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KYPRIANOS M227

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

Berlin P. 1019

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

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

1. Ro ll. 1-6: Citation from Psalm 95.4-5.
2. Vo: Unclear fragmentary text.
See all texts in this manuscript.

Language(s):

Egyptian (Coptic)
Script(s):

Coptic
Dialect:

Sahidic
Language/dialect notes:

See related texts for further notes; cf. Bélanger Sarrazin (2017: p. 406)
Date: question mark icon Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. 701 – 800
Date notes:

Beltz (1980: p. 68) (1985: p. 38); TM (11/10/2018)
Archive/collection: question mark icon Larger collection to which manuscript belongs.
Archive name:
State of edition:

Published. No published image. New edition desirable.
Image:

Form:

Ostracon (pottery)
Material:

Ostracon (pottery)
Dimensions (cm): Height: 15.8 Width: 17.6 Depth: .7
Dimensions (notes):

Beltz (1980: p. 67); (1985: p. 38)
Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

Complete. Broken into two fragments, but no text is lost (Beltz 1980: p. 68)
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. 7 lines recto, unclear number of lines verso.
Hand:

Majuscule (Beltz 1980: p. 68) (1985: p. 38)

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:

Given to the collection in 1881 (Beltz 1980: p. 68).
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 Zauberpapiere und Zauberostraka der Papyrus-Sammlung der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin.” Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete 31 (1985): p. 38, no. IV 1032.

Beltz, Walter. “Die koptischen Zauberostraka der Papyrus-Sammlung der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin.” Hallesche Beiträge zur Orientwissenschaft 2 (1980): p. 67-68, no. IV 1062.
Translations:
General:

Stern’s Catalogue no. 8260

Quecke, Hans. “Review: Hallesche Beiträge zur Orientwissenschaft. Nr. 1.” Orientalia 52.2 (1983): 297-298.

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. 388.

Trismegistos ID:

107318

 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

107318

 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 (11/10/2018); MPS (23/8/2019); KD (15/11/2019); EL (21/8/2020); MPS (25/3/2021)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP M227," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m227. Accessed on 11/05/2025

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