| Manuscript: | M44 |
| Sigla: | Cairo JdE 42573 |
Text no. 
Position of the text within the manuscript. | 10 |
| Coptic Scriptorium: | |
| Date: | 901 – 1100 |
| Text position: | p. 2, ll. 13-16 |
| Type of text: | Curse (magical, formulary) |
| Original title: | ⲟⲩⲧⲁⲕⲟ |
| Original title (translated): | A destruction |
| Conventional title: | To destroy something |
| Language: | Egyptian (Coptic) |
| Dialect: | Sahidic (non-standard) |
| Script: | Coptic |
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| Text: | Translation: |
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[13] A destruction. Cucumber, clove, [14] flax, and tortoise (?) dung and chicken dung. [15] Put it on the fire in the south-wind. You shall [16] see a great wonder. |
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| Apparatus: | 13. ⲃⲁⲛⲧⲉ : l. ⲛ-ⲃⲁⲛⲧⲉ “to destroy a plantation of cucumbers” Chassinat : “Gourd pest” Crum CD 41b |
| Notes: | 13. ⲃⲁⲛⲧⲉ: Crum also suggested “gourd-pest” in this context and “gourd garden (?)” in another context (CCD: 41b) |
| Bibliography: | Chassinat, Émile. Le manuscrit magique copte no. 42573 du Musée égyptien du Caire. Bibliothèque d’études coptes. Vol. 4. Cairo: L’Institut français d’Archéologie Orientale, 1955, p. 49-57. |
| Editor: | From Chassinat, entered by KD (22/1/2020), checked with photograph of the original and given translation and apparatus by EL (17/3/2020); Team (14/4/2021; 16/4/2021) |