| Manuscript: | M44 |
| Sigla: | Cairo JdE 42573 |
Text no. 
Position of the text within the manuscript. | 12 |
| Coptic Scriptorium: | |
| Date: | 901 – 1100 |
| Text position: | p. 2, ll. 20-23 |
| Type of text: | Curse against building (house) (magical, formulary) |
| Original title: | ⲟⲩϣⲱⲃ ⲛⲏⲓ |
| Original title (translated): | A devastation of ⟨a⟩ house |
| Conventional title: | For the destruction of a house |
| Language: | Egyptian (Coptic) |
| Dialect: | Sahidic (non-standard) |
| Script: | Coptic |
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| Text: | Translation: |
| p. 2 |
[20] A devastation of ⟨a⟩ house. Take corpse water and gum from a [21] grave. Burn it. Pour them at the door. You will [22] see a great wonder. On ⟨the⟩ 5th day of the moon of the Great [23] Fast. |
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| Apparatus: | 21. ⲧⲁ[[ . . . . ]]ⲫⲟⲥ deletion by stroke i.e. Greek τάφος Chassinat |
| Notes: | 22-23. ⲧⲛⲟϭ [ⲛⲛ]ⲉⲥϯⲁ Drescher understands the “great fast” to be Friday, cf. Till 1947: 132-135., but in this context Lent may also be possible (see e.g. Coptic Encyclopedia, s.v. “Fasting”). |
| 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. 74-77. |
| Editor: | From Chassinat, entered by KD (22/1/2020), checked with photograph of the original and givesn translation and apparatus by EL (17/3/2020); Team (14/4/2021; 16/4/2021) |