| Manuscript: | M166 |
| Sigla: | PCM 1 26 |
Text no. 
Position of the text within the manuscript. | 21 |
| Coptic Scriptorium: | |
| Date: | 951 – 1000 |
| Text position: | p. 16, ll. 24-25 (262) |
| Type of text: | Protection (for a criminal?) (magical, formulary) |
| Original title: | ⲓ̅ⲃ̅ ⸗ ⲟⲩⲣⲱⲙⲉ ⲉⲃⲡⲏⲧ : ⲉⲩⲙⲉⲧⲁϫⲉⲩ |
| Original title (translated): | 12. A man who is going to an unworthy act |
| Conventional title: | A man who is going to an unworthy act |
| 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 24. ⲓ̅ⲃ̅ ⸗ ⲟⲩⲣⲱⲙⲉ ⲉⲃⲡⲏⲧ : ⲉⲩⲙⲉⲧⲁϫⲉⲩ · ⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲡⲓⲥⲱϯⲟⲩⲱⲛ ⸗ |
[24] 12. A man who is going to an unworthy act. Draw this image. [25] Bind it to him. No-one will recognize him. Offering: storax. |
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| Apparatus: | 24. ⲉⲃⲡⲏⲧ : translate “hastening (towards)” Meyer/Smith : translate “running (to)” Gardner, translate “running to” or “fleeing from” (“von… flieht, zu… eilt”) Kropp | ⲙⲉⲧⲁϫⲉⲩ i.e. Sahidic ⲙⲛⲧ-ⲁⲧ-ϣⲁⲩ : translate “ruin” Gardner, Meyer/Smith (first alternative), Gardner : “Abomination” (“Abscheulichkeit”) Kropp | ⲥⲱϯⲟⲩⲱⲛ i.e. Greek ζῴδιον |
| Notes: | This text is numbered 262 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. |
| Editor: | EL’s edition from the original (23/6/16; 30/1/20); team (20/12/2022) |