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KYPRIANOS M207

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

Berlin P. 5537

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

Magical (formulary ?)
Contents:

1. Ro ll. 1-13: Unclear, perhaps invocation asking for help/protection.
2. Ro ll. 14-20 (?): Unclear; invocation?
3. Vo ll. 1-22: Unclear; perhaps curse?
See all texts in this manuscript.

Language(s):

Egyptian (Coptic)
Script(s):

Coptic
Dialect:

Fayumic (?)
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. 501 – 700
Date notes:

TM (17/10/2018)
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:

Parchment
Dimensions (cm): Height: 11 Width: 7.2 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Beltz (1984: p. 85, MPS checked by autopsy)
Folding pattern:

Folded in antiquity (TM 17/10/2018). Folding unclear (MPS autopsy 10/3/2022 ).
State of preservation:

Fragmentary.
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. 20 surviving lines recto, 22 surviving lines on verso.
Hand:

Perhaps written with 2 different hands.

Findspot:

Egypt

(TM places ID: 49)
Place of purchase:

Cairo, Egypt

(TM places ID: 2740)
Writingspot:

Egypt

(TM places ID: 49)
Present Location:

Berlin, Staatliche Museen
Collection History:

Purchased in Cairo in 1879 (Beltz 1984: p. 85)
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 Zauberpergamente der Papyrus-Sammlung der Staatlichen Museeun zu Berlin.” Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete 30 (1984): p. 85-86, no. III 14.
Translations:
General:

Trismegistos ID:

107292

 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 (19/8/2019); KD (12/11/2019); EL (21/8/2020); MPS (10/3/2022); MPS (11/3/2022)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP M207," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m207. Accessed on 11/12/2025

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