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KYPRIANOS T1471

Manuscript: M303
Sigla:

Cairo JdE 45060

Text no. question mark icon Position of the text within the manuscript.13
Coptic Scriptorium:
Date: 551 – 600

Text position:

Ro ll. 50-51

Type of text:

Curse (magical, formulary)

Original title:

ⲉⲧⲣⲉⲥϣⲱϥ ⲇⲉ

Original title (translated):

And to cause that it be laid to waste

Conventional title: To destroy a pool (?)

Language:

Egyptian (Coptic)

Dialect:

Sahidic with Akhmimic features

Script:

Coptic

Image:

Text: Translation:

50. ⲉⲧⲣⲉⲥϣⲱϥ ⲇⲉ ϫⲓ ⲛⲏⲕ ⲛⲟⲩϩⲙⲟⲩ ⲛ̇ⲕⲱⲥ ⲧⲁⲩⲟ ⲧⲉⲡⲣⲟⲥⲩⲭⲏ ⲉϫⲱϥ
51. ⲛ̅ϣⲟⲙⲙ̅ⲛ̅ⲧ ⲛ̅ⲥⲟⲡ ⲛⲁϫϥ ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲉⲣⲟⲥ ⲙ̅ⲡϫⲟⲩⲧϣⲁⲙⲧ ⲉⲡⲱ⧸ϩ⧹

[50] And to cause that it be laid to waste. Take for yourself some corpse salt. Pronounce the prayer upon it [51] three times. Cast it into it on the twenty-third of the moon.

Tableau:
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Apparatus:

50. ⲇⲉ i.e. Greek δέ | ⲡⲣⲟⲥⲩⲭⲏ i.e. Greek προσευχή
51. ⲙ̅ⲡϫⲟⲩⲧϣⲁⲙⲧ corrected from ⲙ̅ⲡϫⲟⲩⲧ . ⲁⲙⲧ | ⲉⲡⲱ⧸ϩ⧹ i.e. Sahidic ⲙ̅-ⲡ-ⲟⲟϩ

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, 38.

Meyer, Marvin W., and Richard Smith. Ancient Christian Magic: Coptic Texts of Ritual Power. Princeton (New Jersey): Princeton University Press, 1999, no. 128, p. 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)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP T1471: To destroy a pool (?)," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/text/kyp-t-1471. Accessed on 17/05/2024

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