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KYPRIANOS M168

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

Berlin P. 22133
BKU 3 391
P. Berol. 22133

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Sortition Oracle

Contents:

1. Heading ⲁⲁ: Fragments, including mention of female lion looking for her cubs (ll. 1-8).
2. Heading ⲇⲉ*: fragment, ending with wish that the entire matter will come about for the individual (ll. 10-13). 3. Heading ⲉⲇⲇ: fragments (ll. 14-17). 4. Heading ⲃⲃⲃ: fragments, mention of a place (ⲧⲟ[ⲡ]ⲟⲥ?) which has been destroyed (ⲧⲁⲕⲟ) and of a matter coming about for the individual (ll. 19-24). 5. Heading ⲍⲁⲅ: fragments (ll. 25-27). 6. Heading ⲉⲉ*: fragments, including ‘you will suffer in vain’ (ll. 29-32). 7. Heading ⲁⲁⲇ: fragments, including ‘you are like a blind man.’ (ll. 33-37). 8. Lost heading (l.38). 9. List of heading numbers in 3 columns (ll. 40-48). 8. Heading ⲁⲗⲉ: fragments (ll. 50-53). 9. Heading ⲉⲅⲅ: fragments (ll. 54-57) 10. Lost heading (ll. 58-60)

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Language(s):

Egyptian (Coptic)

Script(s):

Coptic

Dialect:
Language/dialect notes:
Date: question mark icon Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. 301 – 800
Date notes:

No date given by Satzinger. Placeholder date as hand has never been dated.

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Archive name:
State of edition:

Published

Image:

Form:

Codex

Material:

Paper

Dimensions (cm): Height: 5 Width: 7 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Satzinger (1967: p. 123)

Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

Incomplete. ‘the upper halves of three small sheets are preserved’ (Satzinger 1967: p. 123)

Pages/Columns: question mark icon Total surviving columns in the manuscript for rolls, sheets and rotuli; total number of pages for codices.
Pages/Columns (notes):
Hand:

‘half uncial’ (Satzinger 1967: p. 123)

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:
Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 40
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Notes/Discussion:

Only the upper halves of the leaves survive, so the height was presumably greater than the surviving fragments. Satzinger notes that the nature of the content is uncertain; ll.12-13 (ⲙⲉⲣⲉⲡⲓϩⲱϥ ⲥⲙⲓⲛⲉ ⲛⲁⲕ ϩⲟⲗⲟⲥ) lead him to conjecture that the text may be a dream book, and numbers (which do not appear to be page numbers) at the top of each page may suggest some sort of sortition oracle. Ll.2-4 (ⲛⲑⲉ ⲛⲟⲩⲗⲁⲃⲟⲓ ⲁ[ⲥ]ⲕⲱⲧⲉ ϩⲁ ⲛⲉⲥⲩⲉ ⲛⲡⲉⲥϭⲛⲧⲟⲩ) are reminiscent of the love spell in P.Yale inv.1791 (ⲉⲣⲑⲉ ⲛ̅ⲛⲓⲟⲩϩⲱⲱⲣ ⲛⲕ[…] ⲉⲧⲗⲟⲃⲉ ⲛ̅ⲥⲁ ⲛⲉⲩϣ[ⲉ]ⲣⲉ); cf. London Hay 10414 r10-11 ⲛⲑⲉ ⲛⲟⲩⲧⲗⲓⲗⲉ ⲙⲙⲟⲩ etc.), P.Heid.Kopt. 684 etc.

Bibiliography
Editions:

Satzinger, Helmut. Koptische Urkunden III. Band, 2. Heft. Verlag Bruno Hessling: Berlin, 1967, p. 123-124, no. 391.


Translations:
General:

Trismegistos ID:

243975

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”

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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; EL (21/3/2019); MPS (29/7/2019); KD (24/7/2026)


How to cite:
[Editor names]. "KYP M168," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, Korshi Dosoo, Markéta Preininger, & Roxanne Bélanger Sarrazin (principal editors), www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m168. Accessed on 24/08/2026
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