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KYPRIANOS T1463

Manuscript: M303
Sigla:

Cairo JdE 45060

Text no. question mark icon Position of the text within the manuscript.5
Coptic Scriptorium:
Date: 551 – 600

Text position:

Ro ll. 28-29

Type of text:

Favour (magical, formulary)

Original title:

ⲉⲧⲃⲉ ⲟⲩⲭⲁⲣⲓⲥ

Original title (translated):

For favour

Conventional title: For favour

Language:

Egyptian (Coptic)

Dialect:

Sahidic

Script:

Coptic

Image:

Text: Translation:

28. [previous recipe] ⲉⲧⲃⲉ ⲟⲩⲭⲁⲣⲓⲥ ⧹ⲥ⧸ϩⲁⲓ̈ ⲛⲉⲫⲩⲗⲁⲧⲩⲣⲓ̈ⲟⲛ ⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉⲃⲉ ⲛ̇ⲕⲟⲥ
29. ⲙ̅ⲡⲉⲙⲉⲧ ⲙ̇ⲡⲱϩ ⧸ [following recipe]

[28] For favour. Write the phylacteries on a corpse’s finger [29] on the tenth of the moon.

Tableau:
Tracing by:

Apparatus:

28. ⲭⲁⲣⲓⲥ i.e. Greek χάρις | ⲫⲩⲗⲁⲧⲩⲣⲓ̈ⲟⲛ i.e. Greek φυλακτήριον | ⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉⲃⲉ : or translate “case” ? Meyer | ⲕⲟⲥ i.e. Sahidic ⲕⲱⲱⲥ “corpse”
29. ⲙⲉⲧ i.e. Sahidic ⲙⲏⲧ

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.

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); MPS (20/12/2020) checked, and checked with image; team from photograph (30/7/2021)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP T1463: For favour," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/text/kyp-t-1463. Accessed on 17/05/2024

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