KYP T-1254

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KYPRIANOS T1254

Manuscript:	M126
Sigla:	PCM 1 4 PCM I 4 P. Mil. Vogl. Copt. 16
Text no. Position of the text within the manuscript.	1
Coptic Scriptorium:
Date:	401 – 600

Text position:	p. 1 ll. 1-10
Type of text:	Phylactery for protection (?) (magical, formulary)

Original title:
Original title (translated):
Conventional title:	Letters, characters and voces magicae

Language:	Egyptian (Coptic)
Dialect:	[non-linguistic]
Script:	Coptic
Image:

Text:

Translation:

p. 1
→
1. ⲱ ⲱ ⲱ ⲱ ⲱ ⲱ ⲱ ⲱ̣ ⲱ ⲱ ⲱ ⲱ
2. Ⳁ Ⳁ Ⳁ Ⳁ Ⳁ Ⳁ Ⳁ Ⳁ Ⳁ Ⳁ Ⳁ Ⳁ̣
3. ⲃ ⲃ ⲃ ⲃ ⲃ ⲃ ⲃ ⲃ ⲃ ⲃ ⲃ ⲃ̣
4. ⲁⲃⲓⲛⲓⲭⲟⲭ ⲁⲃⲟⲩⲟⲩⲭ
5. ⲑ̣ⲁ̣ⲃⲟ̣ⲣ̣ . ⲭ̣ ⲁⲙ̣ⲱⲙⲓⲭ
6. ⲟⲣⲓⲥⲉⲕⲑⲣⲩⲃ ⲑⲁⲣⲥⲟⲩⲭ
7. ⲉ̣ . ⲙ̣ⲟⲩⲃⲩⲭ̣ ⲑⲉ̣ⲛⲉⲟ̣ⲑ̣ⲓ̣ⲙ̣
8. . [.] . ⲛ̣ⲁⲣ ⲟⲩ̣ⲫ̣ⲉⲗ̣ⲁ̣ⲕ̣-
9. ⲟⲩⲭⲱⲑⲱⲙⲓⲭ ⲧ̣ⲏ̣ⲣⲓⲟⲛ ⲛ . ⲉⲓ
10. ⲡⲣⲱⲑⲏⲙⲁ̣ⲥ ⲯ̣ . ⲉⲛ ⲁ̣ⲓ̣ⲱ̣
——–>>>>>>>>>——————

[1] ō ō ō ō ō ō ō ō ō ō ō ō
[2] Ⳁ Ⳁ Ⳁ Ⳁ Ⳁ Ⳁ Ⳁ Ⳁ Ⳁ Ⳁ Ⳁ Ⳁ
[3] BBBBBBBBBBBB
[4] Abiniokhokh Abououkh
[5] Thabor . kh Amōmikh
[6] Orisekthrub Tharsoukh
[7] E.moubukh Theneothim
[8-9] …nar A phylactery
Oukhōthōmikh …
[10] Prōthēmas Ps … en yea (?) !

Tableau:
Tracing by:

Apparatus:

1. ⲱ̣ : [ⲱ] Pernigotti 1979, 1993
2. Ⳁ̣ : ⲃ Pernigotti 1979, 1993
3. ⲃ̣ : ⲇ Pernigotti 1979, 1993
4. ⲁⲃⲓⲛⲓⲭⲟⲭ : ⲁⲃⲓⲛⲓ̣ⲭⲟⲭ Pernigotti 1979, 1993
5. ⲑ̣ⲁ̣ⲃⲟ̣ⲣ̣ . ⲭ̣ : ⲑ̣ⲁ̣ⲃⲟ̣ⲣ̣ . . . Pernigotti 1979, 1993
7. ⲑⲉ̣ⲛⲉⲟ̣ⲑ̣ⲓ̣ⲙ̣ : ⲑⲉⲛⲉⲟⲑⲓⲙ Pernigotti 1979, 1993
8. . [.] . ⲛ̣ⲁⲣ : [ ±2 ]ⲛ̣ⲁⲣ Pernigotti 1979, 1993
8-9. ⲟⲩⲫ̣ⲉⲗ̣ⲁ̣ⲕ̣ⲧ̣ⲏ̣ⲣⲓⲟⲛ l. φυλακτήριον Roxanne Bélanger-Sarrazin : ⲟⲩ̣ⲑⲉⲗ̣ⲁⲭ̣|ⲧⲏⲣⲓⲟⲛ Pernigotti 1979, 1993
10. ⲯ̣ . ⲉⲛ ⲁ̣ⲓ̣ⲱ̣ : ⲡⲥⲉⲛⲁⲓⲱ Pernigotti 1979, 1993

Notes:

2-3. The Ⳁ signs which occupy line 2 and the ⲃ which occupy line 3 are touching, and each pair might therefore be considered a single symbol.

Bibliography:

Pernigotti, Sergio. “Nuovi papiri magici in copto, greco e aramaico” Studi classici e orientali 29 (1979): 19-53.

Pernigotti, Sergio. “Una rilettura del P.Mil. Vogl. Copto 16.” Aegyptus 73 (1993): 93-125.

Pernigotti, Sergio. “La magia copta: I testi.” In Aufstieg und Niedergang der römischen Welt, edited by Hildegard Temporini and Wolfgang Haase, II.18.5, 3685–3730. Berlin and New York: Walter de Gruyter, 1995, p. 3707-3708, no. 9.

Editor:

Pernigiotti (1993); MPS (22/1/2020); corrections MPS (5/2/2020); checked EL (16/6/2020); checked based on photograph from Pernigotti 1979 (team and Roxanne Bélanger Sarrazin 16/12/2020)

How to cite:

Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP T1254: Letters, characters and voces magicae," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/text/kyp-t-1254. Accessed on 21/11/2025

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