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KYPRIANOS M220

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

Berlin P. 11347
P. Berol. 11347

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. 1-46-Vo ll. 1-24: For healing with consecrated oil
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Language(s):

Egyptian (Coptic)
Script(s):

Coptic
Dialect:

Sahidic (non-standard)
Language/dialect notes:

See related texts for further notes. Sahidic (Bélanger Sarrazin 2017: p. 381). Bohairic (Beltz 1985: p. 32); (TM 1/10/2018)
Date: question mark icon Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. 901 – 1100
Date notes:

Estimated date based on hand and use of paper (KD 8/7/2020); 701-900 (TM 1/10/2018; Beltz 1985: p. 32)
Archive/collection: question mark icon Larger collection to which manuscript belongs.
Archive name:
State of edition:

Published. Published image black and white. New edition desirable.
Image:

Form:

Rotulus
Material:

Paper
Dimensions (cm): Height: 48.5 Width: 20 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Beltz (1985: p. 32)
Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

Complete, damage to the top-left of sheet (recto)
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. 46 lines recto, 24 lines verso. Verso at 180 degrees to recto. Bottom half of the verso left blank.
Hand:

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:

Bought by Carl Schmidt in 1912 (Erwerbungsbücher des Papyrussammlung, no. 11347 ). Beltz (1985: p. 32) claims that it was bought in Cairo.
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:

Apa Anoup (mentioned as sealing the oil) may be a local saint rather than the practitioner, as assumed by Frankfurter (1998: p. 258-259); cf. Cult of the Saints ID S00774 or S02068.

Bibiliography
Editions:

Beltz, Walter. “Die koptischen Zauberpapiere und Zauberostraka der Papyrus-Sammlung der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin.” Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete 31 (1985): p. 32-35, no. II 42.
Translations:

Kropp, Angelicus. Ausgewählte koptische Zaubertexte. Übersetzungen und Anmerkungen. Vol. 2. Bruxelles: Édition de la Fondation Égyptologique Reine Élisabeth, 1931, p. 113-117, no. 34.

Meyer, Marvin W., and Richard Smith. Ancient Christian Magic: Coptic Texts of Ritual Power. Princeton (New Jersey): Princeton University Press, 1999, p. 117-119, no. 63.
General:

Bélanger Sarrazin, Roxanne. “’Just as You Quenched the Fiery Furnace of Nebuchadnezzar, Also Quench Every Fever.’ The Three Holy Children in Coptic Magic.” Vigiliae Christianae 78 (2024): p. 58-86, esp. p. 85.

Bélanger Sarrazin, Roxanne. “Les appels au « Jésus guérisseur » dans les formules iatromagiques coptes”, in Études coptes XVI. Dix-huitième journée d’études (Bruxelles, 22-24 juin 2017) (Cahiers de la bibiothèque copte 23), edited by Anne Boud’hors, Esther Garel, Catherine Louis and Naïm Vanthieghem. Paris: Éditions de Boccard, 2020, p. 188-190.

Frankfurter, David. Religion in Roman Egypt: Assimilation and Resistance. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1998, p. 258-259.

Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung. Erwerbungsbücher des Ägyptischen Museums und Papyrussammlung, Papyrussammlung Nachweiszeitraum der Zugänge 1906-1912 (Lfd.-Nr. 11005-12002), no. 11347, online at https://storage.smb.museum/erwerbungsbuecher/IV_AEM-B_PAP_NC_11005-12002_LZ_1906-1912.pdf

Trismegistos ID:

98055

 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

63
Bélanger Sarrazin: question mark icon Bélanger-Sarrazin. “Catalogue des textes magiques coptes”

37

 AKZ: question mark icon Ausgewählte koptische Zaubertexte

2.34

 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

98055

 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 (20/8/2019); KD (13/11/2019); EL (27/8/2020); KD (22/12/2021); JS (01/09/2022); KD (2/2/2024)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP M220," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m220. Accessed on 11/12/2025

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