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KYPRIANOS T1422

Manuscript: M167
Sigla:

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

Text no. question mark icon Position of the text within the manuscript.11
Coptic Scriptorium:
Date: 601 – 800

Text position:

p. 13 ll. 21-23

Type of text:

Curse (magical, formulary)

Original title:

· ⲑ · ϫⲉ ⲛⲉⲡⲥⲟⲛⲉ ⲓ ⲉⲡⲉⲕⲏⲓ

Original title (translated):

9. So that the robber will not come to your house

Conventional title: Binding procedure

Language:

Egyptian (Coptic)

Dialect:

Sahidic (non-standard)

Script:

Coptic

Image:

Text: Translation:

21. [preceding recipe] · ⲑ · ϫⲉ ⲛⲉⲡⲥⲟⲛⲉ
22. ⲓ ⲉⲡⲉⲕⲏⲓ · ⲅⲣ⧸ · ⲉⲣⲏⲙⲓⲏⲗ · ⲙⲛⲉⲧⲉⲛ-
23. ⲟⲩⲃ ⲛⲉ · ⊡ ϙ · ϩⲁ ⲡⲙⲉϣⲧⲓⲃⲉⲥ · ⲙⲡⲣⲟ ·

[21] 9. So that the robber will not [22] come to your house: Write Eremiēl and those [23] who are his ⟨on⟩ a copper leaf (?). Under the hinge of the door.

Tableau:
Tracing by:

Apparatus:

21. ⲛⲉⲡⲥⲟⲛ i.e. Sahidic ⲛ̅ⲛⲉ-ⲡ-ⲥⲟⲛⲉ : i.e. Sahidic ⲛ̅ⲛⲉ-ⲡ-ⲥⲟⲛ ⲉ- Choat/Gardner
22. ⲅⲣ⧸ l. ⲅⲣ(ⲁⲫⲉ) i.e. Greek γράφειν
22-23. ⲙⲛⲉⲧⲉⲛⲟⲩⲃ i.e. Sahidic ⲙⲛ̅ ⲛ-ⲉⲧⲉ-ⲛⲟⲩ⸗ϥ
23. ⊡ l. πέταλον ? : i.e. Greek ὄνομα ? Choat/Gardner | ϙ l. χαλκόν ? : l. ⲇⲉⲓⲛⲁ i.e. Greek δεῖνα Choat/Gardner | ⲙⲉϣⲧⲓⲃⲉⲥ i.e. Sahidic ⲙⲉϣϯⲃⲥ

Notes:

23. ⊡ ϙ For the tentative reading of this group of signs as πέταλον χαλκόν cf. du Fresne du Cange 1688, notae 9, 10 11, 15.

Bibliography:

Choat, Malcolm, and Iain Gardner. A Coptic Handbook of Ritual Power (p. Macq. I 1). Turnhout: Brepols, 2013.

du Fresne du Cange, Carolus (Charles). Glossarium ad scriptores mediæ & infimæ græcitatis. Lyon: Anissoniorum, Joannis Posuel, et Claudii Rigaud, 1688.


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); minor edits KD (9/7/2020); Team (9/7/2021)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP T1422: Binding procedure," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/text/kyp-t-1422. Accessed on 05/05/2024

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