Manuscript: | M303 |
Sigla: | Cairo JdE 45060 |
Text no. ![]() | 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 |
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Text: | Translation: |
50. ⲉⲧⲣⲉⲥϣⲱϥ ⲇⲉ ϫⲓ ⲛⲏⲕ ⲛⲟⲩϩⲙⲟⲩ ⲛ̇ⲕⲱⲥ ⲧⲁⲩⲟ ⲧⲉⲡⲣⲟⲥⲩⲭⲏ ⲉϫⲱϥ |
[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. |
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Apparatus: | 50. ⲇⲉ i.e. Greek δέ | ⲡⲣⲟⲥⲩⲭⲏ i.e. Greek προσευχή |
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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. |
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) |