| Manuscript: | M44 |
| Sigla: | Cairo JdE 42573 |
Text no. 
Position of the text within the manuscript. | 2 |
| Coptic Scriptorium: | |
| Date: | 901 – 1100 |
| Text position: | p. 1, ll. 4-5 |
| Type of text: | Curse for leprosy (magical, formulary) |
| Original title: | ⲟⲩⲕⲱⲕ ⲉⲡⲥⲟⲃ̅ϩ̅ |
| Original title (translated): | Leprosy |
| Conventional title: | Curse for leprosy |
| Language: | Egyptian (Coptic) |
| Dialect: | Sahidic |
| Script: | Coptic |
| Image: |
| Text: | Translation: |
| p. 1 |
[4] Leprosy: Take beer and sow-thistle. [5] Anoint his body. It will become completely white. |
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| Apparatus: | 4. ⲉⲡⲥⲟⲃ̅ϩ̅ i.e. Sahidic ⲙ̅ⲡⲥⲟⲃϩ | ⲥⲕⲟⲩⲣⲕⲣ i.e. Sahidic ⲥⲕⲟⲩⲣⲕⲟⲩⲣ | ⲥⲛⲕⲟⲩ i.e. Greek σόγχος |
| Notes: | It is unclear whether this should be understood as a recipe for healing or causing leprosy; Drescher’s argument that the outcome of whiteness describes leprosy seems quite convincing to me (KD 17/2/2020). |
| 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, 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. 25-28. |
| Editor: | From Chassinat, entered by KD (22/1/2020), checked with photograph of the original and given apparatus by EL (16/3/2020); team (15/3/2021) |