| Manuscript: | M44 |
| Sigla: | Cairo JdE 42573 |
Text no. 
Position of the text within the manuscript. | 15 |
| Coptic Scriptorium: | |
| Date: | 901 – 1100 |
| Text position: | p. 3, ll. 12-14 |
| Type of text: | Curse (magical, formulary) |
| Original title: | ⲟⲩⲥⲁϩⲣⲉⲥ |
| Original title (translated): | A cursing (?) |
| Conventional title: | To curse someone |
| Language: | Egyptian (Coptic) |
| Dialect: | Sahidic with Fayumic features |
| Script: | Coptic |
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| Text: | Translation: |
| p. 3 |
[12] A cursing (?). Take for yourself a pagan rag and water of [13] … and wormwood water. Put [14] it in a new vessel. Pour it at the door of the house. |
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| Apparatus: | 12. ⲥⲁϩⲣⲉⲥ from Sahidic ⲥϩⲟⲩⲱⲣ⸗ⲥ ? cf. ⲥⲁϩⲣⲉⲥ “sweeping ?” Crum CD 386b | ϩⲉⲗⲗⲉⲛ i.e. Greek Ἕλλην |
| Notes: | 12. ⲛⲟⲩⲧⲁⲉⲓⲥ · ⲛϩⲉⲗⲗⲉⲛ The “pagan rag” likely refers to a piece of the shroud or mummy wrappings of a “pagan” corpse; cf. p. 3 l. 15-16 (T1677). |
| 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. 91-95. |
| 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) |