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KYPRIANOS M610

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

Berlin P. 21230
SM 31
ACM 14
BKT 9 134
P. Turner 49
SB XIV 11495
SB 14 11495

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. 1-4: Amulet for the healing of a woman from illness with prayer to Jesus.
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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 – 600
Date notes:

Daniel & Maltomini (1990: p. 86); Meyer & Smith (1994: p. 38).
Archive/collection: question mark icon Larger collection to which manuscript belongs.
Archive name:
State of edition:

Published.
Image: https://berlpap.smb.museum/Original/P_21230_R_001.jpg

Form:

Sheet
Material:

Papyrus
Dimensions (cm): Height: 3 Width: 21.7 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Meyer & Smith (1994: p. 38).
Folding pattern:

Signs of vertical creases; perhaps rolled?
State of preservation:

Incomplete with damage, broken on both sides.
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 (→), 4 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/04427/

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography
Editions:

Brashear, William M. “Vier Berliner Zaubertexte.” Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 17 (1975): 31-33, no. 4.

Brashear, William M. “No. 49: Christian Amulet”, in Papyri Greek and Egyptian Edited by Various Hands in Honour of Eric Gardner Turner on the Occasion of His Seventieth Birthday (P. Turner), edited by Peter J. Parsons and J R Rea. London: Egypt Exploration Society, 1981, p. 192ff, no. 49.

★ Daniel, Robert W., and Franco Maltomini. Supplementum Magicum. Vol. 1. Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag, 1990, p. 86-89, no. 31.

Horsley, Greg H. R. New Documents Illustrating Early Christianity. Vol. 3. Sydney: Macquarie University,1983, p. 114.

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. 134.

116, no. 93.

Jones, Brice C. New Testament texts on Greek amulets from Late Antiquity. London: T&T Clark, 2016, p. 71-76, no. 3.

Rupprecht, Hans-Albert and Joachim Hengstl. Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten. Vol. 14. (SB XIV). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 1981, no. 11495.

Treu, Kurt. “Christliche Papyri. X.” Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete 30 (1984): 126, no. 892.
Translations:

Meyer, Marvin W., and Richard Smith. Ancient Christian Magic: Coptic Texts of Ritual Power. Princeton (New Jersey): Princeton University Press, 1994, p. 38-39, no. 14.
General:

Trismegistos ID:

64846

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

31

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

14
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

06032.000
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)"

72

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

ST (14/11/2020); KD (18/11/2020)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP M610," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m610. Accessed on 03/11/2025

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