| Manuscript: | M167 |
| Sigla: | P. Macq. I 1 |
Text no.
Position of the text within the manuscript. | 13 |
| Coptic Scriptorium: | |
| Date: | 601 – 800 |
| Text position: | p. 13 ll. 26-27 |
| Type of text: | Conception (healing, magical, formulary) |
| Original title: | · ⲓⲁ · ⲟⲩϩⲓ̈ⲙⲉ ⲧⲁⲣⲉⲥⲱ · |
| Original title (translated): | 11. To cause a woman to conceive |
| Conventional title: | To make a woman conceive |
| Language: | Egyptian (Coptic) |
| Dialect: | Sahidic |
| Script: | Coptic |
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| Text: | Translation: |
| 26. · ⲓⲁ · ⲟⲩϩⲓ̈ⲙⲉ ⲧⲁⲣⲉⲥⲱ · ⧹ⲗ⧸ⲟ · ⲉⲩⲙⲟⲟ̣ⲩ ⲛⲁ- |
[26] 11. To cause a woman to conceive. ⟨The⟩ formula to sun-facing (?) water. [27] Have her drink. ⟨The⟩ formula to her. |
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| Apparatus: | 26. ⧹ⲗ⧸ⲟ l. ⲗⲟ(ⲅⲟⲥ) i.e. Greek λόγος |
| Notes: | 27. ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ · ⲉⲣⲟⲥ Choat/Gardner hesitate between translating this as “in to it” and “into her”. The woman seems to be the only potential feminine object in this recipe; cf. the uses of ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲉ- with people in Crum 686a. |
| Bibliography: | Choat, Malcolm, and Iain Gardner. A Coptic handbook of ritual power (p. Macq. I 1). Turnhout: Brepols, 2013, p. 68-69. |
| Editor: | EL’s edition (6/3/2020), from DDGLC’s transcription based on Choat/Gardner (14/10/2019), checked with photograph of original (EL 6/3/2020); Team (9/7/2021) |