KYP T-1468

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KYPRIANOS T1468

Manuscript:	M303
Sigla:	Cairo JdE 45060
Text no. Position of the text within the manuscript.	10
Coptic Scriptorium:
Date:	551 – 600

Text position:	Ro ll. 40-45
Type of text:	Curse (magical, formulary)

Original title:	ⲉⲧⲃⲉ ⲟⲩⲁⲣⲭⲱⲛ ⲉⲁⲁϥ ⲛ̅ϩⲏⲕⲉ
Original title (translated):	Concerning a ruler, to make him poor
Conventional title:	To make a ruler impoverished

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

40. [previous recipe] : ⲉⲧⲃⲉ ⲟⲩⲁⲣⲭⲱⲛ ⲉⲁⲁϥ ⲛ̅ϩⲏⲕⲉ
41. ϫⲓ ⲛⲏⲕ ⲛⲟⲩϩⲙⲟⲩ ⲛ̇ⲕⲱⲥ ϫⲛ ⲛⲉϩ ⲛⲉⲧϩⲏⲧ ⲙ̅ⲛ̅ ⲟⲩⲕⲗⲁⲙⲁ ⲛ̣ⲟ̣-
42. ⲉⲓⲕ ⲙⲛ ⲥⲁϣϥ ⲛ̇ϫⲙⲡⲓ̈ⲗ ⲉⲩⲣⲁⲕϩ ⲙ̅ⲛ̅ ⲟⲩⲗⲁϭⲙ ⲛ̇ⲕⲟⲥ ⲛ̅ⲕⲟⲥ
43. ⲛ̅ⲅ̅ⲧⲁⲛⲛⲁⲁⲩ ⲙ̅ⲛ̅ ⲛⲉⲩⲉⲣⲏⲩ ⲉⲕⲁ̣ⲧⲁⲟ ⲇⲉ ⲛ̅ⲧⲉⲡⲣⲟⲥⲉⲩⲭⲏ
44. ⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ̈ ⲉϫⲱⲟⲟⲩ ⲛϣⲟⲙⲧ ⲛⲛ̇ⲥⲟⲡ ⲙ̅ⲡⲛⲁⲩ ⲙ̇ⲡⲥⲓⲟⲟⲩ ⲛ̇ⲧⲁⲩⲉ
45. ⲛ̅ⲅ̅ⲛⲁϫⲟⲩ ⲉϩⲟⲟⲩⲛ ⲉⲡⲉϥⲁⲉⲓⲏ : [following recipe]

[40] Concerning a magistrate, to make him poor. [41] Take for yourself corpse salt or ⟨the⟩ oils which are in ⟨it⟩ and a piece of [42] bread and seven burned apples (?) and a piece of bone of a corpse [43] and pound them together. And you should pronounce the prayer [44] down over them three times at the time of the morning star, [45] and you should cast them into his house.

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Apparatus:

40. ⲁⲣⲭⲱⲛ i.e. Greek ἄρχων
41. ⲕⲱⲥ corrected from ⲕⲱⲕ by erasure and overwriting | ⲛⲉϩ ⲛⲉⲧϩⲏⲧ l. ⲛ-ⲛⲉϩ ⲛ-ⲉⲧ-ⲛ̅-ϩⲏⲧ⸗ϥ̅ | ⲕⲗⲁⲙⲁ i.e. Greek κλάσμα | ⲛ̣ⲟ̣- : ⲁ̣- (Kropp)
42. ϫⲙⲡⲓ̈ⲗ i.e. Sahidic ϫⲙⲡⲏϩ ? | ⲗⲁϭⲙ corrected from ⲗⲁϭⲟ̣ ? : ⲗⲁϭⲙ corrected from ⲗⲁϭⲗⲟ i.e. Sahidic ⲗⲁϭⲗϭ ? Kropp i.e. Sahidic ⲗⲁⲕⲙ | ⲛ̅ⲕⲟⲥ ⲛ̅ⲕⲟⲥ i.e. Sahidic ⲛ̅-ⲕⲁⲥ ⲛ̅-ⲕⲱⲱⲥ or haplography?
43. ⲛ̅ⲅ̅ⲧⲁⲛⲛⲁⲁⲩ i.e. Sahidic ⲛ̅⸗ⲅ-ⲧⲛⲛⲟ⸗ⲟⲩ | ⲉⲕⲁ̣ⲧⲁⲟ corrected from ⲉⲕ . ⲧⲁⲟ i.e. Sahidic ⲉ⸗ⲕ-ⲛⲁ-ⲧⲁⲩⲟ- | ⲇⲉ i.e. Greek δέ | ⲡⲣⲟⲥⲉⲩⲭⲏ i.e. Greek προσευχή
44. ⲛⲛ̇ⲥⲟⲡ l. ⲛ̅-ⲥⲟⲡ
45. ⲉⲡⲉϥⲁⲉⲓⲏ i.e. Sahidic ⲉ-ⲡⲉ⸗ϥ-ⲏⲓ

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. 33, 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. 271-272.

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 T1468: To make a ruler impoverished," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/text/kyp-t-1468. Accessed on 21/11/2025

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