KYP T-1320

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KYPRIANOS T1320

Manuscript:	M166
Sigla:	PCM 1 26 PCM I 26 P. Heid. Inv. Kopt. 686
Text no. Position of the text within the manuscript.	22
Coptic Scriptorium:
Date:	951 – 1000

Text position:	p. 16, ll. 26-27 (263)
Type of text:	Healing of insomnia/to cause sleep (magical, formulary)

Original title:	ⲓ̅ⲅ̅= ⲟⲩⲣⲱⲙⲓ: ⲉϭⲏⲛⲧⲉⲃ ϩⲁⲣⲕ ⲉⲛ
Original title (translated):	13: A man who cannot find quiet
Conventional title:	Instructions for a man who cannot sleep (healing).

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:
16. 26. ⲓ̅ⲅ̅ ⸗ ⲟⲩⲣⲱⲙⲓ : ⲉϭⲏⲛⲧ ⲉⲃϩⲁⲣⲕ ⲉⲛ : ⲥϩⲁⲓ 27. ⲡⲓⲥ̅ⲓ̅ⲩ̅ ⲟⲩⲁϩϥ ϩⲁϫⲱⲃ · ϩⲓⲛⲏⲃ ⲑ̅ⲩ̅ ⲙ̅ⲁ̅ⲥ̅ϯⲭ̅ⲓ̅ ⸗	[26] 13. A man who is unable to rest. Draw [27] this image. Place it before him. ⟨He will⟩ sleep. Offering: mastic.

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26. ⲉϭⲏⲛⲧⲉⲃ ϩⲁⲣⲕ ⲉⲛ i.e. Sahidic ⲉ-ϥ-ϭⲏⲏⲧ (<ϭⲱ) ⲉ⸗ϥ-ϩⲟⲣⲕ ⲁⲛ : or ⲉϭⲏⲛⲧ < ϭⲓⲛⲉ translate “a man who cannot find his rest” (“der seine Ruhe nicht finden kann”), “someone who cannot find respite” Kropp, Gardner
27. ⲥ̅ⲓ̅ⲩ̅ l. ⲥ(ⲟⲧ)ⲓ(ⲱⲟ)ⲩ(ⲛ) i.e. Greek ζῴδιον | ⲟⲩⲁϩϥ ϩⲁϫⲱⲃ : “place it on him” (“Leg es ihm auf”) Kropp, Meyer/Smith | ϩⲓⲛⲏⲃ l. ⟨ϣⲁⲃ⟩ϩⲓⲛⲏⲃ i.e. Sahidic ϣⲁ⸗ϥ-ϩⲓⲛⲏⲃ ? : translate “he will sleep” (“er findet Schlaf”) Kropp : “(lay it by his) sleeping (head)” Gardner
28. ⲑ̅ⲩ̅(ⲥⲓⲁ) i.e. Greek θυσία | ⲙⲁⲥϯⲭⲓ i.e. Greek μαστίχη

Notes:

This text is numbered 263 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); MPS (2/4/2021); team (20/12/2022)

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[Editor names]. "KYP T1320: Instructions for a man who cannot sleep (healing).," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, Korshi Dosoo, Markéta Preininger, & Roxanne Bélanger Sarrazin (principal editors), www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/text/kyp-t-1320. Accessed on 09/10/2026
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