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KYPRIANOS T1462

Manuscript: M303
Sigla:

Cairo JdE 45060

Text no. question mark icon Position of the text within the manuscript.4
Coptic Scriptorium:
Date: 551 – 600

Text position:

Ro ll. 25-28

Type of text:

Curse (?) (magical, formulary)

Original title:

ⲉⲧⲃⲉ ⲟⲩⲥⲁϣⲧ

Original title (translated):

For an impediment

Conventional title: For an impediment

Language:

Egyptian (Coptic)

Dialect:

Sahidic with Akhmimic features

Script:

Coptic

Image:

Text: Translation:

25. [previous recipe] ⲉⲧⲃⲉ ⲟⲩⲥⲁϣⲧ ⲧⲁⲱ
26. ⲧⲉⲡⲣⲟⲥⲏⲭⲏ ⲛ̇ϣⲁⲙⲛⲧ ⲛ̇ⲥⲟⲡ ⲉϫⲛ ⲟⲩⲑⲏⲛ ⲙ̅ⲛ̅ ⲟⲩⲗⲁⲙϫⲁⲧ
27. ⲕⲩⲡⲣⲟⲛ ⲁⲩ ⲥⲛ̇ⲁϣⲱⲡⲉ ⲛ̇ⲧⲉϩⲉ ⲉⲕⲁⲧⲁⲙⲓ̈ⲁϥ ⲧⲉⲙ̅ⲛⲧⲉ ⲙ̅-
28. ⲡⲱϩ ⧸

[25] For an impediment. Pronounce [26] the prayer three times over sulphur and bitumen [27] ⟨and⟩ henna and it will happen like this. And you should make it ⟨on⟩ the fifteenth of [28] the moon.

Tableau:
Tracing by:

Apparatus:

25. ⲧⲁⲱ- i.e. Sahidic ⲧⲁⲩⲟ-
26. ⲡⲣⲟⲥⲏⲭⲏ i.e. Greek προσευχή | ⲗⲁⲙϫⲁⲧ i.e. Sahidic ⲗⲁⲙϫⲁⲧⲡ
27. ⲕⲩⲡⲣⲟⲛ i.e. Greek κύπρος : translate “Cyprus oil” (“Kypros-Öl”) Kropp | ⲁⲩ l. ⲁⲩⲱ | ⲉⲕⲁⲧⲁⲙⲓ̈ⲁϥ i.e. Sahidic | ⲉ⸗ⲕ-ⲛⲁ-ⲧⲁⲙⲓⲟ⸗ϥ | ⲧⲉ i.e. Greek δέ | ⲙ̅ⲛⲧⲉ i.e. Sahidic ⲙ̅-ⲡ-ⲙⲛ̅ⲧ-(ⲧ)ⲏ

Notes:

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, 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.


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 from photograph (30/7/2021)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP T1462: For an impediment," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/text/kyp-t-1462. Accessed on 17/05/2024

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