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KYPRIANOS T1381

Manuscript: M167
Sigla:

P. Macq. I 1
P. Macq. inv. 375

Text no. question mark icon Position of the text within the manuscript.30
Coptic Scriptorium:
Date: 601 – 800

Text position:

p. 16 ll. 1-4

Type of text:

Healing of bleeding (magical, formulary)

Original title:

·ⲕ̅ⲍ̅· ⲉⲧⲃⲉ · ⲱⲗ ⲥⲛⲟⲃ · ⲛⲓⲙ

Original title (translated):

27: Concerning every staunching of blood

Conventional title: To stop any blood

Language:

Egyptian (Coptic)

Dialect:

Sahidic (non-standard)

Script:

Coptic

Image:

Text: Translation:

p. 16
1. ·ⲕ̅ⲍ· ⲉⲧⲃⲉ · ⲱⲗ ⲥⲛⲟⲃ · ⲛⲓⲙ · ⧹ⲗ⧸ⲟ · ⲉⲩ-
2. ϣⲱⲃⲉ · ⲉϥϣⲟⲩⲱⲟⲩ · ⲙⲁⲣⲟⲩ-
3. ⲱⲙ · ϣⲱⲡⲉ · ⲉϥϩⲉⲛ ⲡⲥⲱⲙⲁ ·
4. ⲇⲓ̈ ⲉϫⲱⲃ · ϩⲓ̈ ϩⲙ̅ϫ ·

[1] 27. Concerning every containment ⟨of⟩ blood. ⟨The⟩ formula over a [2] dry gourd. Have them [3] eat. If it is in the body, [4] apply vinegar upon it.

Tableau:
Tracing by:

Apparatus:

1. ⧹ⲗ⧸ⲟ l. ⲗⲟ(ⲅⲟⲥ) i.e. Greek λόγος
2-3. ⲙⲁⲣⲟⲩⲱⲙ i.e. Sahidic ⲙⲁⲣ⸗ⲟⲩ-ⲟⲩⲱⲙ
3. ϣⲱⲡⲉ l. ⲉϣⲱⲡⲉ | ⲥⲱⲙⲁ i.e. Greek σῶμα
4. ⲇⲓ̈ i.e. Sahidic ϯ | ⲉϫⲱⲃ i.e. Sahidic ⲉϫⲱ⸗ϥ

Notes:

1. ⲱⲗ ⲥⲛⲟⲃ “Containing blood” here and in other texts refers to the act of “gathering” blood back into the body, i.e. stopping bleeding.

Bibliography:

Choat, Malcolm, and Iain Gardner. A Coptic handbook of ritual power (p. Macq. I 1). Turnhout: Brepols, 2013, p. 74-75.


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 (2/8/2021)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP T1381: To stop any blood," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/text/kyp-t-1381. Accessed on 05/11/2024

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