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KYPRIANOS T1580

Manuscript: M21
Sigla:

PCM 1 37
PCM I 37
Leiden F 1964/4.14

Text no. question mark icon Position of the text within the manuscript.13
Coptic Scriptorium:
Date: 1001 – 1100

Text position:

Vo ll. 24-28

Type of text:

Love spell (magical, formulary, erotic)

Original title:

ⲟⲩⲱϣ

Original title (translated):

A desire

Conventional title: Love spell

Language:

Egyptian (Coptic)

Dialect:

Sahidic (non-standard)

Script:

Coptic

Image: https://www.rmo.nl/imageproxy/jpg/247886

Text: Translation:

24. ⲅⲣ ⲁ̣ⲣ̣ⲭ ⲉ̣ⲩ̣ⲭⲟⲥ [tableau 1]
25. . . [ . . ⲉ]ⲩ̣[ⲁⲛ]ⲡⲟⲩⲗⲗ̣[ⲉ] [tableau 1]
26. . . . ⲡ̣ .
To the right
27. [ . ? ] ⲟⲩⲱϣ ⲡ̣ⲉ̣ ⲛⲥⲁⲏ
28. ⲛ̅ⲁ̣ⲗⲙⲟⲩϭ̣ⲁ̣ⲣ

[24] Write ⟨with wine of the⟩ first fruits on a bone. [25] [ … ] to a flask (?). [27-28] It is a good, tested desire ⟨procedure⟩.

Tableau:
tableau
Tracing by:Julia Schwarzer (2023)

Apparatus:

24. ⲅⲣ l. ⲅⲣ(ⲁⲫⲉ) i.e. Greek γράφειν | ⲁ̣ⲣ̣ⲭ̣ l. ⲁⲣⲭ(ⲏ) i.e Greek ἀρχή | ⲉⲩⲭⲟⲥ i.e. Sahidic ⲉ-(ⲟ)ⲩ-ⲕⲉⲥ : i.e. Greek εὐχή Green
25. . . [ . . ⲉ]ⲩ̣[ⲁⲛ]ⲡⲟⲩⲗⲗ̣ⲉ̣ i.e Greek ἀμπύλλη : ⲙ̣ⲁⲣ̣[ϥ ⲛ]⟨ⲟ⟩ⲩ̣[ⲁⲛ]ⲡⲟⲩⲗⲗ̣ⲉ̣ Green
26. . . . ⲡ̣ . : ⲁ̣ . . ⲡ̣ ⲭ̣ ⲡⲧⲏⲣ̣[ .? ] or ⲁ̣ . . ⲓ̣ ⲣ̣ ⲡⲧⲏⲣ̣[ .? ] Green
27. ⲟⲩⲱϣ i.e. Sahidic ⲟⲩ-ⲟⲩⲱϣ
28. ⲛⲁ̣ⲗⲙⲟⲩϭ̣ⲁ̣ⲣ l. ⲁⲗⲙⲟⲩϭⲁⲣ(ⲣⲏⲡ) i.e. Arabic المجرب al-muğarrib cf. recto l. 35 (KYP T938)

Notes:

24. Green understands ⲁ̣ⲣ̣ⲭ̣ as referring to “freshly-pressed (oil)”, but here we translate as ⲁⲣⲭ(ⲏ ⲛ̅ⲏⲣⲡ), i.e. “wine of the first fruits”, another option.

Bibliography:

Green, Michael. “A Late Coptic Magical Text from the Collection of the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Leiden.” Oudheidkundige Mededelingen uit het Rijksmuseum van Oudheden te Leiden 67 (1987): 29-43.

Green, Michael. “Additional Notes on the Coptic Magical Text Leiden F 1964/4.14.” Oudheidkundige Mededelingen uit het Rijksmuseum van Oudheden te Leiden 68 (1988): 113-115.


Editor:

MPS according to Green (4/12/2019), checked and edited by EL (13/3/20); edited by team (23 and 30/3/20); apparatus and notes completed by EL (6/4/20); autopsy KD (15/3/2022); checked by KD, MPS, EL from high quality photos (8/4/2022); KD + MPS from high quality photos (9/6/2022); KD (24/6/2022)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP T1580: Love spell," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/text/kyp-t-1580. Accessed on 03/12/2024

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