Manuscript: | M535 |
Sigla: | Leiden F 1965/8.5 |
Text no. ![]() | 1 |
Coptic Scriptorium: | |
Date: | 901 – 1000 |
Text position: | Concave ll. 1-44 |
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: |
1. ⲕ̅ⲟ̅ⲩ̅ⲭ̅ⲟ̅ⲥ̅ |
[1] Koukhos, [2] Trephops, [3] Kēmphias, [4] Psothomis, [5] and [6] Plemos, [7] Meoliat, [8] these are the six [9] powers [10] of Death, [11] they who bring [12] every sickness [13] upon man [14] and who bring [15] every soul [16] out from [17] every body. You shall [18] bring the soul of [20] Harōn the son of Tkouikira! [21] I adjure you (s.) [22] by the way [23] and the fear that you (s.) [24] saw and the [25] punishments [26] and the changing faces [27] that you saw [28] and the river [29] of fire that casts wave [30] upon wave, [31] that in [32] the moment that bring (sic) [33] these names [34] under you, that just as [35] you have suffered, you [36] shall bring [37] your [38] suffering down [39] upon Harōn [40] the son of [41] Tkouikira, [42] yea, quickly, quickly! |
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Apparatus: | 8. ⲛⲁ i.e. Sahidic ⲛⲁⲓ̈ |
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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); translation by EL (20/4/2016); ; 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 (19/2/2021) |