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KYPRIANOS M1031

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

SB I 3573
SB 1 3573
Berlin, Staatliche Museen ÄM 2148

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. 1-4 + Vo ll. 1-4: Applied amulet containing words “Bous” (and variants), “highest”, and “hallelujah”, perhaps citation of Psalm LXX 90.1.
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Language(s):

Greek
Script(s):

Greek
Coptic (?)
Dialect:
Language/dialect notes:

Seems to contain one Coptic letter (djandja).
Date: question mark icon Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. 601 – 800
Date notes:

TM (21/2/2021); 601-900 CE: de Bruyn & Dijkstra (2011: p. 190).
Archive/collection: question mark icon Larger collection to which manuscript belongs.
Archive name:
State of edition:

Published.
Image:

Form:

Tablet
Material:

Wood
Dimensions (cm): Height: 4.1 Width: 2.3 Depth: .4
Dimensions (notes):

Kraus (2008: p. 483).
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. 4 lines recto, 4 verso.
Hand:

Findspot:

Egypt

(TM places ID: 49)
Place of purchase: (TM places ID: )
Writingspot:

Egypt

(TM places ID: 49)
Present Location:

Berlin, Staatliche Museen
Collection History:

Missing since 1958 (probably lost during the Second World War).
Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 40
Collection website: https://berlpap.smb.museum/00997/

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography
Editions:

Le Blant, Edmond-Frédéric. “Tablai égyptiennes a inscriptions grecques (Suite et fin).” Revue archéologique (2e série) 29 (1875): 306, no. 86.

Nachtergael, Georges. “Une amulette chrétienne du Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dijon.” Ricerche di egittologia e di antichità copte 4 (2002) 96, no. 7.

Preisigke, Friedrich. Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten. Vol. 1. (SB I). Straßburg: Karl J. Trübner, 1915, p. 243, no. 3573.
Translations:
General:

Brashear, William M. “Lesefrüchte.” Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 50 (1983): 102.

Kraus, Thomas J. “Bους, Bαινχωωχ und Septuaginta-Psalm 90? Überlegungen zu den sogenannten ‘Bous’-Amuletten und dem beliebtesten Bibeltext für apotropäische Zwecke.” Zeitschrift für antikes Christentum 11 (2008): 483, no. 10.

Sanzo, Joseph E. Scriptural Incipits on Amulets from Late Antique Egypt. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2014, p. 119-120, no. 43.

Trismegistos ID:

62282

 PAThs:
PGM: question mark icon Papyri Gracae Magicae 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

192

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

52

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

ST (21/1/2021); KD (8/3/2021)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP M1031," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m1031. Accessed on 05/11/2025

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