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KYPRIANOS M225

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

Berlin P. 936+971
Formerly Berlin ÄM P. 7820+7854

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

Magical (unclear) (?)
School exercise (?)
Contents:

1. Ro ll. 1-14: Citations of Psalms 148:3-9
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.
Sahidic (Bélanger Sarrazin 2017: p. 407).
Date: question mark icon Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. 801 – 900
Date notes:

Beltz (1985: p. 37); 801-900 (?) (TM 24/10/2018); 701-800 (Beltz 1980: p. 65)
Archive/collection: question mark icon Larger collection to which manuscript belongs.
Archive name:
State of edition:

Published. No published image.
Image:

Form:

Ostracon (pottery)
Material:

Ostracon (pottery)
Dimensions (cm): Height: 12.8 Width: 7.5 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

12.8 & 7.5 x 10.2 & 8.4 x 0.6 cm (Delattre (2012: p. 392); 7.5 x 8.4 cm (Beltz 1985: p. 37)
Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

Fragmentary, but can be restored.
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 recto, 14 lines.
Hand:

Findspot:

Egypt

(TM places ID: 49)
Place of purchase: (TM places ID: )
Writingspot:

Egypt

(TM places ID: 49)
Present Location:

Berlin, Staatliche Museen
Collection History:

Gifted by Consul Travers in 1879 (Beltz 1985: p. 37)
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:

Beltz compares it to Rossi’s Gnostic tractate (1985: p. 37). Quecke (1985: p. 297) argues this is “misguided”.

Bibiliography
Editions:

Delattre, Alain. “Ostraca des Musées de Berlin portant des extraits des Psaumes en copte.” In Forschung in der Papyrussammlung, Eine Festgabe für das Neue Museum, edited by Verena M. Lepper. Berlin: Akademie Verlag, 2012, p. 391-392, no. 5.

Beltz, Walter. “Die koptischen Zauberpapiere und Zauberostraka der Papyrus-Sammlung der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin.” Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete 31 (1985): p. 37, no. IV 1030.

Beltz, Walter. “Die koptischen Zauberostraka der Papyrus-Sammlung der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin.” Hallesche Beiträge zur Orientwissenschaft 2 (1980): p. 65-66 [936 & 971].

Quecke, Hans. “Review: Hallesche Beiträge zur Orientwissenschaft. Nr. 1.” Orientalia 52.2 (1983): p. 297.
Translations:
General:

Beltz, Walter. “Katalog der koptischen Handschriften der Papyrus-Sammlung der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin.” Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete 26 (1978): p. 95, no. I 579.

Trismegistos ID:

107312

 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 (24/10/2018; 31/10/2019); MPS (23/8/2019); KD (15/11/2019); EL (12/8/2020); MPS (25/3/2021)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP M225," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m225. Accessed on 13/12/2025

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