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KYPRIANOS M198

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

Berlin P. 11350
P. Berol. 11350

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

Magical (applied)
Contents:

1. Ro ll. 1-21, Vo ll. 1-6: Letter of Jesus to Abgar; incipits of Matthew (1.1), Mark (1.1), Luke (1.1) and John (1.1). Applied amulet for protection/healing.
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Language(s):

Egyptian (Coptic)
Script(s):

Coptic
Dialect:

Sahidic
Language/dialect notes:
Date: question mark icon Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. 501 – 800
Date notes:

501-800 (TM 30/10/2018). 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. No published image. New edition desirable.
Image:

Form:

Sheet
Material:

Papyrus
Dimensions (cm): Height: 10.9 Width: 10.9 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Maximum dimensions (EL from autopsy 20/11/2019); 11 x 11 cm (Beltz 1983: p. 81)
Folding pattern:

4 vertical, 5 (?) horizontal creases. Autopsy by EL suggested 4 vertical and unclear number of horizontal creases (20/11/2019).
State of preservation:

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

2
Pages/Columns (notes):

1 column each, recto (→) and verso (↓). 21 lines recto, 6 lines verso.
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:

Acquired on the antiquities market in 1909 (Beltz 1983: p. 81)
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:

Identification of text by Roxanne Bélanger Sarrazin. Beltz (1983) describes it as an amulet for travelers and reads the abbreviation for David as “Allah”.

Bibiliography
Editions:

Beltz, Walter. “Die koptischen Zauberpapyri der Papyrus-Sammlung der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin.” Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete 29 (1983): p. 81-82, no. I 556.
Translations:
General:

Trismegistos ID:

108890

 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 (30/10/2018; 20/11/2019); KD (15/3/2019; 12/11/2019); MPS (30/7/2019); EL (21/8/2020); RBS (24/09/2025)

How to cite:
[Editor names]. "KYP M198," 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-m198. Accessed on 24/08/2026
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