| Manuscript: | M303 |
| Sigla: | Cairo JdE 45060 |
Text no.
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 |
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| Text: | Translation: |
| 24. + ⲉⲧⲃⲉ ⲟⲩϣⲛ ⲓ̈ϣⲧ · ⲥϩⲁⲓ̈ ⲛⲉⲫⲩⲗⲁⲕⲧⲩⲣⲓ̈ⲟⲛ ⲙⲡϫⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲙ̅ⲡⲱϩ |
[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 |
| 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. |
| 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) |