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KYPRIANOS M208

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

Berlin P. 5684

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

Magical (unclear)
Contents:

1. Ro ll. 1-5-Vo l. 1: Unclear, invocation of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
See all texts in this manuscript.

Language(s):

Egyptian (Coptic)
Script(s):

Coptic
Dialect:

Sahidic with Fayumic features
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); 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 image. New edition desirable.
Image:

Form:

Sheet
Material:

Parchment
Dimensions (cm): Height: 52 Width: 9 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

MPS autopsy (11/3/2022). 5.2 x 9.5 Beltz (1984: p. 87)
Folding pattern:

Folded (Beltz 1984: p. 87). 4 horizontal creases.
State of preservation:

Complete.
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. 5 lines recto, 1 line verso.
Hand:

Findspot:

Luxor, Egypt (?)

(TM places ID: 2985)
Place of purchase:

Luxor, Egypt

(TM places ID: 2985)
Writingspot:

Luxor, Egypt (?)

(TM places ID: 2985)
Present Location:

Berlin, Staatliche Museen
Collection History:

Acquired from the antiquities market in Luxor in 1896 (Beltz 1984: p. 87)
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:

Bibiliography
Editions:

Beltz, Walter. “Die koptischen Zauberpergamente der Papyrus-Sammlung der Staatlichen Museeun zu Berlin.” Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete 30 (1984): p. 87, no. III 15.
Translations:
General:

Trismegistos ID:

107293

 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 (24/8/2020); MPS (11/3/2022)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP M208," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m208. Accessed on 30/04/2025

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