| Manuscript: | M535 |
| Sigla: | Leiden F 1965/8.5 |
Text no. 
Position of the text within the manuscript. | 2 |
| Coptic Scriptorium: | |
| Date: | 901 – 1000 |
| Text position: | Convex ll. 1-86 |
| Type of text: | Curse (applied, magical) |
| Original title: | |
| Original title (translated): | |
| Conventional title: | Applied curse against Harōn |
| Language: | Egyptian (Coptic) |
| Dialect: | Sahidic (non-standard) |
| Script: | Coptic |
| Image: | https://www.rmo.nl/imageproxy/jpg/204906 |
| Text: | Translation: |
| Convex 1. ⲕ̅ⲟ̅ⲩ̅ⲭ̅ⲟ̅ⲥ̅ |
[1] Koukhos, [2] Trokhos, [3] Aphōnos, [4] Pesphokops, [5] and Plemos, [6] and [7] Ouliat: [8] these are the six [9] powers [10] of [11] Death, [12] they who [13] bring [14-15] every soul out [16-17] of every body [18-19] it is they who will [20] go to [21] Harōn, the son of [22] Tkouikira. I adjure [23] you (s.), [24] oh great (?) dead one, [25] by the way [26-27] upon which they took you [28] and the manner in which you [29] went, [30] and the places [31] of fear, and the river [32] of fire [33] which casts wave upon wave [34] that you saw, [35] and all your sufferings, [36] that you bring [37-38] all your suffering upon [39] Harōn the son of [40] Tkouikira, [41] yea, quickly! [42] I call, I adjure [43] you (s.), O dead [44] one, by the way [45] that you took, [46] and the places [47] of fear to which they took [48] you [49] and the places of [50] fear that you saw, [51] and the [52] river of fire [53] which casts wave [54] upon wave, [55] that you you bring [56-57] all your suffering, so that [58] in the moment [59] I place [60] this bone under [61] you, you shall [62] bring [63] all your suffering [64] down upon [65] Harōn the son [66] of Tkouikira, [67] yea, quickly, [68] quickly! [69] Go, go! [70] Quickly, quickly! [71] It is they who bring [72-73] every sickness [74] upon man, [75] you shall bring [76] the [77] soul of [78] Harōn, [79-80] [the son of Tkouikira … ] |
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| Apparatus: | 8. ⲛⲁ i.e. Sahidic ⲛⲁⲓ : ⲛⲁⲓ Drescher |
| Notes: |
| Bibliography: | Drescher, James. “A Coptic Malediction.” Annales du Service des antiquités de l‘Égypte (ASAE) 48 (1948), p. 267-276. |
| Editor: | From Drescher, with corrections by KD and EL (23/5/2019); correction by autopsy and high quality photos KD (10/10/2019); translation by KD (11/20/2019); KD (27/11/2020); edited by team from photograph using D-Stretch (18/2/2021); KD (13/2/2025) |