KYPRIANOS DATABASE OF ANCIENT RITUAL TEXTS search icon
MANUSCRIPTS
TEXTS
ARCHIVES
HELP


KYPRIANOS M2153

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

P. Lips. Inv. 543

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

Magical (applied) (?)

Contents:

Original use:

1. Ro ll. 1-5: Arabic text (unpublished).

Re-use:

2. Vo ll. 1-5: Short credal statement, perhaps used as applied amulet for healing/protection.

See all texts in this manuscript.

Language(s):

Egyptian (Coptic)
Arabic

Script(s):

Coptic
Arabic

Dialect:

Bohairic

Language/dialect notes:

Col. website 22/12/2020.

Date: question mark icon Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. 901 – 1100
Date notes:

10th to 11th century according to col. website (22/12/2020).

Archive/collection: question mark icon Larger collection to which manuscript belongs.
Archive name:
State of edition:

Unpublished.

Image: https://papyri.uni-leipzig.de/rsc/viewer/UBLPapyri_derivate_00163960/PLipsInv543R300.jpg

Form:

Sheet

Material:

Paper

Dimensions (cm): Height: 4.5 Width: 6 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Col. website 22/12/2020.

Folding pattern:

1 horizontal, 2 vertical creases.

State of preservation:

Complete (magical re-use). Original use broken on all sides except right margin (?).

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 verso (magical re-use). 1 column recto original use. The original text was cut down before being re-used.

Hand:

Findspot:

Hermopolis, Egypt (?)

(TM places ID: 816)
Place of purchase:

Hermopolis, Egypt (?)

(TM places ID: 816)
Writingspot:

Hermopolis, Egypt (?)

(TM places ID: 816)
Present Location:

Leipzig, Universität

Collection History:

Purchased on 27 April 1904 from Hag Makran by Ludwig Borchardt as part of Box no. 20, arrived in Leipzig on 19 May 1905 (col. website 22/12/2020).

Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 181
Collection website: https://papyri.uni-leipzig.de/receive/UBLPapyri_text_00055860

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography
Editions:
Translations:
General:

Hagen, Fredrik & Kim Ryholt. The Antiquities Trade in Egypt 1880-1930: The H.O. Lange Papers. Copenhagen: Det Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab, 2016.


Trismegistos ID: 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” 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:

KD from information provided by Dan Deac (22/12/2020); KD (29/6/2021)


How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP M2153," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m2153. Accessed on 30/04/2025

Found a mistake? Let us know!