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KYPRIANOS M229

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

Berlin P. 1768

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

Magical (unclear)
Contents:

1. Ro ll. 1-4: Invocation of Sabaoth, God
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Language(s):

Egyptian (Coptic)
Script(s):

Coptic
Dialect:

Sahidic
Language/dialect notes:

See related texts for further notes.
Date: question mark icon Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. 501 – 800
Date notes:

TM (15/10/2018); Placeholder date as the hand has not yet been dated.
Archive/collection: question mark icon Larger collection to which manuscript belongs.
Archive name:
State of edition:

Published.
Image:

Form:

Ostracon (limestone)
Material:

Ostracon (limestone)
Dimensions (cm): Height: 12.5 Width: 12.5 Depth: 2.2
Dimensions (notes):

Beltz 1985: p. 39
Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

Complete (?), partially broken (?)
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.
Hand:

Majuscule

Findspot:

Thebes, Egypt (?)

(TM places ID: 7385)
Place of purchase:

Thebes, Egypt

(TM places ID: 1341)
Writingspot:

Thebes, Egypt (?)

(TM places ID: 7385)
Present Location:

Berlin, Staatliche Museen
Collection History:

Acquired from the antiquities market in Thebes in 1888 (Beltz 1985: p. 39)
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. 39, no. IV 1034.
Translations:
General:

Trismegistos ID:

107322

 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 (15/10/2018); KD (10/7/2019); MPS (26/8/2019); EL (24/8/2020); MPS (25/3/2021)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP M229," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m229. Accessed on 13/12/2025

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