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KYPRIANOS M1226

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

Berlin P. 22193
BKU 3.2 376

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

Magical (?)
School exercise (?)
Contents:

1. Ro ll. 1-11: Psalm LXX 5.11-13 (applied amulet for healing/protection ?)
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Language(s):

Egyptian (Coptic)
Script(s):

Coptic
Dialect:

Sahidic (non-standard)
Language/dialect notes:

See related texts for further notes.
Date: question mark icon Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. 501 – 800
Date notes:

TM (6/11/2019); No date given by Satzinger (1968: p. 87-88); Placeholder date as hand has not yet been dated.
Archive/collection: question mark icon Larger collection to which manuscript belongs.
Archive name:
State of edition:

Published. No translation.
Image:

Form:
Material:

Ostracon (pottery)
Dimensions (cm): Height: 13 Width: 165 Depth: 2
Dimensions (notes):

Satzinger (1968: p. 87). Widest part inscribed with text is 14 cm. Height around 10.5 cm, text itself inscribed on 8-9 cm of height maximum (MPS autopsy 11/3/2022).
Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

Fragmentary. Beginning is lost but can be restored (TM 27/2/20).
Pages/Columns: question mark icon Total surviving columns in the manuscript for rolls, sheets and rotuli; total number of pages for codices.

1
Pages/Columns (notes):

1 column recto, 11 lines.
Hand:

Documentary Hand (Satzinger 1968: p. 87)

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:

No acquisition information.
Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 40
Collection website: http://berlpap.smb.museum/

Notes/Discussion:

Written on fragment of a large plate (MPS autopsy 11/3/2022). Radius of the stand of the plate is about 13 cm.

Bibiliography
Editions:

Satzinger, Helmut. Ägyptische Urkunden aus den Staatlichen Museen Berlin. Koptische Urkunden. III. Band, 2. Heft. Berlin: Verlag Bruno Hessling, 1968 (BKU III), p. 87-88, no. 376.
Translations:
General:

Delattre, Alain. “Ostraca des Musées de Berlin portant des extraits des Psaumes en copte.” In Forschung in der Papyrussammlung, Eine Festgabe für das Neue Museum, edited by Verena M. Lepper. Berlin: Akademie Verlag, 2012, p. 388.

Trismegistos ID:

171915

 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 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 (7/2/2020); MPS (27/2/2020); EL (20/4/2020); (11/8/2020); MPS (11/3/2022)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP M1226," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m1226. Accessed on 03/11/2025

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