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KYPRIANOS M337

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

Berlin P. 22192
BKU 3 388

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. 1-14: Applied amulet for the healing/protection of Kosmiane the daughter of Tapustu against fever.
See all texts in this manuscript.

Language(s):

Egyptian (Coptic)
Script(s):

Coptic
Dialect:

Fayumic
Language/dialect notes:

See related texts for further notes; cf. Bélanger Sarrazin (2017: p. 385)
Date: question mark icon Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. 601 – 800
Date notes:

Preliminary estimate of 7th-8th century based on hand (KD 31/3/2022) TM gives placeholder date of 5th-10th cent. (16/10/2018).
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:

Sheet
Material:

Parchment
Dimensions (cm): Height: 8 Width: 7 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Satzinger (1967: p. 117)
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.

1
Pages/Columns (notes):

1 column recto (flesh side), 14 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:

Not a “malediction” , but applied amulet for healing, pace Bélanger Sarrazin (2017: p. 385)

Bibiliography
Editions:

Satzinger, Helmut. Koptische Urkunden III. Band, 2. Heft, Verlag Bruno Hessling: Berlin, 1967, p. 117-119, no. 388.
Translations:
General:

Trismegistos ID:

243972

 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 (16/10/2018); MPS (10/9/2019); KD (9/12/2019); EL (27/8/2020); KD (19/3/2022); KD (31/3/2022)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP M337," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m337. Accessed on 25/10/2025

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