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KYPRIANOS T1464

Manuscript: M303
Sigla:

Cairo JdE 45060

Text no. question mark icon Position of the text within the manuscript.6
Coptic Scriptorium:
Date: 551 – 600

Text position:

Ro ll. 29-31

Type of text:

Curse (?) (magical, formulary)

Original title:

ⲉⲧⲃⲉ ⲟⲩⲗⲁϩⲁⲗⲟ

Original title (translated):

For deception (?)

Conventional title: For deception (?)

Language:

Egyptian (Coptic)

Dialect:

Sahidic with Fayumic features

Script:

Coptic

Image:

Text: Translation:

29. [previous recipe] ⲉⲧⲃⲉ ⲟⲩⲗⲁϩⲁⲗⲟ ⲥϩⲁⲓ̈ ⲛⲉⲫⲩⲗⲁⲕⲧⲩⲣⲓ̅ⲟⲛ
30. ⲉⲩⲡⲟⲧⲏⲥⲟⲩ ⲁⲩⲥⲁϩⲟⲩ ⲇⲉ ⲛ̇ ⟦ⲛ⟧ ⲥⲛⲟⲩϥ ⲛ̅ⲕⲁⲛⲕⲗⲱ ⲙ̇ⲡⲥⲁ-
31. ⲟⲩ ⲙ̇ⲡⲱϩ ⧸ [following recipe]

[29] For deception (?). Write the phylacteries [30] on a cup (?), and write them with bat blood on the [31] sixth of the moon.

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Apparatus:

29. ⲗⲁϩⲁⲗⲟ related to ϩⲁⲣⲉϩ, compare F ⲁⲗⲉϩ as well as ⲙⲛⲧϩⲁⲗϩⲟ (2 Kg. 20,6) (Crum) | ⲫⲩⲗⲁⲕⲧⲩⲣⲓ̈ⲟⲛ i.e. Greek φυλακτήριον
30. ⲡⲟⲧⲏⲥⲟⲩ related to Greek ποτήριον (?) (Kropp), or perhaps a compound ποτήριον, from πότης “drinker”, and ⲥⲟⲩ “to drink” (?) [EL] | ⲇⲉ i.e. Greek δέ

Notes:

29. ⲗⲁϩⲁⲗⲟ i.e. Sahidic ϩⲁⲗϩⲟ Crum CD 648b, 664b ? : translate “protection” (“Schutzes”; cf. ϩⲁⲣⲉϩ ?) Kropp : or name of a disease ? Meyer | ⲫⲩⲗⲁⲕⲧⲩⲣⲟⲛ i.e. Greek φυλακτήριον
30. ⲉⲩⲡⲟⲧⲏⲥⲟⲩ related to Greek ποτήριον ? Kropp | ⲁⲩ i.e Sahidic ⲁⲩⲱ | ⲉⲩⲡⲟⲧⲏⲥⲟⲩ ⲁⲩ ⲥⲁϩⲟⲩ : ⲉⲩⲡⲟⲧⲏⲥⲟⲩ ⲁⲩⲥⲁϩⲟⲩ Kropp, Meyer | ⲇⲉ i.e. Greek δέ | 〚ⲛ〛erased by washing

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, 279.


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 T1464: For deception (?)," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/text/kyp-t-1464. Accessed on 21/05/2024

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