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KYPRIANOS M541

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

Berlin P. 11737
PGM XIXb

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

Magical (formulary)

Contents:

1. Ro ll. 1-3: Unclear
2. Ro ll. 4-18: Love spell of attraction over a dog
3. Vo. ll. ?-?: Unclear.

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Language(s):

Greek
Egyptian (Coptic)

Script(s):

Greek
Coptic

Dialect:
Language/dialect notes:
Date: question mark icon Dates are CE unless preceded by a minus sign <->, in which case they are BCE. 201 – 300
Date notes:

GEMF (11/7/2019); 201-400 (TM 4/10/2018)

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

Published.

Image: http://berlpap.smb.museum/record/?result=17&Nummernsuche&Inventar&Standort&Publikation&Inhalt-Stichworte&Textgattung&Startdatum&Enddatum&Herkunft&Bezugsorte&Sprache=Griechisch%20Koptisch&Material&Schriftrichtung&Form&Schreibweise&Erwerbung&Erwerbungsjahr&Fundort&Alle&Suchtext

Form:

Sheet (?)

Material:

Papyrus

Dimensions (cm): Height: 13 Width: 12 Depth:
Dimensions (notes):

Preisendanz (1931: p. 144)

Folding pattern:
State of preservation:

Incomplete.

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. 18 lines recto, number of lines on verso unclear.

Hand:

Highly informal, irregular.

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:

Part of formula in second spell in Coptic. Preisendanz (1931: p. 144) says that the verso text is also
influenced by Coptic (“kopt. beinflußt”).

Bibiliography
Editions:

Preisendanz, Karl (ed.). Papyri Graecae magicae. Die griechischen Zauberpapyri. Vol. 2. Stuttgart: Teubner, 1931, p. 144, no. 19b.


Translations:

Betz, Hans D. The Greek Magical Papyri in Translation. Including the Demotic Spells. Vol. 1. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1986, p. 257-258, no. 19b.


General:

Trismegistos ID:

89306

PAThs:
PGM: question mark icon Papyri Gracae Magicae

19b

SM: question mark icon Supplementum Magicum GEMF: question mark icon Greek and Egyptian Magical Formularies (forthcoming) 32 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:

EL (4/10/2018); MPS (24/9/2019); KD (31/1/2020); EL (4/8/2020)


How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP M541," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/manuscript/kyp-m541. Accessed on 23/08/2024

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