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KYPRIANOS M195

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

Berlin P. 5735

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

Magical (unclear ?)
Contents:

1. Ro ll. x+1-3: Unclear.
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Language(s):

Egyptian (Coptic)
Script(s):

Coptic
Dialect:

Sahidic (?)
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. 901 – 1000
Date notes:

11th century according to Beltz (1983: p. 63) and TM (17/10/2018), but date after 10th century unlikely with papyrus as the support.
Archive/collection: question mark icon Larger collection to which manuscript belongs.
Archive name:
State of edition:

Published. No published image.
Image:

Form:

Sheet
Material:

Papyrus
Dimensions (cm): Height: 12 Width: 18.5 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Beltz (1983: p. 63)
Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

Fragment, poorly preserved (Beltz 1983: p. 63).
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, 3 surviving lines.
Hand:

Majuscule (Beltz 1983: p. 63)

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:

Acquired from the antiquities market between 1877 and 1881 (Beltz 1983: p. 63)
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:

Exorcism formula (Beltz 1983: p. 63)

Bibiliography
Editions:

Beltz, Walter. “Die koptischen Zauberpapyri der Papyrus-Sammlung der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin.” Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete 29 (1983): p. 63, no. I 536.
Translations:
General:

Trismegistos ID:

108880

 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:

EL (17/10/2018); MPS (30/7/2019); KD (12/11/2019); EL (21/8/2020); MPS (22/3/2021); KD (24/9/2021)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP M195," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m195. Accessed on 10/12/2025

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