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KYPRIANOS T1322

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.24
Coptic Scriptorium:
Date: 951 – 1000

Text position:

p. 16, ll. 31-32 (265)
Type of text:

Gathering spell to make village inhabited (magical, formulary)

Original title:

ⲓ̅ⲉ̅ ⸗ ⲟⲩϯⲙⲓ ⲕⲟⲩⲱϣ ⲧⲉϥ⸗ϭⲱⲣϭ
Original title (translated):

15. A village you desire to make inhabited
Conventional title: A village you desire to make inhabited

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

31. ⲓ̅ⲉ̅ ⸗ ⲟⲩϯⲙⲓ ⲕⲟⲩⲱϣ ⲧⲉϥ⸗ϭⲱⲣϭ ⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲡⲓⲥ̅ⲓ̅ⲩ̅ ⸗ ⲧⲁⲙⲥⲉⲃ
32. ϩⲓ ⲟⲩϩⲣⲓ ⲥⲧⲁⲩⲣⲟⲥ ⸗ ⲙⲁⲛ ϣⲁϭⲱⲣϭ ⲙ̅ⲟ̅ⲩ̅ⲥ̅ⲭ̅ⲁ̅ⲧ̅ⲉ̅ⲛ̅

[31] 15. A village you desire to make inhabited. Draw the image. Bury it [32] at a crossroads. Certainly, ⟨it⟩ will be inhabited. ⟨Offering:⟩ musk.

Tableau:
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Apparatus:

31. ⲕⲟⲩⲱϣ i.e. Sahidic ⲉ⸗ⲕ-ⲟⲩⲱϣ | ⲧⲉϥ⸗ϭⲱⲣϭ i.e. Sahidic ⲉ-ⲧⲣⲉ⸗ϥ-ϭⲱⲣϭ̅ | ⲥ̅ⲓ̅ⲩ̅ l. ⲥ(ⲟⲧ)ⲓ(ⲟ)ⲩⲛ ? i.e. Greek ζῴδιον
32. ⲟⲩϩⲣⲓ i.e. Sahidic ϩⲓⲣ | ⲥⲧⲁⲩⲣⲟⲥ i.e. Sahidic ⲛ̅-ⲥⲧⲁⲩⲣⲟⲥ i.e. Greek σταυρός | ϣⲁϭⲱⲣϭ i.e. Sahidic ϣⲁ⸗ϥ-ϭⲱⲣϭ̅ | ⲙⲟⲩⲥⲭⲁⲧⲉⲛ i.e. Greek μοσχάτον

Notes:

This text is numbered 265 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 T1322: A village you desire to make inhabited," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/text/kyp-t-1322. Accessed on 21/11/2025

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