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KYPRIANOS T1682

Manuscript: M44
Sigla:

Cairo JdE 42573
Cairo, Egyptian Museum JdE 42573

Text no. question mark icon Position of the text within the manuscript.8
Coptic Scriptorium:
Date: 901 – 1100

Text position:

p. 2, ll. 6-9

Type of text:

Curse against virility (?) (magical, formulary)

Original title:

ⲟⲩⲡⲁⲛⲉⲣⲱⲙⲉ ϩⲓ ⲡⲉϥϩⲱⲃ

Original title (translated):

Removing (a) man at his work

Conventional title: Curse against man's virility

Language:

Egyptian (Coptic)

Dialect:

Sahidic (non-standard)

Script:

Coptic

Image:

Text: Translation:

p. 2
6. ⲟⲩⲡⲁⲛⲉ ⲣⲱⲙⲉ ϩⲓ ⲡⲉϥϩⲱⲃ ϭⲁⲡ ⲧⲙⲏ
7. ⲛⲟⲩⲥϩⲓ̇ⲙⲉ ⲙⲛ ⲟⲩⲙⲟⲟⲩ ⲛⲁⲩⲉⲓⲛ ⲛⲥⲓⲟⲟⲩ-
8. ⲛ ⲛⲥϩⲓⲙⲉ ϩⲓ ⲁⲗⲕⲁⲣⲁⲕⲏ ⲡⲁϩⲧⲟⲩ ⲉⲡⲣⲟ
9. ⲉⲣ ⲧⲉⲕⲙⲏ ⲥⲁⲡⲁϩⲟⲩ ⲙⲙⲟⲟⲩ ⲛⲥⲟⲩ ⲕ̅ⲉ̅ ⲙ☾

[6] Removing ⟨a⟩ man from his work. Take the urine [7] of a woman and water ⟨from the⟩ drain of a woman’s bath [8] and egg white (?). Pour them at the door. [9] Urinate after them. On the 25th day of the moon.

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Apparatus:

6. ⲡⲁⲛⲉ- i.e. Sahidic ⲡⲉ(ⲉ)ⲛⲉ- Drescher cf. p. 3 l. 15 : translate “urination” (“miction”) Chassinat
7. ⲁⲩⲉⲓⲛ i.e. Sahidic ⲟⲩⲉⲓⲛ
8. ⲁⲗⲕⲁⲣⲁⲕⲏ : الغرقئ al-ġirqiʾ translate “egg white” (“Eiweiss”) Richter : i.e. Arabic الكركي i.e. Greek κυριακή Drescher
9. ⲉⲣ ⲧⲉⲕⲙⲏ : l. ⲉⲧⲉⲕⲣⲙⲏ i.e. Sahidic ⲛ-ⲧⲉ⸗ⲕ-ⲙⲁ ⲛ-ⲣ ⲙⲏ Chassinat | ⲥⲁⲡⲁϩⲟⲩ i.e. Sahidic ⲛⲥⲁⲡⲁϩⲟⲩ | ☾ l. ⲡ-ⲟⲟϩ

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. 46-48.

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): 120.

Richter, Tonio Sebastian. “Texte und Riten in koptischer Schrift”. In Altägyptische Zaubersprüche, edited by Hans.-W, Fischer-Elfert. Stuttgart: Philipp Reclam, 2005, 127, 175.


Editor:

From Chassinat, entered by KD (22/1/2020), checked with photograph of the original and given translation and apparatus by EL (16/3/2020); Team (14/4/2021; 16/4/2021)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP T1682: Curse against man's virility," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/text/kyp-t-1682. Accessed on 29/04/2024

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