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KYPRIANOS M909

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

Berlin P. 11734
P.Berl. inv. 11734
P.Berol.11734
Berlin, Staatliche Museen P. 11734

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

Magical (formulary)

Contents:

Original use:

1. Col. 1, ll. 1-20: Unclear (includes invocation of ghost)
2. Col. 1, ll. 7-20: Unclear, perhaps part of previous text.
3. Col. 1-2, ll. 21-56: Spell for love/favour (?)
4. Col. 2, ll. 57-81: Spell for favour to the moon
5. Col. 2-3, ll. 82-116: Unclear
6. Col. 3, ll. 117-129: Amulet for protection
7. Col. 4-5, ll. 130-140: Unclear

Re-use (?):

Vo ll. 1-2: Unclear text in a different hand

See all texts in this manuscript.

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. 251 – 350
Date notes:

GEMF dating (11/7/2019).

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

Published.

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Form:

Roll

Material:

Papyrus

Dimensions (cm): Height: 29 Width: 27 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Brashear (1990: p. 49). 8 fragments: Fr. a: 3.5 x 7.2, fr. b: 22.6 x 11.3, fr. c: 9.4 x 18.5, fr. d: 5.1 x 8.9, fr. e: 5 x 7.2, fr. f: 3.2 x 12.9, fr. g: 2.4 x 3.4, fr. h: 6.2 x 3.8. GEMF (6/1/2021).

Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

Fragmentary. 8 fragments.

Pages/Columns: question mark icon Total surviving columns in the manuscript for rolls, sheets and rotuli; total number of pages for codices.

5

Pages/Columns (notes):

5 surviving columns recto (→) (original use), 42, 47, 47, 9, and 2 surviving lines. 1 on verso (↓) (re-use), 2 lines.

Hand:

Findspot:

Luxor, Egypt (?)

(TM places ID: 2985)
Place of purchase:

Luxor, Egypt (?)

(TM places ID: 2985)
Writingspot:

Luxor, Egypt (?)

(TM places ID: 2985)
Present Location:

Berlin, Staatliche Museen

Collection History:

Purchased from Abd al-Megid in Luxor (col. website 21/5/2019).

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/03281/

Notes/Discussion:

Bibiliography
Editions:

Brashear, William M. “Zauberformular (mit einem Exkurs).” Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete 36 (1990): 49-74.


Translations:
General:

Trismegistos ID:

63970

PAThs:
PGM: question mark icon Papyri Gracae Magicae SM: question mark icon Supplementum Magicum GEMF: question mark icon Greek and Egyptian Magical Formularies (forthcoming) 51 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 (21/5/2019); ST (6/1/2021); KD (15/2/2021)


How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP M909," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m909. Accessed on 04/05/2025

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