KYP T-1466

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KYPRIANOS T1466

Manuscript:	M303
Sigla:	Cairo JdE 45060
Text no. Position of the text within the manuscript.	8
Coptic Scriptorium:
Date:	551 – 600

Text position:	Ro ll. 34-38
Type of text:	curse (?) (magical, formulary)

Original title:	ⲉⲧⲃⲉ ⲟⲩϫⲗⲁⲕ
Original title (translated):	Concerning strain/punishment
Conventional title:	For strain

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

34. [previous recipe] : ⲉⲧⲃⲉ ⲟⲩϫⲗⲁⲕ
35. ϫⲓ̈ ⲛⲏⲕ ⲛⲟⲩⲥⲁⲧⲏⲣⲉ̇̇ ⲛ̇ϩⲁⲙ̅ⲛⲧ ⲕⲱⲡⲉ ⲛⲏⲕ ⲛⲟⲩⲁⲁϥ ⲛ̅-
36. ⲕⲁⲗⲗⲁⲓ̂ⲛⲉ ⲥϩⲁⲓ̈ ⲙ̇ⲙⲟϥ ⲙ̇ⲡϣⲁⲣⲡ ⲛ̇ⲣⲁⲛ ⲛ̇ⲧⲉⲡⲣⲟⲥⲉⲩⲭⲏ
37. ⲉⲕⲁⲧⲁⲁϥ ⲇⲉ ⲙ̇ⲡⲥⲁⲩ ⲙ̅ⲡⲱϩ ‧ ⲙⲁϩⲥ ⲛ̇ϩⲙϫ ⲛⲁϫⲥ ⲉⲡⲉⲛⲧⲱ-
38. ⲕⲉ ⲛ̇ⲧⲥⲓ̈ⲉⲓⲁⲩⲛⲉ ‧ [following recipe]

[34] For strain. [35] Take for yourself a bronze stater. Take for yourself a turquoise fly. [36] Write on it the first name of the prayer. [37] You should make (?) it on the sixth of the moon. Fill it with vinegar. Cast it into the furnace of the bath.

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Apparatus:

35. ⲥⲁⲧⲏⲣⲉ i.e. Greek στατήρ
36. ⲕⲁⲗⲗⲁⲓ̂ⲛⲉ i.e. Greek καλλάⲓνος | ⲡⲣⲟⲥⲉⲩⲭⲏ i.e. Greek προσευχή
37. ⲉⲕⲁⲧⲁⲁϥ l. ⲉⲕⲁⲧⲁⲙⲉⲓⲁⲁϥ ? cf. e.g. l. 34 (T1465) | ⲇⲉ i.e. Greek δέ
37-38. ⲉⲡⲉⲛⲧⲱⲕⲉ i.e Sahidic ⲉ-ⲡ-ⲓⲛⲧⲱⲕ see Crum CD 404b
38. ⲥⲓ̈ⲉⲓⲁⲩⲛⲉ i.e. Sahidic ⲥⲓⲟⲟⲩⲛ

Notes:

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, 36-37.

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 T1466: For strain," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/text/kyp-t-1466. Accessed on 21/11/2025

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