Rooms

Collection History:

Excavated by the Egypt Exploration Society in Oxyrhynchus.

Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 264
Collection website: http://163.1.169.40/cgi-bin/library?e=d-000-00---0POxy--00-0-0--0prompt-10---4------0-1l--1-en-50---20-about---00031-001-1-0utf-00&a=d&c=POxy&cl=CL2.12&d=HASH0146df5a811affe414a8104a

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography
Editions:

Coles, R.A. et al (editor). The Oxyrhynchyus Papyri, volume XXXVI (P. Oxy. XXXVI). London: Egypt Exploration Society, 1970, p. 21-24, 27-28, nos. 2751 (recto), 2753 (verso).

Daniel, Robert W., and Franco Maltomini. Supplementum Magicum. Vol. 2. Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag, 1992, p. 196-201, no. 90.

Haslam, Michael W. Corpus dei papiri filosofici (CPF) Parte 1: Autori Noti Vo. 1*** (Nicolaus Damascenus – Platonis Fragmenta). Firenze: Leo S. Olschki Editore, 1999, p. 340-344, no. Plato 66.

Zellmann-Rohrer Michael W. “Notes on Magical Papyri: Part i”, Symbolae Osloenses, 96.1 (2022): p. 295-305.


Translations:

Betz, Hans D. The Greek Magical Papyri in Translation. Including the Demotic Spells. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1986, p. 309, no. 102.


General:

Trismegistos ID:

64487
62625

PAThs:
PGM: question mark icon Papyri Gracae Magicae

102

SM: question mark icon Supplementum Magicum

90

GEMF: question mark icon Greek and Egyptian Magical Formularies (forthcoming) 62 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

1418.1

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 (15/5/2019); KD (26/9/2023)


How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP M823," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m823. Accessed on 14/09/2024

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