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KYPRIANOS M125

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P. Carlsberg 52
Inv. 31, 33

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Magical (formulary)
Contents:

1. Inv. 31 p.1 l. 1-p. 3 l. 21: Coptic invocation of Petbe, perhaps a curse.
2. Inv. 31 p. 4 ll. 1-28: Greek invocation of Marmaraoth.
3. Inv. 35 ll. x+1-x+5: Invocation, ingredient list, and image. (Greek)
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Language(s):

Egyptian (Coptic)
Greek
Script(s):

Coptic
Greek
Dialect:

Fayumic
Language/dialect notes:

Lange (1932: p. 161); Bélanger-Sarrazin (2017: p. 401); 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. 601 – 700
Date notes:

TM (7/11/2018); Bélanger-Sarrazin (2017: p. 401)
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Archive name:
State of edition:

Published. Re-edition in progress by Michael Zellmann-Rohrer
Image:

Form:

Codex
Material:

Parchment
Dimensions (cm): Height: 15.5 Width: 12.5 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Inv. 31 (bifolio): 25 (2 times 12.5) x 15.5 cm. Inv. 35 15.7 (12.7) x 15 cm (Brashear 1991: p. 16); 15 x 12.5 cm (Lange 1932: p. 161)
Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

Complete, but difficult to read due to transparency of parchment.
Pages/Columns: question mark icon Total surviving columns in the manuscript for rolls, sheets and rotuli; total number of pages for codices.

6
Pages/Columns (notes):

Inv. 31 is a 4-page bifolio made of 6 fragments, each page written recto and verso. p.1 and 2 have 22 lines each, p. 3 has 21 lines, and p. 4 has 28 lines. Inv. 35 is the remains of a single sheet inscribed on the hair-side.
Hand:

Small majuscule (Lange 1925: p. 161).

Findspot:

Arsinoites (Fayum), Egypt (?)

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

Arsinoites (Fayum), Egypt (?)

(TM places ID: 332)
Present Location:

Copenhagen, Carlsberg Papyrus Collection
Collection History:

Acquired in Egypt by H. O. Lange prior to 1925.
Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 106
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Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography
Editions:

Brashear, William M. “A Magical Formulary. P. Carlsberg 52. Greek Text.” In Magica Varia, edited by William M. Brashear, Papyrologica Bruxellensia 25. Bruxelles: Fondation Égyptologique Reine Élisabeth, 1991, p. 16–62 [Greek Text].

Lange, Hans O. “Ein faijumischer Beschwörungstext.” In Studies Presented to F. Ll. Griffith, edited by Stephen R. K. Glanville, London: Egyptian Exploration Society, 1932, p. 161–166 [Coptic text].

Maltomini, Franco. “P.Carlsb. 52, p.4: Dettagli.” In Suave mari magno… Studia offerti dai colleghi Udinesi a Ernesto Berti, edited by Claudio Griggio and Fabio Vendruscolo. Udine: Forum, 2008, p. 183-185 [corrections to Greek text].

Polotsky, Hans Jakob. “Zwei koptische Liebeszauber”, Orientalia N.S. 6 (1937): 131.
Translations:

Meyer, Marvin W., and Richard Smith. Ancient Christian Magic: Coptic Texts of Ritual Power. Princeton (New Jersey): Princeton University Press, 1999, p. 237-239, no. 118.

Pernigotti, Sergio. “La magia copta: I testi.” In Aufstieg und Niedergang der römischen Welt, edited by Hildegard Temporini and Wolfgang Haase, II.18.5, 3685–3730. Berlin and New York: Walter de Gruyter, 1995, p. 3710-3711, no. 14.

Roeder, Günter. Der Ausklang der ägyptischen Religion mit Reformation, Zauberei und Jenseitsglauben. Zürich–Stuttgart: Artemis Verlag, 1961, p. 223-227.
General:

Blumell, Lincoln and Dosoo, Korshi. “Horus, Isis, and the Dark-Eyed Beauty: A Series of Magical Ostraca in the Brigham Young University Collection.” Archiv für Papyrusforchung 64 (2018): 249-250, 258.

Hevesi, Krisztina. “A Few Remarks on the Persistence of Native Egyptian historiolae in Coptic Magical Texts”. In Current Research in Egyptology 2018: Proceedings of the Nineteenth Annual Symposium, Czech Institute of Egyptology, Faculty of Arts, Charles University, Prague, 25-28 June 2018, edited by Marie Peterková Hlouchová, Dana Belohoubková, Jirí Honzl and Vera Nováková. Oxford: Archaeopress Publishing, 2019, p. 42-54.

Love, Edward O.D. “Bilingualism and Mono-/Bigraphia at the Nexus of Magical Traditions: From Egyptian-Greek to Coptic-Arabic Magical Texts”, in Christians and Muslims in Early Islamic Egypt, edited by Lajos Berkes. Ann Arbor: American Society of Papyrologists, 2002, p. 181-182.

Trismegistos ID:

65321
102256

 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

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Bélanger Sarrazin: question mark icon Bélanger-Sarrazin. “Catalogue des textes magiques coptes”

233

 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:

MPS (7/11/2018); EL (14/6/2019); KD (12/9/2019); EL (8/9/2020); MPS (22/3/2021); KD (15/9/2021); MPS (12/1/2022); KD (21/3/2022)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP M125," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m125. Accessed on 05/12/2025

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