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KYPRIANOS M608

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

Berlin P. 9096

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

Literary (Biblical; apocryphal)
Contents:

1. Ro ll. 1-25 – Vo ll. 1-25: Apocalypse of Esdras: 13.29-33, 40-41, 43-46
See all texts in this manuscript.

Language(s):

Egyptian (Coptic)
Script(s):

Coptic
Dialect:

Sahidic
Language/dialect notes:
Date: question mark icon Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. 475 – 525
Date notes:

TM (11/10/2018); 6th – 8th century (Leipoldt and Violet 1905: p. 137, n. 1).
Archive/collection: question mark icon Larger collection to which manuscript belongs.
Archive name:
State of edition:

Published.
Image:

Form:

Codex
Material:

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

No dimensions given by Leipoldt and Violet (1905).
Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

Fragmentary, very damaged.
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 recto, 25 lines; 1 column verso, 25 lines.
Hand:

Biblical majuscule

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:

For the magical text mistakenly published in ACM with this inventory number see Berlin P. 6096
(M451).

Bibiliography
Editions:

Leipoldt, Johannes and Bruno Violet. “Ein saïdisches Bruchstück des vierten Esrabuches.” Zeitschrift für Ägyptische Sprache und Altertumskunde 41 (1905): 137-140.
Translations:
General:

Beltz, Walter. “Katalog der koptischen Handschriften der Papyrus-Sammlung der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin.” Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete 26 (1978): p. 112, no. III 71.

Schüssler, Karlheinz. Biblia Coptica 1,3: Das sahidische Alte und Neue Testament. Vollständiges Verzeichnis mit Standorten. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 1998, p. 76 no. sa 78, sa 49 – 92.

Violet, Bruno. Die Apokalypsen des Esra und des Baruch. Leipzig: Hinrichs, 1924.

Trismegistos ID:

108250
109719

 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” 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

108250

 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 (24/10/2018); MPS (2/5/2019); MPS (8/5/2019); KD (30/9/2019); MPS (25/8/2020); KD (16/10/2020)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP M608," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m608. Accessed on 03/11/2025

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