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KYPRIANOS M202

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

Berlin P. 15988
Berlin P. 15988 A + B

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

Magical (formulary ?)
Contents:

1.p. 1 l. 1-p. 8 l. 5: List of magical names (?), also contains adjuration and mention of Solomon.
See all texts in this manuscript.

Language(s):

Egyptian (Coptic)
Script(s):

Coptic
Dialect:

Sahidic (?)
Language/dialect notes:

Bélanger Sarrazin (2017: p. 380)
Date: question mark icon Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. 501 – 800
Date notes:

TM (30/10/2018); the script does not permit any specific dating (Beltz 1983: p. 83); 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 published translation. No published image. New edition desirable.
Image:

Form:

Codex
Material:

Papyrus
Dimensions (cm): Height: 8 Width: 34 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Sheet A: 8 x 34; Sheet B: 8 x 32.8 (Beltz 1983: p. 83)
Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

Fragmentary, 2 surviving sheets of a codex.
Pages/Columns: question mark icon Total surviving columns in the manuscript for rolls, sheets and rotuli; total number of pages for codices.

8
Pages/Columns (notes):

2 surviving bifolios, 8 pages.
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: 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:

Requires restoration before imaging (Jan Moje 23/1/2020)

Bibiliography
Editions:

Beltz, Walter. “Die koptischen Zauberpapyri der Papyrus-Sammlung der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin.” Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete 29 (1983): p. 83-84, no. I 560.
Translations:
General:

Trismegistos ID:

108894

 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); MPS (30/7/2019); KD (12/11/2019); EL (21/8/2020); MPS (22/3/2021); KD (13/12/2024)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP M202," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m202. Accessed on 10/12/2025

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