KYP T-1327

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KYPRIANOS T1327

Manuscript:	M166
Sigla:	PCM 1 26 PCM I 26 P. Heid. Inv. Kopt. 686
Text no. Position of the text within the manuscript.	29
Coptic Scriptorium:
Date:	951 – 1000

Text position:	p. 17, ll. 10-12 (270)
Type of text:	Protection of livestock (animals) against magic (magical, formulary)

Original title:	ⲕ̅ ⸗ ⲟⲩⲁϩⲓ ⲛⲧⲉⲃⲛⲏ ⲛ⸗ⲧⲁⲩⲉⲗ ⲟⲩϩⲓⲕ ⲉⲣⲁⲕ
Original title (translated):	20. An enclosure of livestock to which an act of sorcery has been done against you
Conventional title:	An enclosure of livestock to which an act of sorcery has been done against you

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 10. ⲕ̅ ⸗ ⲟⲩⲁϩⲓ ⲛⲧⲉⲃⲛⲏ ⲛ⸗ⲧⲁⲩⲉⲗ ⲟⲩϩⲓⲕ ⲉⲣⲁⲕ : ⲥϩⲁⲓ ⸗ 11. ϯⲧⲉⲛⲁⲙⲓⲥ ⸗ ⲛϩⲁ ⲛϩⲁⲗⲏⲧ ·⸗ ⲧⲁⲙⲥ : ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲉ- 12. ⲣⲁⲃ ⸗ ϣⲁⲃⲃⲱⲗ ⲉⲃⲁⲗ : ⲕⲁⲗⲟⲥ ⸗ ⲑ̅ⲩ̅ ⲙ̅ⲁ̅ⲥ̅ϯ̅ⲭ̅ⲓ̅ ⸗̅	[10] 20. An enclosure of livestock to which an act of sorcery has been done against you. Draw [11] the bird-faced power. Bury it inside [12] it. It will be completely undone. Offering: mastic.

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Apparatus:

10. ⲛⲧⲉⲃⲛⲏ ⲛ⸗ : ⲧⲉⲃⲛⲏⲏ Kropp
11. ⲧⲉⲛⲁⲙⲓⲥ i.e. Greek δύναμις | ⲧⲁⲙⲥ i.e. Sahidic ⲧⲟⲙⲥ⸗ⲥ | ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ i.e. Sahidic ⲛ̅-ϩⲟⲩⲛ
12. ⲕⲁⲗⲟⲥ i.e. Greek καλῶς | ⲑ̅ⲩ̅ l. ⲑ̅ⲩ̅(ⲥⲓⲁ) i.e. Greek θυσία | ⲙ̅ⲁ̅ⲥ̅ϯ̅ⲭ̅ⲓ̅ i.e. Greek μαστίχη

Notes:

This text is numbered 270 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 T1327: An enclosure of livestock to which an act of sorcery has been done against you," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/text/kyp-t-1327. Accessed on 21/11/2025

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