| Manuscript: | M303 |
| Sigla: | Cairo JdE 45060 |
Text no. 
Position of the text within the manuscript. | 11 |
| Coptic Scriptorium: | |
| Date: | 551 – 600 |
| Text position: | Ro ll. 45-47 |
| Type of text: | Curse (magical, formulary) |
| Original title: | ⲉⲧⲃⲉ ⲟⲩϣⲁⲓ̈ ⲉⲥⲁϩⲡϥ |
| Original title (translated): | Concerning a cistern, to drain it |
| Conventional title: | To suck out a cistern |
| Language: | Egyptian (Coptic) |
| Dialect: | Sahidic with Akhmimic features |
| Script: | Coptic |
| Image: |
| Text: | Translation: |
| 45. [previous recipe] : ⲉⲧⲃⲉ ⲟⲩϣⲁⲓ̈ ⲉⲥⲁϩⲡϥ ⲥϩⲁⲓ̈ |
[45] Concerning a cistern, to drain it. Write [46] the phylacteries on a clay vessel. Cast it down into the cistern. [47] And you should make it on the fourteenth of the moon. |
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| Apparatus: | 46. ⲫⲩⲗⲁⲕⲧⲏⲣⲓⲟⲛ i.e. Greek φυλακτήριον | ⲁⲛⲕⲏⲛ i.e. Greek ἀγγεῖον |
| Notes: |
| Bibliography: |
Kropp, Angelicus. Ausgewählte koptische Zaubertexte. Textpublikation. Vol. 1, Bruxelles: Édition de la Fondation Égyptologique Reine Élisabeth, 1931, no. K, p. 52. |
| 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) |
How to cite:
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