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KYPRIANOS M203

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

Berlin P. 15990

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. 1-39: Invocation to make every man incline to the wearer and turn away Satan (favour, protection)
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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:

TM (15/10/2018); 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 published image. New edition desirable.
Image:

Form:

Sheet
Material:

Papyrus
Dimensions (cm): Height: 14.5 Width: 15.5 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Beltz (1983: p. 84)
Folding pattern:

7 vertical and 5 horizontal creases (EL from image 21/8/2020)
State of preservation:

Complete, damage along creases.
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, c. 39 lines within and around the tableau of an ouroboros: c.28 lines within an ouroboros; 3 lines at 90 degrees to the ouroboros; 1 line upon the body of the ouroboros; 1 line around the body of the ouroboros; 6 lines underneath the ouroboros.
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:

From the oldest part of the collection (Beltz 1983: p. 84)
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:

Beltz’s description of the tableau is at 1983: p. 84.

Currently on display in the Neues Museum.

Bibiliography
Editions:

Beltz, Walter. “Die koptischen Zauberpapyri der Papyrus-Sammlung der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin.” Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete 29 (1983): p. 84-85, no. I 561.
Translations:
General:

Trismegistos ID:

108896

 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 (15/10/2018); MPS (31/7/2019); MPS (1/8/2019); KD (12/11/2019); EL (21/8/2020)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP M203," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m203. Accessed on 30/04/2025

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