KYP T-1465

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KYPRIANOS T1465

Manuscript:	M303
Sigla:	Cairo JdE 45060
Text no. Position of the text within the manuscript.	7
Coptic Scriptorium:
Date:	551 – 600

Text position:	Ro ll. 31-34
Type of text:	Healing for eye-disease (magical, formulary)

Original title:	ⲉⲧⲃ ⲟⲩⲁⲕⲃⲁⲗ
Original title (translated):	Concerning a peeled/crushed/stained eye
Conventional title:	For eye disease

Language:	Egyptian (Coptic)
Dialect:	Sahidic with Akhmimic features
Script:	Coptic
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Translation:

31. [previous recipe] ⲉⲧⲃ ⲟⲩⲁⲕⲃⲁⲗ ⲛⲟⲩⲡⲟⲩⲓ̈ ⲛ̇ϩⲙϫ ⲁⲥ ⲛ̅ⲅ̅ⲕⲱⲡⲉ
32. ⲛⲏⲕ ⲛⲟⲩϫⲓ̈ϫ ⲛ̅ⲅ̅ⲥϩⲁⲓ̈ ⲉϫⲱϥ ⲙ̇ⲡϣⲁⲣⲣⲡ ⲛ̇ⲣ̅ⲁ̅ⲛ̅ ⲛ̇ⲧⲉⲡⲣ-
33. ⲟⲥⲉⲩⲭⲏ ⲙⲱϩ ⲛⲉϥⲃⲁⲗ ⲛ̇ϩⲙϫ ⲁ̅ⲥ̅ ⲛ̅ⲅ̅ⲕⲁⲁⲩ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲛ̅ϥ̅ⲃⲱ̅ⲃ̅
34. ⲉⲕⲁⲧⲁⲙⲉⲓⲁⲁϥ ‧ ⲇⲉ ⲙ̇ⲡⲉϣⲙⲟ̅ⲩ̅ⲛ ⲙⲡⲱ̅ϩ̅ : [following recipe]

[31] For an eye with ptilosis: ⟨Take for yourself⟩ a little old vinegar and take [32] for yourself a sparrow and write on it the first name of the [33] prayer. Fill his eyes with old vinegar and ⟨then⟩ you release them so that he goes ⟨away⟩. [34] You should make it on the seventh of the moon.

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31. ⲉⲧⲃ i.e. Sahidic ⲉⲧⲃⲉ : ⲉⲧⲃⲉ Kropp | ⲟⲩⲁⲕⲃⲁⲗ l. ⲟⲩ-ⲕⲁⲕ-ⲃⲁⲗ Crum 31b : ⲟ⧹ⲩ⧸ⲁⲕⲃⲁⲗ i.e. Sahidic ⲟⲩⲟϭ(ⲟⲩⲉϭ)-ⲃⲁⲗ translate “crushed eye” Kropp | ⲛⲟⲩⲡⲟⲩ l. ⟨ϫⲓ̈ ⲛⲁⲕ⟩ ⲛ̅ⲟⲩⲕⲟⲩⲓ, cf. l. 35
32. ϫⲓ̈ϫ i.e. Sahidic ϫⲁϫ | ϣⲁⲣⲣⲡ i.e. Sahidic ϣⲟⲣⲡ̅
32-33. ⲡⲣⲟⲥⲉⲩⲏⲭⲏ i.e. Greek προσευχή
33. ⲙⲱϩ ⲛⲉϥⲃⲁⲗ i.e. Sahidic ⲙⲟⲩϩ ⲛ̅-ⲛⲉ⸗ϥ-ⲃⲁⲗ | ⲛ̅ⲅ̅ⲕⲁⲁⲩ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ translate “remove them” (“Nimm sie heraus”) Kropp, Meyer | ⲛ̅ϥ̅ⲃⲱ̅ⲃ̅ l. ⲛ̅ϥⲃⲱⲕ Crum in Kropp, Meyer : l. ⲛⲉϥⲃⲱⲗ “it (the disease) will dissolve” (“er soll lösen”) Sethe in Kropp : l. ⲛ̅ⲛⲉϥⲃⲏⲃ “from its nest” (“aus den Höhlen”) ?
34. ⲉⲕⲁⲧⲁⲁϥ i.e. Sahidic ⲉ⸗ⲕ-ⲛⲁⲧⲁⲙⲓⲉ⸗ϥ | ⲇⲉ i.e. Greek δέ

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Bibliography:

Kropp, Angelicus. Ausgewählte koptische Zaubertexte. Textpublikation. Vol. 1, Bruxelles: Édition de la Fondation Égyptologique Reine Élisabeth, 1931, no. K, p. 52.

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 (2/8/2021)

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Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP T1465: For eye disease," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/text/kyp-t-1465. Accessed on 21/11/2025

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