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KYPRIANOS M233

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

Berlin P. 12236

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

Astrological (?)
Contents:

Ro ll. 1-9: Names of constellations (?).
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Language(s):

Egyptian (Coptic)
Script(s):

Coptic
Dialect:
Language/dialect 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 (12/10/2018)
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: 10.8 Width: 10 Depth: 1.2
Dimensions (notes):

Beltz (1985): p. 40.
Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

Fragmentary, only the left-hand part of the text is preserved.
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, 9 lines.
Hand:

Findspot:

Elephantine (Geziret Assuan), Egypt

(TM places ID: 621)
Place of purchase: (TM places ID: )
Writingspot:

Elephantine (Geziret Assuan), Egypt (?)

(TM places ID: 621)
Present Location:

Berlin, Staatliche Museen
Collection History:

From the excavations of Rubensohn in Elephantine in 1907 (Beltz 1985: p.40)
Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 40
Collection website:

Notes/Discussion:

The manuscript is written on a clay plate.

Beltz (1985: p. 40) suggests that the lost right-hand part of the text might have contained magical elements.

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. 40, no. IV 1038.
Translations:
General:

Trismegistos ID:

107337

 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” 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 (12/10/2018); MPS (26/8/2019)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP M233," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m233. Accessed on 13/12/2025

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