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KYPRIANOS T1316

Manuscript: M166
Sigla:

PCM 1 26
PCM I 26
P. Heid. Inv. Kopt. 686
Text no. question mark icon Position of the text within the manuscript.17
Coptic Scriptorium:
Date: 951 – 1000

Text position:

p. 16, ll. 13-14 (258)
Type of text:

Healing (magical, formulary)

Original title:

ⲏ̅ ⸗ ⲟⲩⲣⲱⲙⲉ · ⲉⲃϯⲕⲁⲥ
Original title (translated):

8. A man who is in pain
Conventional title: Instructions for someone who is in pain

Language:

Egyptian (Coptic)
Dialect:

Sahidic with Middle Egyptian features
Script:

Coptic
Image: https://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/p_kopt_686/0001/thumbs

Text: Translation:

p. 16

13. ⲏ̅ ⸗ ⲟⲩⲣⲱⲙⲉ · ⲉⲃϯⲕⲁⲥ ⲧⲁⲟⲩⲁ ϯⲟⲩⲭⲏ · ϩⲓ ⲁⲣⲭⲏ ⲛⲉϩ ⸗
14. ⲧⲥⲟⲃ : ⲗⲉⲃ ⸗ ϣⲁⲗⲟ ⸗ ⲑ̅ⲩ̅ ⸗ ⲁ̅ⲥ̅ⲫ̅ⲁ̅ⲗ̅ⲧ̅ⲱ̅ⲛ̅ ⸗

[13] 8. A man who is in pain. Pronounce the prayer over oil of the first-fruits. [14] Have him drink it. It will cease. Offering: bitumen.

Tableau:
Tracing by:

Apparatus:

13. ϯⲕⲁⲥ i.e. Sahidic ϯⲧⲕⲁⲥ | ⲟⲩⲭⲏ i.e. Greek εὐχή | ⲁⲣⲭⲏ i.e. Greek ἀρχή : “virgin oil” Meyer/Smith | ⲛⲉϩ i.e. Sahidic ⲛ̅-ⲛⲉϩ
14. ⲗⲉⲃ i.e. Sahidic ⲉⲣⲟ⸗ϥ : “by mouth” Gardner : i.e. Greek λίβανος Kropp, Meyer/Smith | ϣⲁⲗⲟ i.e. Sahidic ϣⲁ⸗ϥ-ⲗⲟ | ⲑ̅ⲩ̅(ⲥⲓⲁ) i.e. Greek θυσία | ⲁ̅ⲥ̅ⲫ̅ⲁ̅ⲗ̅ⲧ̅ⲱ̅ⲛ̅ i.e. Greek ἄσφαλτος

Notes:

This text is numbered 258 in Kropp.

Bibliography:

Dosoo, Korshi, Edward O.D. Love, and Markéta Preininger. “The Coptic Magical Papyri Project: Progress Report.” Journal of Coptic Studies 24 (2022): 43–100.

Gardner, Iain. “An Archive of Coptic Handbooks and Exemplars for the Making of Amulets and the Enacting of Ritual Power from the Tenth Century (P. Heid. Inv. Kopt. 680–683 and 685–686)”, in Drawing Spirit: The Role of Images and Design in the Magical Practice of Late Antiquity, edited by Jay Johnston and Iain Gardner (Berlin: De Gruyter, 2022), 129.

Kropp, Angelicus. Der Lobpreis des Erzengels Michael (vormals P. Heidelberg Inv. Nr. 1686). Brussels : Fondation égyptologique reine Elisabeth, 1966.

Meyer, Marvin W., and Richard Smith. Ancient Christian Magic: Coptic Texts of Ritual Power. Princeton (New Jersey): Princeton University Press, 1999, p. 326-341, no. 135.

Editor:

EL’s edition from the original (23/6/16; 30/1/20); team (20/12/2022)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP T1316: Instructions for someone who is in pain," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/text/kyp-t-1316. Accessed on 21/11/2025

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