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KYPRIANOS M339

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

Berlin P. 22132
BKU 3 390

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

Magical (unclear) (?)
Contents:

1. p.1 ll. 1-8: Text of unclear purposes asking for forgiveness.
2. p.1 ll. 9-16: Text of unclear purposes mentioning the story of Noah.
3. pp. 1-2 ll. 17-23: Text of unclear purpose.
4. pp. 2-3 ll. 24-35: Text of unclear purpose.
5. pp. 3-4 ll. 36-49: Text of unclear purpose.
See all texts in this manuscript.

Language(s):

Egyptian (Coptic)
Script(s):

Coptic
Dialect:

Sahidic
Language/dialect notes:

Bélanger Sarrazin (2019: p. 406)
Date: question mark icon Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. 301 – 800
Date notes:

TM (15/10/2018); Placeholder date as hand has not been dated.
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:

Codex
Material:

Papyrus
Dimensions (cm): Height: 11 Width: 19.5 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Satzinger (1967: p. 121)
Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

Fragmentary, margins mostly missing, many holes, faded text.
Pages/Columns: question mark icon Total surviving columns in the manuscript for rolls, sheets and rotuli; total number of pages for codices.

4
Pages/Columns (notes):

4 surviving pages: p. 1, 17 lines; p. 2, 14 lines; p. 3, 10 lines; p. 4, 9 lines.
Hand:

Half-uncial

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, Verlag Bruno Hessling: Berlin, 1967, p. 121-123, no. 390.
Translations:
General:

Trismegistos ID:

243974

 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 (9/12/2019); EL (26/8/2020); MPS (22/3/2021); KD (19/3/2022)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP M339," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m339. Accessed on 02/05/2025

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