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KYPRIANOS M336

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

Berlin P. 22185
BKU 3 387
BKU III 387

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

Magical (applied ?)
Contents:

1. Ro ll. 1-54: Applied Amulet for the healing/protection of Anastahēu the daughter of Kirahēu from fever
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Language(s):

Egyptian (Coptic)
Script(s):

Coptic
Dialect:

Sahidic (non-standard)
Language/dialect notes:

See related texts for further notes. Cf. Bélanger Sarrazin (2017: p. 385), who lists the text as Sahidic.
Date: question mark icon Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. 901 – 1000
Date notes:

5th to 10th century according to TM (15/10/2018). 10th century suggested, since hand and contents resemble M332 (KD 7/12/2020).
Archive/collection: question mark icon Larger collection to which manuscript belongs.
Archive name:
State of edition:

Published.
Image:

Form:

Sheet
Material:

Parchment
Dimensions (cm): Height: 10 Width: 7 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Satzinger (1967: p. 113)
Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

Complete.
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):

2 columns recto (flesh side), 54 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:

No acquisition information.
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:

Satzinger, Helmut. Koptische Urkunden III. Band, 2. Heft (BKU III), Verlag Bruno Hessling: Berlin, 1967, p. 113-117, no. 387.
Translations:
General:

Bélanger Sarrazin, Roxanne. “Les appels au « Jésus guérisseur » dans les formules iatromagiques coptes”, in Études coptes XVI. Dix-huitième journée d’études (Bruxelles, 22-24 juin 2017) (Cahiers de la bibiothèque copte 23), edited by Anne Boud’hors, Esther Garel, Catherine Louis and Naïm Vanthieghem. Paris: Éditions de Boccard, 2020, p. 188-190.

Satzinger, Helmut. “Gematrie in einem koptischen Zaubertext”, online at https://www.academia.edu/3705455/_Gematrie_in_einem_koptischen_Zaubertext_Said_to_be_printed_in_the_actsd_of_the_Symposium_Zahl_und_Struktur_in_Josquins_Werk_Freiburg_2007 (mistakenly referred to as Berlin P. 20188 = BKU III 378)

Trismegistos ID:

243971

 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); MPS (10/9/2019); KD (9/12/2019); MPS (14/2/2020); EL (25/8/2020)/KD (7/12/2020); KD (19/3/2022); KD (11/12/2023)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP M336," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m336. Accessed on 25/10/2025

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