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KYPRIANOS M699

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

Berlin P. 22164
BKU 3 396
BKU 3.2 396

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

Medical (recipe(s))
Contents:

1. Ro ll. 1-7 – Vo ll. 1-5: Recipe(s) (?) with lists of pharmaceutical products
See all texts in this manuscript.

Language(s):

Egyptian (Coptic)
Greek
Script(s):

Coptic
Greek
Dialect:

Sahidic (?)
Language/dialect notes:
Date: question mark icon Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. 301 – 500
Date notes:

Richter 2014: p. 190.
Archive/collection: question mark icon Larger collection to which manuscript belongs.
Archive name:
State of edition:

Published.
Image:

Form:

Sheet (?)
Material:

Papyrus
Dimensions (cm): Height: 5.5 Width: 13 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Satzinger 1967: p. 127.
Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

Fragmentary; damaged at top.
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; recto 7 lines, verso 5 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:
Trismegistos collection: question mark icon Page on the database Trismegistos collections for the institution which currently houses the manuscript. 40
Collection website:

Notes/Discussion:

TM describes as paper instead of papyrus (TM 19/9/2022). According to Richter 2014: p. 190, contains perhaps 3 recipes.

Bibiliography
Editions:

Satzinger, Helmut. Ägyptische Urkunden aus den Staatlichen Museen Berlin. Koptische Urkunden III. Band, 2. Heft. Berlin: Verlag Bruno Hessling, 1967 (BKU III), p. 127-128, no. 396.
Translations:
General:

Richter, Tonio Sebastian. “Neue koptische medizinische Rezepte.” Zeitschrift für Ägyptische Sprache und Altertumskunde 141.2 (2014): p. 190.

Trismegistos ID:

243980

 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 Bruyn-Dijkstra: question mark icon de Bruyn and Dijkstra, “Greek Amulets and Formularies (Checklist)" TheDefix: question mark icon Thesaurus Defixionum To Zodion:
Edit History:

KD (21/11/2018); MPS (29/5/2019) MPS (19/9/2022)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP M699," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m699. Accessed on 04/11/2025

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