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KYPRIANOS M341

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

Berlin P. 22190
BKU III 393
BKU 3 393
P. Berol. 22190
C. Pharm. Copt. 26

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

Magical (formulary ?)
Medical (recipe(s))
Contents:

1. Ro l. x+1: Prescription for eye condition.
2. Ro ll. x+2-4: Fragmentary prescription.
3. Ro. ll. x+5-6: Prescription for eye condition.
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Language(s):

Egyptian (Coptic)
Script(s):

Coptic
Dialect:

Sahidic
Language/dialect notes:

See related texts for further notes; cf. Bélanger Sarrazin (2017: p. 406)
Date: question mark icon Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. 601 – 800
Date notes:

Grons 2025: p. 309; TM (24/7/2026)
Archive/collection: question mark icon Larger collection to which manuscript belongs.
Archive name:
State of edition:

Published.
Image:

Form:

Unclear
Material:

Papyrus
Dimensions (cm): Height: 142 Width: 16 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

MPS autopsy (11/3/2022). 14.5. x 16.5 Satzinger (1967: p. 125) and Grons (2025: p. 309)
Folding pattern:

Does not seem to have been folded (MPS autopsy 11/3/2022).
State of preservation:

Fragmentary, only right-hand part 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, 6 surviving 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 Elephantine excavations of Otto Rubensohn and Friedrich Zucker (1906-1908; Museum Plus Database, communication from Andrea Hasznos 15/4/2021).
Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 40
Collection website:

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography
Editions:

★ Grons, Anne. Medizinische Rezepttexte in koptischer Sprache (C.Pharm.Copt.). Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete – Beiheft 56. Berlin: De Gruyter, 2025, p. 309-312, no. 26, plate 22.

Satzinger, Helmut. Ägyptische Urkunden aus den Staatlichen Museen Berlin. Koptische Urkunden. III. Band, 2. Heft. Berlin: Verlag Bruno Hessling, 1967 (BKU III), p. 125-126, no. 393.
Translations:
General:

Trismegistos ID:

243977

 		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”

286

 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); EL (28/8/2020); MPS (22/3/2021); KD (15/4/2021); KD (5/4/2021); MPS (12/1/2022); MPS (11/3/2022); RBS (24/7/2026)

How to cite:
[Editor names]. "KYP M341," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, Korshi Dosoo, Markéta Preininger, & Roxanne Bélanger Sarrazin (principal editors), www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m341. Accessed on 25/10/2026
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