Manuscript: | M44 |
Sigla: | Cairo JdE 42573 |
Text no. Position of the text within the manuscript. | 21 |
Coptic Scriptorium: | |
Date: | 901 – 1100 |
Text position: | p. 4, ll. 11-17 |
Type of text: | Separation spell (curse, magical, formulary) |
Original title: | ⲟⲩⲙⲁⲥⲧⲉ ⲉⲕⲁⲁϥ ϩⲛ ⲧⲙⲉⲧⲉ ⲛⲟⲩⲣⲟⲙⲉ ⲙⲛ ⲟⲩⲥϩⲓⲙⲉ |
Original title (translated): | A hatred, to put it between a man and woman |
Conventional title: | To put hatred between a man and a woman |
Language: | Egyptian (Coptic) |
Dialect: | Sahidic (non-standard) |
Script: | Coptic |
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Text: | Translation: |
p. 4 |
[11] A hatred, to put it between a man and [12] a woman. Take for yourself the hair from the head of the woman [13] and the earth from her right foot. Burn them in [14] a fire. Put it down into the cup that [15] the man drinks from and anoint [16] the rim (?) of the cup with a little ⟨of it⟩. The man will hate the woman. [17] It is finished. |
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Apparatus: | 11. ⲙⲉⲧⲉ i.e. Sahidic ⲙⲏⲧⲉ | ⲣⲟⲙⲉ i.e. Sahidic ⲣⲱⲙⲉ |
Notes: | 16. ⲉⲱⲛⲧϥ ⲉⲑⲟⲙⲉ If ⲉⲱⲛⲧϥ is understood as ϣⲁⲛⲧϥ this would literally mean “the nose of the cup”; Drescher suggests this refers to the “lip” (or “nozzle” or “spout”) of the cup, comparing Greek μυκτήρ and Latin nasus. |
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. 102. |
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 (23/4/2021) |