KYP T-1318

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KYPRIANOS T1318

Manuscript:	M166
Sigla:	PCM 1 26 PCM I 26 P. Heid. Inv. Kopt. 686
Text no. Position of the text within the manuscript.	19
Coptic Scriptorium:
Date:	951 – 1000

Text position:	p. 16, ll. 18-20 (260)
Type of text:	Curse (magical, formulary, erotic) Fidelity (magical, formulary, erotic)

Original title:	ⲓ̅ ⲟⲩⲣⲱⲙⲉ · ⲉⲃⲟ ⲛⲭⲱⲗⲏ ⸗ ϫⲉ ⲧⲉⲃⲥⲓⲙⲓ ⸗ ⲉⲣⲛⲁⲃⲓ : ⲉⲣⲁⲃ
Original title (translated):	10. A man who is angry because his wife is sinning against him
Conventional title:	10. A man who is angry because his wife is sinning against him

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

18. ⲓ̅ ⲟⲩⲣⲱⲙⲉ · ⲉⲃⲟ ⲛⲭⲱⲗⲏ ⸗ ϫⲉ ⲧⲉⲃⲥⲓⲙⲓ ⸗ ⲉⲣⲛⲁⲃⲓ : ⲉⲣⲁⲃ ⸗
19. ⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲡ̅ⲓ̅ⲥ̅ⲱ̅ϯ̅ⲟ̅ⲩ̅ⲛ̅ · ⲓⲁ̅ⲟ̅ⲩ ⲉⲃⲁⲗ · ⲉⲛⲉϩ · ϯⲁ̅ⲥ̅ⲙ̅ⲏ̅ : ⲙⲁⲃ ⲛ̇ⲟⲩ-
20. ⲁ ⲛⲉϣ ⲕⲁⲧⲛⲉ ⲙⲁⲥ ⸗ ⲙⲁⲣⲉⲧⲱϩⲥ ⲛⲉϩⲣⲁⲥ ⸗ ⲙ̅ⲁ̅ⲥ̅ϯⲭ̅ⲓ̅

[18] 10. A man who is angry because his wife is sinning against him. [19] Draw the image. Wash them off with jasmine oil. ⟨Anoint⟩ him. No-one [20] will be able to sleep with her. Let ⟨him⟩ anoint her face. ⟨Offering:⟩ mastic.

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Apparatus:

18. ⲭⲱⲗⲏ i.e. Greek χολή
19. ⲥ̅ⲱ̅ϯ̅ⲟ̅ⲩ̅ⲛ̅ i.e. Greek ζῴδιον | ⲓⲁⲟⲩ i.e. Sahidic ⲉⲓⲁⲁ⸗ⲟⲩ | ⲛⲉϩ · ϯⲁ̅ⲥ̅ⲙ̅ⲏ̅ i.e. Sahidic ⲛⲉϩ ⲛ̅-ⲧ-ⲓⲁⲥⲙⲏ i.e. Greek ἰάσμη | ϯⲁ̅ⲥ̅ⲙ̅ⲏ̅ : ⲙⲁⲃ : i.e. Greek ὀσμή translate “fumigate him” (“Beräuchere ihn”) Kropp : translate “disperse fragrance on it” Meyer/Smith | ⲙⲁⲃ l. ⟨ⲧⲁϩⲥ⟩ ⲙⲁⲃ i.e. Sahidic ⲧⲱϩⲥ̅ ⲙ̅ⲙⲟ⸗ϥ ?
19.-20. ⲛⲟⲩⲁ i.e. Sahidic ⲛ̅ⲛ̅ⲉ-ⲟⲩⲁ ?
20. ⲛⲉϣⲕⲁⲧⲛⲉ i.e. Sahidic ⲛⲁ-ϣ̅-ⲛ̅ⲕⲟⲧⲕ | ⲙⲁⲣⲉ i.e. Sahidic ⲙⲁⲣⲉ⸗ϥ | ⲛⲉϩⲣⲁⲥ i.e. Sahidic ⲛ̅-ϩⲣⲁ⸗ⲥ : translate “with the oil” (“mit Öl”) Kropp, Meyer/Smith, Gardner | ⲙ̅ⲁ̅ⲥ̅ϯⲭ̅ⲓ̅ i.e. Greek μαστίχη

Notes:

This text is numbered 260 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 T1318: 10. A man who is angry because his wife is sinning against him," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/text/kyp-t-1318. Accessed on 21/11/2025

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