KYP M196

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KYPRIANOS M196

Sigla:

Berlin P. 5744

Category: Classification of the contents, e.g. magical (formulary or applied), alchemical, liturgical, documentary or medical.	Magical (?)
Contents:	1. Ro ll. x+1-x+12: Unclear
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Language(s):	Egyptian (Coptic)
Script(s):	Coptic
Dialect:
Language/dialect notes:
Date: Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE.	401 – 900
Date notes:	Placeholder date. No reason this text should be dated as late as Beltz did, which was presumably based on his readings ‘Allah’, which appear fanciful (EL from autopsy 22/11/2019); c. 1151 CE (Beltz 1983: p. 63); 1126-1175 (TM 30/7/2019)
Archive/collection: Larger collection to which manuscript belongs.
Archive name:
State of edition:	Published. No image. New edition desirable.
Image:

Form:	Sheet
Material:	Papyrus

Dimensions (cm):

Height: 15.1

Width: 18.2

Depth:

Dimensions (notes):	EL from autopsy (22/11/2019; 15 x 18 (Beltz 1983: p. 63)
Folding pattern:	1 vertical and 9 horizontal creases (EL from autopsy 22/11/2019)
State of preservation:	Fragmentary, in two fragments (partially joined down the middle) with at least the top of the upper edge lost, and damage along the folds, especially the horizontal fold (which appears to have been eaten). Text very faded and mostly illegible.
Pages/Columns: Total surviving columns in the manuscript for rolls, sheets and rotuli; total number of pages for codices.	1
Pages/Columns (notes):	1 column recto, 12 surviving lines. Beltz numbered 12, yet transcribed only 10 lines (1983: p. 63)
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:	No acquisition information.
Trismegistos collection: Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript.	40
Collection website:	http://berlpap.smb.museum/

Notes/Discussion:

Beltz (1983: p. 63) referred to faded red ink. The ink is indeed very faded, but does not seem to be red (EL from autopsy 22/11/2019)

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 537.
Translations:
General:	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. 189. Richter, T. Sebastian. “Arabic Loanwords in Coptic.” In Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics. Vol. 1, edited by Kees Versteegh. Leiden: Brill, 2006: p. 497.

Trismegistos ID:

108881

PAThs:

PGM: Papyri Gracae Magicae		SM: Supplementum Magicum	GEMF: Greek and Egyptian Magical Formularies (forthcoming)	ACM: Ancient Christian Magic
Bélanger Sarrazin: Bélanger-Sarrazin. “Catalogue des textes magiques coptes”	14	AKZ: Ausgewählte koptische Zaubertexte	CBd: Campbell-Bonner Magical Gems Database	Mert.-Pack: Mertens-Pack online database
Van H: van Haelst, Catalogue des papyrus littéraires		Bruyn-Dijkstra: de Bruyn and Dijkstra, “Greek Amulets and Formularies (Checklist)"	TheDefix: Thesaurus Defixionum	To Zodion:

Edit History:

EL (30/10/2018; 22/11/2019); MPS (30/7/2019); KD (12/11/2019); EL (21/8/2020); KD (24/9/2021); KD (21/3/2022)

How to cite:

Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP M196," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m196. Accessed on 10/12/2025

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