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KYPRIANOS M213

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

PCM 1 5
PCM I 5
Berlin P. 11918
P. Berol. 11918

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. 1-12, Vo ll. 1-3: Invocation for healing the internal organs.
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, cf. Bélanger Sarrazin (2017: p. 381), who lists the text as Sahidic.
Date: question mark icon Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. 501 – 700
Date notes:

Dated palaeographically to the 6th to seventh century in Dosoo/Preininger 2023: p. 77. Cf. the same dating in TM (19/8/2019).
Archive/collection: question mark icon Larger collection to which manuscript belongs.
Archive name:
State of edition:

Published.
Image:

Form:

Sheet
Material:

Parchment
Dimensions (cm): Height: 9 Width: 7.5 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

MPS autopsy. Beltz 1984: p. 100 indicates 9.2 x 8.
Folding pattern:

Folded in antiquity (TM 12/10/2018; Beltz 1984: p. 10). 10 (?) horizontal folds.
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 (flesh) and verso (hair). 12 lines recto, 3 lines verso.
Hand:

Findspot:

Hermopolis (El-Ashmunein), Egypt

(TM places ID: 816)
Place of purchase: (TM places ID: )
Writingspot:

Hermopolis (El-Ashmunein), Egypt (?)

(TM places ID: 816)
Present Location:

Berlin, Staatliche Museen
Collection History:

Excavated by the Deutsche Orient-Gesellschaft in Ashmunein in 1902 (Beltz 1984: p. 100).
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 Museen zu Berlin.” Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete 30 (1984): p. 100, no. III 26.

★ Dosoo, Korshi, and Markéta Preininger. Papyri Copticae Magicae. Coptic Magical Texts, Volume 1: Formularies (PCM I 1), Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete – Beihefte 48. Berlin: De Gruyter, 2023, p. 77-79, no. 5.
Translations:
General:

Trismegistos ID:

107301

 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 (12/10/2018); MPS (19/8/2019); KD (13/11/2019); EL (26/8/2020); MPS (22/3/2021); MPS (10/3/2022); MPS (11/3/2022); KD (23/3/2022); MPS (15/2/2023); KD (6/3/2023); KD (20/11/2023); KD (18/1/2024)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP M213," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m213. Accessed on 21/11/2025

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