KYP T-1329

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KYPRIANOS T1329

Manuscript:	M166
Sigla:	PCM 1 26 PCM I 26 P. Heid. Inv. Kopt. 686
Text no. Position of the text within the manuscript.	31
Coptic Scriptorium:
Date:	951 – 1000

Text position:	p. 17, ll. 17-23 (272); p. 17, ll. 24-29 (273)
Type of text:	Protection/healing (magical, formulary)

Original title:	ⲡⲣⲁⲉⲓⲥ
Original title (translated):	The amulet
Conventional title:	The amulet

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

Left of figure:

17. ⲡⲣⲁⲉⲓⲥ : ⲥϩⲁⲓ · ϩⲓ
18. ⲁⲣⲭⲏ · ⲡϫⲱⲙⲉ
19. ⲙⲁⲣⲉϥ ⲉⲣⲁⲕ
20. ⲛⲁⲥⲃ-
21. ⲣⲁⲛ
22. ⲙ̅ⲁ̅ⲥ̅ϯ̅ⲭ̅ⲓ̅
23. ⲁ̅ⲗ̅ⲟ̅ⲩ̅ⲑ̅

Right of figure:

24. ⲟⲩϭⲁⲗⲉϩ ⲉⲅ̅ ⲉⲙⲉϫⲓ̈ ⲟⲩ-
25. ⲙⲟⲁⲩ ⲏⲑⲏⲡ ⲥⲧⲁⲓ : ⲍ̅
26. ⲃⲏⲧ ⲉⲣⲟⲟⲩⲛⲓ : ⲁⲑⲁⲃ ⸗
27. ϣⲁ ⲣⲟⲩϩⲉ : ⲡⲉⲧϣ̣ⲱ-
28. ⲛⲓ
29. ⲛⲉⲥϯⲁ

[17] The amulet. Draw with [18] ⟨wine of⟩ (?) the first fruits on a sheet. [19] Bind it to yourself. [20-21] ⟨Offering:⟩ saffron, [22] mastic, [23] agarwood. [24] A three-mation pot, some [25] hidden water. Incense. Seven [26] virgin palm leaves. Unleavened bread until evening. The one who is sick, [29] fast.

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Apparatus:

17 ⲡⲣⲁⲉⲓⲥ : ⲡⲣⲁⲝⲓⲥ i.e. Greek πρᾶξις Kropp, Meyer/Smith
18. ⲁⲣⲭⲏ l. ⲁⲣⲭⲏ ⟨ⲛ̅-ⲏⲣⲡ̅⟩ ? i.e. Greek ἀρχή : translate “first, (copy…)” (“zuerst”) Kropp, Meyer/Smith | ⲡϫⲱⲙⲉ i.e. Sahidic ⲉ-ⲡ-ϫⲱⲱⲙⲉ
20-21. ⲛⲁⲥⲃⲣⲁⲛ i.e. Arabic الزعفران az-zaꜥfarān : ⲛⲁⲥⲃ ⲣⲁⲛ i.e. Sahidic ⲛ-*ⲟⲥⲉ⸗ϥ ⲣⲁⲛ translate “For its release (?): names” (“zu seiner Entlassung: Namen”) Kropp, Meyer/Smith
22. ⲙⲁⲥϯⲭⲓ i.e. Greek μαστίχη
23. ⲁⲗⲟⲩⲑ i.e. Arabic العود al-ʿūd
24. ϭⲁⲗⲉϩ i.e. Sahidic ϭⲁⲗⲁϩⲧ | ⲉⲙⲉϫⲓ i.e. Sahidic ⲙ̅-ⲙⲁⲁϫⲉ : ⲓ̈ ⲟⲩ- : ⲓ̈ⲟⲩ i.e. Sahidic ⲉⲓⲱⲧ translate “(three measures of) barley” (“drei Mass Gerste”) Kropp, Meyer/Smith
25. ⲙⲟⲁⲩ i.e. Sahidic ⲙⲟⲟⲩ | ⲏⲑⲏⲡ i.e. Sahidic ⲉⲧ-ϩⲏⲡ
26. ⲣⲟⲟⲩⲛⲓ i.e. Sahidic ⲣⲟⲟⲩⲛⲉ
27-28. ⲡⲉⲧϣ̣ⲱⲛⲓ ⲛⲉⲥϯⲁ understand Sahidic ⲉⲣⲉ-ⲡ-ⲉⲧ-ϣⲱⲛⲉ ⲛⲏⲥⲧⲉⲩⲉ ? : ⲡⲉⲧϣ̣ⲱⲛ Kropp
29. ⲛⲉⲥϯⲁ i.e. Greek νηστεία : ⲛⲉϯⲁ Kropp

Notes:

This text is numbered 272-273 in Kropp.
24. ⲉⲅ̅ ⲉⲙⲉϫⲓ̈ A three maaje (Greek mation/metron) pot would be the equivalent of 11.64 litres; cf. Bagnall 2009, p. 187.
25. ⲙⲟⲁⲩ ⲏⲑⲏⲡ Perhaps referring to water which has not seen the sun (i.e., from an underground source); cf. Meyer/Smith 1994 p. 385; Gardner 2023 p. 133. Meyer/Smith compare Crum CD 696a, apparently s.v. ϩⲏⲡⲓ “crypt, underground chamber”.

Bibliography:

Bagnall, Roger S. “Practical Help: Chronology, Geography, Measures, Currency, Names, Prosopography and Technical Vocabulary”, in The Oxford Handbook of Papyrology, edited by Roger S. Bagnall. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009, 179–196.

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), 131-134.

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 T1329: The amulet," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/text/kyp-t-1329. Accessed on 21/11/2025

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