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KYPRIANOS T1461

Manuscript: M303
Sigla:

Cairo JdE 45060

Text no. question mark icon Position of the text within the manuscript.3
Coptic Scriptorium:
Date: 551 – 600

Text position:

Ro ll. 24-25

Type of text:

Healing (magical, formulary)

Original title:

ⲉⲧⲃⲉ ⲟⲩϣⲛ ⲓ̈ϣⲧ

Original title (translated):

For the išt-disease

Conventional title: For the išt-disease

Language:

Egyptian (Coptic)

Dialect:

Sahidic with Akhmimic features

Script:

Coptic

Image:

Text: Translation:

24. + ⲉⲧⲃⲉ ⲟⲩϣⲛ ⲓ̈ϣⲧ · ⲥϩⲁⲓ̈ ⲛⲉⲫⲩⲗⲁⲕⲧⲩⲣⲓ̈ⲟⲛ ⲙⲡϫⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲙ̅ⲡⲱϩ
25 ⲛⲁϫⲥ ⲉⲡⲉⲛⲧⲱⲕⲉ ⲛ̇ⲧⲥⲓ̈ⲉⲓ̈ⲁⲩⲛⲉ ⧸ [following recipe]

[24] For the išt-disease: Write the phylacteries on the twenty-fifth of the moon. [25] Cast it to the furnace of the bath.

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Apparatus:

24. + : ⲥ⳨ⲥ Kropp | ⲫⲩⲗⲁⲕⲧⲩⲣⲓ̈ⲟⲛ i.e. Greek φυλακτήριον | ϫⲟⲩⲧⲉ i.e. Sahidic ϫⲟⲩⲧ-(ⲧ)ⲏ
25. ⲉⲡⲉⲛⲧⲱⲕⲉ i.e Sahidic ⲉ-ⲡ-ⲓⲛⲧⲱⲕ see Crum CD 404b | ⲥⲓ̈ⲉⲓ̈ⲁⲩⲛⲉ i.e. Sahidic ⲥⲓⲟⲟⲩⲛ

Notes:

24. ⲟⲩϣⲛ ⲓ̈ϣⲧ This term is noted by Crum (CD 89a), but does not seem to otherwise be attested. Given the ritual – casting an item into a fire – this recipe seems to be intended to cause rather than cure the disease; the symptoms might be related to heat or burning.

Bibliography:

Kropp, Angelicus. Ausgewählte koptische Zaubertexte. Textpublikation. Vol. 1, Bruxelles: Édition de la Fondation Égyptologique Reine Élisabeth, 1931, no. K, p. 51.

Kropp, Angelicus. Ausgewählte koptische Zaubertexte. Übersetzungen und Anmerkungen. Vol. 2, Bruxelles: Édition de la Fondation Égyptologique Reine Élisabeth, 1931, no. 13, p. 32, 35-36.

Meyer, Marvin W., and Richard Smith. Ancient Christian Magic: Coptic Texts of Ritual Power. Princeton (New Jersey): Princeton University Press, 1999, no. 128, p. 271, 379.


Editor:

Transcription from Kropp, entered by KD (21/1/2020), checked with photograph of the original and given edition by EL (18/3/20); team (30/7/2021)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP T1461: For the išt-disease," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/text/kyp-t-1461. Accessed on 21/05/2024

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