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KYPRIANOS T1317

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.18
Coptic Scriptorium:
Date: 951 – 1000

Text position:

p. 16, ll. 15-17 (259)
Type of text:

Protection from animals and robbers while travelling (magical, formulary)

Original title:

ⲑ̅ : ⲟⲩⲣⲱⲙⲉ · ⲉⲃⲙⲁⲁϣⲓ ϩⲓ : ⲟⲩⲧⲁⲩ ⸗ ⲛϣⲁⲣⲉⲡⲣⲏ̅ ⸗ ⲭⲁⲗⲓ ⲗⲁⲃ
Original title (translated):

9. A man walking in the desert when the sun is covered
Conventional title: A man walking in the desert when the sun is covered

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

15. ⲑ̅ : ⲟⲩⲣⲱⲙⲉ · ⲉⲃⲙⲁⲁϣⲓ ϩⲓ : ⲟⲩⲧⲁⲩ ⸗ ⲛϣⲁⲣⲉⲡⲣⲏ̅ ⸗
16. ⲭⲁⲗⲓ ⲗⲁⲃ · ⲙⲁⲣⲉⲃ ⲡⲓⲥⲱϯⲟⲩⲱⲛ ⸗ ⲛⲧⲁⲁⲃ · ⲙⲁⲛ ⲙ̇ⲉⲣ-
17. ⲉⲥⲁⲁⲛⲓ : ϩⲉ ⲑⲩⲣⲓⲱⲛ ⸗ ⲛⲉϣ ϫⲱϩ ⲉⲣⲁⲃ ⸗ ⲁ̅ⲗ̅ⲟ̅ⲩ̅ⲁ̅ⲥ̅ ⸗

[15] 9. A man walking in the desert when the sun [16] is covered. Bind this figure to his hand. Certainly, [17] no robbers or beasts will be able to touch him. ⟨Offering:⟩ Al-ouas.

Tableau:
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Apparatus:

15. ⲛϣⲁⲣⲉⲡ ⲣⲏ̅ i.e. Sahidic ⲉϣⲁⲣⲉⲡⲣⲏ : i.e. Sahidic ⲛϣⲱⲣⲡ ⲛ̅ⲣⲏ Kropp
16. ⲭⲁⲗⲓ i.e. Sahidic ϭⲱⲱⲗⲉ Crum 809a : i.e. Greek καλεῖν ? Kropp : as Kropp, or else ϭⲟ(ⲉ)ⲓⲗⲉ Meyer/Smith | ⲗⲁⲃ i.e. Sahidic ⲉⲣⲟ⸗ϥ
15-16. ⲛϣⲁⲣⲉⲡⲣⲏ̅ ⸗ ⲭⲁⲗⲓ ⲗⲁⲃ : translate “at sunrise summon him” Gardner : translate “at sunrise visit him” Meyer/Smith : translate “at the first ray of sunshine you stay with him [or call after him]” (“Beim ersten Sonnenstrahl weilst du bei ihm [oder: rufst du nach ihm”]) Kropp | ⲥⲱϯⲟⲩⲱⲛ i.e. Greek ζῴδιον | ⲛⲧⲁⲁⲃ i.e. Sahidic ⲛ̅ⲧⲟⲟⲧ⸗ϥ
16. ⲙⲁⲣⲉⲃ ⲡⲓⲥⲱϯⲟⲩⲱⲛ ⸗ ⲛⲧⲁⲁⲃ : translate “tie it (to him)! When the image is in his hand…” (“Binde es (ihm) an! Wenn das Bildchen in seiner Hand ist…”) Kropp
17. ⲑⲩⲣⲓⲱⲛ i.e. Greek θηρίον | ⲛⲉϣϫⲱϩ i.e Sahidic ⲛⲁ⸗ⲩ-ϣ̅-ϫⲱϩ | ⲁ̅ⲗ̅ⲟ̅ⲩ̅ⲁ̅ⲥ̅ i.e. Arabic loanword ?

Notes:

This text is numbered 259 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); Corrections by KD (30/1/20); edits KD (4/7/2020); team (20/12/2022)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP T1317: A man walking in the desert when the sun is covered," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/text/kyp-t-1317. Accessed on 21/11/2025

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