KYP T-1324

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KYPRIANOS T1324

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

Text position:	p. 17, ll. 1-3 (267)
Type of text:	Curse (magical, formulary)

Original title:	ⲓ̅ⲍ̅ ⸗ ⲟⲩⲥⲗⲁⲙ ⲧⲉⲕⲉⲛⲧⲃ : ϩⲓϫⲉⲛ ⲟⲩⲣⲱⲙⲉ
Original title (translated):	17: A unconsciousness which you (s.) bring upon a man
Conventional title:	17. An unconsciousness which you bring upon a man

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. 17 ________________ 1. ⲓ̅ⲍ̅ ⸗ ⲟⲩⲥⲗⲁⲙ ⲧⲉⲕⲉⲛⲧⲃ : ϩⲓϫⲉⲛ ⲟⲩⲣⲱⲙⲉ ⲧⲁⲩⲟⲩⲁ ϯⲟⲩ̅ⲭ̅ⲏ̅ ⸗ 2. ϩⲓϫⲉⲛ ⲟⲩⲙⲁⲩ ⸗ ⲛⲁϫⲉⲃ ϩⲓϫⲱⲃ · ⲉϣⲱⲡⲓ ⲑⲏ ⲟⲩⲣⲉⲃ- 3. ⲙⲟⲟⲩⲧ ⲗⲓⲃⲁⲛⲟⲥ [following recipe]	[1] 17. An unconsciousness which you bring upon a man. Pronounce the prayer [2] over some water. Throw it on him. He will be like a dead [3] man. ⟨Offering:⟩ frankincense.

Tableau:
Tracing by:

Apparatus:

1. ⲥⲗⲁⲙ i.e. Bohairic ⲥⲣⲟⲙ | ⲧⲉⲕⲉⲛⲧⲃ i.e. Sahidic ⲉⲧ⸗ⲕ-ⲛ̅ⲧ⸗ϥ̅ | ⲧⲁⲩⲟⲩⲁ i.e. Sahidic ⲧⲁⲩⲉ- : ⲧⲁⲟⲩⲁ Kropp | ϯⲟⲩⲭⲏ i.e. Sahidic ⲧ-ⲉⲩⲭⲏ i.e. Greek εὐχή
2. ⲉϣⲱⲡⲓ i.e. Sahidic ⲉ⸗ϥ-ⲉ-ϣⲱⲡⲉ | ⲑⲏ i.e. Sahidic ⲛ-ⲧ-ϩⲉ ⲛ-
3. ⲗⲓⲃⲁⲛⲟⲥ i.e. Greek λίβανος

Notes:

This text is numbered 267 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; 27/2/20); team (20/12/2022)

How to cite:

Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP T1324: 17. An unconsciousness which you bring upon a man," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/text/kyp-t-1324. Accessed on 21/11/2025

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