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KYPRIANOS M231

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

Berlin P. 5162

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

Magical (unclear ?) (?)
Documentary (letter) (?)
Contents:

1. Ro ll. 1-12: Unclear text (perhaps a letter [EL]).
See all texts in this manuscript.

Language(s):

Egyptian (Coptic)
Script(s):

Coptic
Dialect:

Sahidic (non-standard)
Language/dialect notes:

See related texts for further notes; cf. Sahidic (Bélanger Sarrazin 2017: p. 406)
Date: question mark icon Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. 1001 – 1100
Date notes:

Beltz (1985: p. 39); TM (17/10/2018)
Archive/collection: question mark icon Larger collection to which manuscript belongs.
Archive name:
State of edition:

Published.
Image:

Form:

Ostracon (pottery)
Material:

Ostracon (pottery)
Dimensions (cm): Height: 12.3 Width: 9.3 Depth: .8
Dimensions (notes):

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

Fragmentary, broken at the right and bottom.
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, 12 surviving lines.
Hand:

Majuscule (Beltz 1985: p. 39)

Findspot:

Thebes, Egypt (?)

(TM places ID: 2355)
Place of purchase:

Luxor, Egypt

(TM places ID: 2355)
Writingspot:

Thebes, Egypt (?)

(TM places ID: 2355)
Present Location:

Berlin, Staatliche Museen
Collection History:

Purchased in Thebes in 1889, supposedly from Karnak (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 1035.
Translations:
General:

Trismegistos ID:

107327

 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 (17/10/2018); MPS (26/8/2019); KD (15/11/2019); EL (27/8/2020); MPS (25/3/2021)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP M231," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m231. Accessed on 15/07/2025

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