KYP T-1328

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KYPRIANOS T1328

Manuscript:	M166
Sigla:	PCM 1 26 PCM I 26 P. Heid. Inv. Kopt. 686
Text no. Position of the text within the manuscript.	30
Coptic Scriptorium:
Date:	951 – 1000

Text position:	p. 17, ll. 13-16 (271)
Type of text:	Healing (magical, formulary)

Original title:	ⲕ̅ⲁ̅ ⸗ ⲟⲩⲥⲓⲙⲓ ⸗ ⲣⲉⲛϣⲏⲣⲉ ⲙ̇ⲁⲟⲩⲧ
Original title (translated):	21. A woman whose children have died
Conventional title:	A woman whose children have died

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

13. ⲕ̅ⲁ̅ ⸗ ⲟⲩⲥⲓⲙⲓ ⸗ ⲣⲉⲛϣⲏⲣⲉ ⲙ̇ⲁⲟⲩⲧ ⸗ ⲥϩⲁⲓ ϯⲍ̅ ⲛⲧⲉⲛⲁ-
14. ⲙⲓⲥ ⸗ ⲉⲩϫⲱⲱⲙⲉ · ⲙⲁⲣ ⲉⲡⲉⲥϫⲉⲛⲉϩ ⲛⲓⲱⲛⲁ-
15. ⲙ ⸗ ⲙⲁⲣⲉⲕⲉⲟⲩⲉⲓ ⲡⲉⲥϫⲉⲛⲉϩ ⸗ ⲃⲟⲩⲣ : ⲙⲁⲛ ⲣⲉ-
16. ⲡⲉⲥϣⲏⲣⲉ ⸗ ⲙⲟⲩ ⸗ ⲑ̅ⲩ̅ : ⲙ̅ⲁ̅ⲥ̅ϯ̅ⲭ̅ⲓ̅ ⸗

[13] 21. A woman whose children have died. Draw the seven powers [14] on a sheet. Bind ⟨it to⟩ her right forearm. [15] Bind another ⟨to⟩ her left forearm. [16] Certainly, her child will ⟨not⟩ die. Offering: mastic.

Tableau:
Tracing by:

Apparatus:

13. ⲣⲉⲛϣⲏⲣⲉ i.e. Sahidic ⲉⲣⲉ-ⲛⲉ⸗ⲥ-ϣⲏⲣⲉ
13-14. ⲧⲉⲛⲁⲙⲓⲥ i.e. Greek δύναμις
14-15. ⲙⲁⲣⲉ ⲡⲉⲥϫⲉⲛⲉϩ ⲛⲓⲱⲛⲁⲙ i.e. Sahidic ⲙⲉⲣ⸗ⲥ ⲉ-ⲡⲉ⸗ⲥ-ϫⲛⲁϩ ⲛ̅-ⲟⲩⲛⲁⲙ
15-16. ⲙⲁⲣⲉⲕⲉⲟⲩⲉⲓ ⲡⲉⲥϫⲉⲛⲉϩ⸗ ⲃⲟⲩⲣ i.e. Sahidic ⲙⲉⲣ ⲕⲉ-ⲟⲩⲉⲓ ⲉ-ⲡⲉ⸗ⲥ-ϫⲛⲁϩ ⲛ̅-ϩⲃⲟⲩⲣ | ⲣⲉ- i.e. Sahidic ⲉⲣⲉ-, perhaps error for ⲙⲉⲣⲉ- : ⲙⲁⲛ ⲉⲣⲉ i.e. Sahidic ⲙⲉⲣⲉ- Kropp
16. ⲑ̅ⲩ̅ l. ⲑ̅ⲩ̅(ⲥⲓⲁ) i.e. Greek θυσία | ⲙⲁⲥϯⲭ i.e. Greek μαστίχη

Notes:

This text is numbered 271 in Kropp.
13-14. ⲥϩⲁⲓ ϯⲍ̅ ⲛⲧⲉⲛⲁⲙⲓⲥ Kropp, and following him, Gardner suggests that these “seven powers” might be the seven angels mentioned in p. 6 ll. 8-13 (=Kropp 75-76). We might think also of the seven powers mentioned in p. 11 ll. 23-29. Alternatively, Kropp wonders whether “seven” (ⲍ̅) here is an error for “two” (ⲃ̅), which would then refer to the two six-winged powers depicted as escorting Michael on the tableau on p. 17.

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); edits KD (30/6/2020); edits MPS (4/9/2020); team (20/12/2022)

How to cite:

Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP T1328: A woman whose children have died," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/text/kyp-t-1328. Accessed on 21/11/2025

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