KYP T-1244

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KYPRIANOS T1244

Manuscript:	M503
Sigla:	PCM 1 36 PCM I 36 Köln Inv. 1850 P. Köln. XV 641 P. Köln Gr. 15 641
Text no. Position of the text within the manuscript.	1
Coptic Scriptorium:
Date:	901 – 1100

Text position:	Ro col. 1, ll. 1-12
Type of text:	Healing for uterine bleeding (magical, formulary)

Original title:	ⲉⲧⲃⲉ ⲟⲩⲥϩⲓⲙⲉ ⲉⲣⲉⲟⲩⲥⲛⲟϥ ϩⲁⲣⲟⲥ
Original title (translated):	For a woman with blood under her
Conventional title:	Recipe to heal menstrual bleeding

Language:	Egyptian (Coptic)
Dialect:	Sahidic (non-standard)
Script:	Coptic
Image:	https://papyri.uni-koeln.de/stueck/tm704888

Text:

Translation:

Col. 1

1. ⲉⲧⲃⲉ ⲟⲩⲥϩⲓⲙⲉ ⲉⲣⲉⲟⲩⲥⲛⲟϥ ϩⲁⲣⲟⲥ ⲣ ⲛⲁⲓ ⲙⲟⲣⲟⲩ ⲉⲣⲟⲥ
2. ⲗⲟϫⲕⲟⲩ ⲉⲧⲉⲥϯⲡⲉ ⲙⲉ ⲧⲉⲥϩⲏⲗⲡⲉ ⲁⲡ⧸ⲟ⧹ⲗ⧹ⲟ⧸⧸ ⲑ̅ⲩ̅ ⲙ̅ⲁ̅ⲥ̅
3. ϣⲁⲥⲱⲗ ⲧⲁⲭⲏ
4. [tableau 1] ⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲛⲁⲓ ⲛⲁⲗ-
5. [tableau 1] ⲙⲓⲧⲉⲧ ⲛⲁⲗ-
6. [tableau 1] ⲭⲟⲩⲃⲓ ⲭⲁⲣ-
7. [tableau 1] ⲧⲏⲥ ⲗⲟϫⲕⲟⲩ
8. [tableau 1] ⲉⲣⲟⲥ ⲟⲩⲥⲁⲓⲏ̣ ⲡⲉ̣
9. [tableau 1] ⲉϥⲧⲟⲕⲓⲙ̣ⲱⲛ
10. [tableau 1] ⲟⲩⲕⲟⲓⲁⲛⲁ = ϩⲁ̅ⲙ̣
11. [tableau 1] ⲁⲙⲁϩⲧⲉ ⲉϫⲛ ⲧⲕ-
12. [tableau 1] ⲁⲗⲁϩⲏ ⲛⲇ̅ⲇ̅
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(Kharaktēres inside tableau:
ΕΖ==
ΕΖΙΙΙΩ̅
Ε==
Κ ΗΙ
Τ
Π)

[1] For a woman with blood is under her. Make these things. Bind them to her. [2] Stick them to her loins and her navel. Request. Offering: Mastic. [3] She will quickly be healed (?). [4] Write these things in [5] secret ink ⟨on⟩ [6] papyrus. Stick them [8] to her. It is a good ⟨recipe⟩, [9] it is tested, [10] a common (?) ⟨recipe⟩ (?), amen! [11] “Restrain the [12] womb of NN, child of NN!”

Tableau:

Tracing by:

KD (9/2021)

Apparatus:

2. ϩⲏⲗⲡⲉ i.e. Sahidic ϩⲉⲗⲡⲉ | ⲁⲡ⧸ⲟ⧹ⲗ⧹ⲟ⧸⧸ l. ⲁⲡⲟⲗⲟ(ⲅⲓⲁ) i.e. Greek ἀπολογία | ⲑ̅ⲩ̅ l. ⲑⲩ(ⲥⲓⲁ) i.e. Greek θυσία : l. ⲑⲩ(ⲙⲓⲁⲙⲁ) or ⲑ̅ⲩ̅ⲙ̅(ⲓ)ⲁ̅(ⲙⲁ) i.e. Greek θυμίαμα Schenke | ⲙⲁⲥ l. ⲙⲁⲥ(ⲧⲓⲭⲏ) i.e. Greek μαστίχη
3. ϣⲁⲥⲱⲗ i.e. Sahidic ϣⲁ⸗ⲥ-ⲗⲟ
4-6. ⲛⲁⲗⲙⲓⲧⲉⲧ ⲛⲁⲗⲭⲟⲩⲃⲓ i.e. Arabic المداد الخفية al-madād al-ẖufya : includes Persian چوب čōb “wood”, add ⟨ⲏ⟩, translate “on wood ⟨or⟩ papyrus” Schenke
6-7. ⲭⲁⲣⲧⲏⲥ i.e. Greek χάρτης
9. ⲧⲟⲕⲓⲙ̣ⲱⲛ i.e. Greek δόκιμον
10. ⲟⲩⲕⲟⲓⲁⲛⲁ i.e. Greek κοινά ? : i.e. Greek οὐγγία/οὐγκία “uncia” or l. ⲟⲩⲕⲟⲓⲁ ⲛⲁ i.e. Greek οὐγγία/οὐγκία translated as “an uncia is appropriate” (“eine Unze ist angemessen”) Schenke : ϩⲁ̅ⲙ̣ l. ϩⲁ̅ⲙ(ⲏⲛ) i.e. Greek ἀμήν : ϩⲁ̅ⲛ- translate “against the” (“gegen die”) Schenke
11. ⲁⲙⲁϩⲧⲉ : translate “powers” (“Kräfte”) Schenke
12. ⲇ̅ⲇ̅ l. ⲇ(ⲉⲓⲛⲁ) ⲇ(ⲉⲓⲛⲁ) i.e. Greek δεῖνα δεῖνα

Notes:

3. ϣⲁⲥⲱⲗ The act of “gathering/containing” (ⲱⲗ) usually refers in recipes of this type to the act of gathering blood back into the body, but the subject here is feminine, so it cannot refer to the blood; here we propose that this is an error for ⲗⲟ “to heal”, giving the translation “she will quickly be healed”, but it is possible that the use of ⲱⲗ in similar texts conditioned this error.

Bibliography:

Schenke, Gesa. “P.Köln 641: Heilmittel gegen Blutungen aus dem Unterleib, gegen Schwellungen und Angstzustände.” In Kölner Papyri (P.Köln) vol. 15, Leiden: Brill, 2017, p. 253-260, no. 641.

Editor:

Edition from Schenke, entered by KD (29/1/2020); preliminary translation KD (11/3/2020); team from photograph (21/4/2021)

How to cite:

Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP T1244: Recipe to heal menstrual bleeding," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/text/kyp-t-1244. Accessed on 30/04/2025

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