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KYPRIANOS M541

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

Berlin P. 11737
PGM XIXb
GEMF 32
P. Berol. 11737

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

Magical (formulary)
Contents:

1. Ro ll. 1-3: Unclear
2. Ro ll. 4-18: Love spell of attraction over a dog
3. Vo. ll. ?-?: Unclear.
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Language(s):

Greek
Script(s):

Greek
Dialect:
Language/dialect notes:
Date: question mark icon Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. 201 – 300
Date notes:

GEMF (11/7/2019); 201-400 (TM 4/10/2018)
Archive/collection: question mark icon Larger collection to which manuscript belongs.
Archive name:
State of edition:

Published.
Image: http://berlpap.smb.museum/record/?result=17&Nummernsuche&Inventar&Standort&Publikation&Inhalt-Stichworte&Textgattung&Startdatum&Enddatum&Herkunft&Bezugsorte&Sprache=Griechisch%20Koptisch&Material&Schriftrichtung&Form&Schreibweise&Erwerbung&Erwerbungsjahr&Fundort&Alle&Suchtext

Form:

Sheet (?)
Material:

Papyrus
Dimensions (cm): Height: 13 Width: 12 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Preisendanz (1931: p. 144)
Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

Incomplete.
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):

1 column each, recto and verso. 18 lines recto, number of lines on verso unclear.
Hand:

Highly informal, irregular.

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:

★ Faraone, C. A. and Torallas Tovar, S. “GEMF 32 (PGM XIXb).” In Greek and Egyptian Magical Formularies: Text and Translation, edited by Christopher A. Faraone and Sofía Torallas Tovar, vol. 1, 2022, p. 412–413, no. 32.

Preisendanz, Karl (ed.). Papyri Graecae magicae. Die griechischen Zauberpapyri. Vol. 2. Stuttgart: Teubner, 1931, p. 144, no. 19b.
Translations:

Betz, Hans D. The Greek Magical Papyri in Translation. Including the Demotic Spells. Vol. 1. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1986, p. 257-258, no. 19b.
General:

Trismegistos ID:

89306

 		PAThs:
PGM: question mark icon Papyri Gracae Magicae

19b

 SM: question mark icon Supplementum Magicum GEMF: question mark icon Greek and Egyptian Magical Formularies (forthcoming) 32 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 (4/10/2018); MPS (24/9/2019); KD (31/1/2020); EL (4/8/2020)

How to cite:
[Editor names]. "KYP M541," 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-m541. Accessed on 27/10/2026
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