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KYPRIANOS M606

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

Berlin P. 21911
SM 26
BKT 9 206
SB 14 11494
SB XIV 11494

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. 1-9: Prayer for the healing of the eye ailments of Phoibammon, son of Athanasios.
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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. 401 – 500
Date notes:

Daniel & Maltomini (1990: p. 72); Meyer & Smith (1994: p. 32).
Archive/collection: question mark icon Larger collection to which manuscript belongs.
Archive name:
State of edition:

Published.
Image: https://berlpap.smb.museum/Original/P_21911_V_001.jpg

Form:

Sheet
Material:

Papyrus
Dimensions (cm): Height: 4.2 Width: 5.2 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Meyer & Smith (1994: p. 32).
Folding pattern:

Two vertical creases.
State of preservation:

Complete with some damage. Broken away at the bottom.
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 (↓), 9 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: https://berlpap.smb.museum/04918/

Notes/Discussion:

Meyer & Smith (1994: p. 32) note that the prayer must be addressed to the Virgin Mary and that the text closes with a citation of Psalm 91:1.

Bibiliography
Editions:

Daniel, Robert W., and Franco Maltomini. Supplementum Magicum. Vol. 1. Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag, 1990, p. 72-73, no. 26.

Ioannidou, Grace. Catalogue of Greek and Latin Literary Papyri in Berlin (P.Berol.inv. 21101—21299, 21911). In: Berliner Klassikertexte IX. Mainz: Verlag Phillip von Zabern, 1996, no. 206.

Rupprecht, Hans-Albert and Joachim Hengstl. Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten. Vol. 14. (SB XIV). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 1981, no. 11494.
Translations:

Meyer, Marvin W., and Richard Smith. Ancient Christian Magic: Coptic Texts of Ritual Power. Princeton (New Jersey): Princeton University Press, 1999, p. 32, no. 5.
General:

Horsley, Greg H. R. New Documents Illustrating Early Christianity. Sydney: Macquarie University, 1983, p. 118-119, no. 93.

Brashear, William M. “Vier Berliner Zaubertexte.” Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 17 (1975): 30-31.

Faraone, Christopher A. “Stopping Evil, Pain, Anger and Blood: The Ancient Greek Tradition of Protective Iambic Incantations.” Greek, Roman and Byzantine Studies 49 (2009): p. 243.

Jordan, David R. “Choliambs for Mary in a Papyrus Phylactery.” Harvard theological Review 84 (1991): 343-346.

Kraus, T. J. “Psalm 90 der Septuaginta in apotropäischer Verwendung – erste Anmerkungen und Datenmaterial.” In: Jaakko Frösén , Tiina Purola , and Erja Salmenkivi eds. Proceedings of the 24th International Congress of Papyrology, Helsinki, 1—7 August, 2004. Helsinki 2004, p. 510-511.

Treu, Kurt. “Christliche Papyri. X.” Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete 26 (1978): 155, no. 892.

Rahlfs, Alfred and Detlef Fraenkel. Verzeichnis der griechischen Handschriften des Alten Testaments. Die Überlieferung bis zum VIII. Jahrhundert. Vol. 1. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2004, p. 41, no. 21911.

Trismegistos ID:

64703

 PAThs:
PGM: question mark icon Papyri Gracae Magicae SM: question mark icon Supplementum Magicum

26

 GEMF: question mark icon Greek and Egyptian Magical Formularies (forthcoming) ACM: question mark icon Ancient Christian Magic

5
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

06033.000
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)"

67

 TheDefix: question mark icon Thesaurus Defixionum To Zodion:
Edit History:

ST (13/11/2020); KD (17/11/2020)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP M606," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m606. Accessed on 03/11/2025

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