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KYPRIANOS T1676

Manuscript: M44
Sigla:

Cairo JdE 42573
Cairo, Egyptian Museum JdE 42573

Text no. question mark icon Position of the text within the manuscript.17
Coptic Scriptorium:
Date: 901 – 1100

Text position:

p. 3, ll. 21-24

Type of text:

Curse of banishment (?) (magical, formulary)

Original title:

ⲟⲩⲑⲗⲟ ⲉⲃⲟ̣ⲗ

Original title (translated):

A driving away

Conventional title: A driving away

Language:

Egyptian (Coptic)

Dialect:

Sahidic (non-standard)

Script:

Coptic

Image:

Text: Translation:

p. 3
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21. [[ . . ϫ̣]] ⲟⲩⲑⲗⲟ ⲉⲃⲟ̣ⲗ ϫⲓ̣ ⲛ̣ⲁⲕ ⲛⲟⲩϩⲁⲕⲉⲗϥ̅ ⲉⲧⲟⲟⲩ
22. ϭⲟⲙⲡ ⲡⲉⲧⲛϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲉϩⲏⲧϥ ⲙⲏ ⲡⲁϩⲏⲧϥ
23. ⲛⲟⲩϭⲛϭⲉⲗⲱ ϭⲁϭⲟⲩ ϩⲓ ⲛⲉϩ ⲉⲥⲓⲙ · ⲧⲱ̣[ϩ̅ⲥ]
24. ⲙ̇ⲡⲉϥϩⲱ

[21] A driving-away. Take for yourself a desert hakelf-lizard. [22] Take what is inside its belly and what is in the belly of [23] a bat. Cook them with radish oil. Anoint [24] his face.

Tableau:
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Apparatus:

21. ⲉⲃⲟ̣ⲗ : ⲉⲃⲁⲗ (Chassinat) | ⲉⲧⲟⲟⲩ i.e. Sahidic ⲛ̅-ⲧⲟⲟⲩ
22. ϭⲟⲙⲡ l. ϭⲟⲡ | ⲉϩⲏⲧϥ i.e. Sahidic ⲛ̅-ϩⲏⲧ⸗ϥ̅ | ⲙⲏ i.e. Sahidic ⲙⲛ̅-
23. ⲉⲥⲓⲙ i.e. Sahidic ⲛ̅-ⲥⲓⲙ

Notes:

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. 97-98.

Drescher, J. “Review of Le Manuscrit magique copte No. 42573 du Musée Égyptien du Caire by É. Chassinat”. In The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 43 (1957): 121.

van der Vliet, Jacques. “Varia magica coptica.” Aegyptus 71 ½ (1991): 218.

Richter, Tonio Sebastian. “Texte und Riten in koptischer Schrift”. In Altägyptische Zaubersprüche, edited by Hans.-W, Fischer-Elfert. Stuttgart: Philipp Reclam, 2005, 129, 176.


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 (21/4/2021)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP T1676: A driving away," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/text/kyp-t-1676. Accessed on 29/04/2024

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