| Manuscript: | M44 |
| Sigla: | Cairo JdE 42573 |
Text no. 
Position of the text within the manuscript. | 22 |
| Coptic Scriptorium: | |
| Date: | 901 – 1100 |
| Text position: | p. 4, ll. 18-20 |
| Type of text: | Love spell (magical, formulary, erotic) |
| Original title: | ⲟⲩⲱϣ ⲛⲛⲁϭ |
| Original title (translated): | A great desire |
| Conventional title: | A great aphrodisiac |
| Language: | Egyptian (Coptic) |
| Dialect: | Sahidic with Akhmimic features |
| Script: | Coptic |
| Image: |
| Text: | Translation: |
| p. 4 |
[18] A great desire. Take for yourself the gall of a black sheep. Anoint your “male body” when you [20] sleep with her. She will never desire another, except for you. |
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| Apparatus: | 19. ⲥⲱⲙⲁ i.e. Greek σῶμα | ⲉⲕϣⲁⲛ̣- : ⲉⲕϣⲁⲏ- l. ⲉⲕϣⲁⲛ- Chassinat |
| Notes: | 19. ⲙⲡⲉⲕⲥⲱⲙⲁ ⲛϩⲁⲩⲧ “Male body” here refers to the penis. |
| 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. 103. |
| 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 (28/4/2021) |
How to cite:
[Editor names]. "KYP T1671: A great aphrodisiac," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, Korshi Dosoo, Markéta Preininger, & Roxanne Bélanger Sarrazin (principal editors), www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/text/kyp-t-1671. Accessed on 09/10/2026For the "editor names", see the abbreviated names in the field "Editor", and to resolve the abbreviations, see the help page.