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KYPRIANOS T1685

Manuscript: M44
Sigla:

Cairo JdE 42573
Cairo, Egyptian Museum JdE 42573

Text no. question mark icon Position of the text within the manuscript.1
Coptic Scriptorium:
Date: 901 – 1100

Text position:

p. 1, ll. 1 – 3

Type of text:

Curse of banishment (magical, formulary)

Original title:

ⲟⲩϣⲱⲱⲛⲉ ⲉⲡⲉϥϯ̣ⲙⲉ

Original title (translated):

Expelling ⟨someone⟩ from his village

Conventional title: To banish a man from his village

Language:

Egyptian (Coptic)

Dialect:

Sahidic

Script:

Coptic

Image:

Text: Translation:

p. 1
1. ⲟⲩϣⲱⲱⲛⲉ ⲉⲡⲉϥϯ̣ⲙⲉ ϭⲁⲡ ⲡϩⲁⲥ̣ ⲛϭⲏϣⲉ
2. ⲛϣⲁⲩⲉⲓ ϩⲓ ⲧⲉⲩⲭⲱⲣⲁ ⲧⲁϩⲥ ⲡⲉϥϩⲟ ϩⲓ ⲛⲉϩ
3. ⲉⲥⲧⲟⲓ ⲙⲓ̅ⲉ̅ ⲙ̅ⲡⲟⲟϩ
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[1] Expelling ⟨someone⟩ from his village: Take the droppings of a goose [2] who comes to their land. Anoint his face with fragrant oil [3] on ⟨the⟩ 15th of the moon.

Tableau:
Tracing by:

Apparatus:

1. ⲟⲩϣⲱⲱⲛⲉ ⲉⲡⲉϥϯ̣ⲙⲉ i.e. Sahidic ⲟⲩ-ϣⲱⲱⲛⲉ ⲙ̅-ⲡⲉ⸗ϥ-ϯⲙⲉ : “homesickness” Chassinat (“nostalgie”) : i.e. Sahidic ⲟⲩ-ϣⲱⲛⲉ ⲙ̅-ⲡⲉ⸗ϥ-ϯ ⲙⲏ “a disease of his penis (?)” Crum | ϩⲁⲥ̣ Richter : ϩⲁⲣ l. ϩ(ⲏⲡ)ⲁⲣ i.e. Greek ἧπαρ Crum CD 696b : ϩⲁϩ i.e. Bohairic ϧⲁϧ Chassinat
2. ⲭⲱⲣⲁ i.e. Greek χώρα
3. ⲉⲥⲧⲟⲓ corrected from . ⲥⲧⲟⲓ . i.e. Sahidic ⲛ̅-ⲥⲧⲟⲓ | ⲙⲓ̅ⲉ̅ i.e. Sahidic ⲙ̅-ⲡ-ⲓⲉ

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. 12-25.

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): 119.

Richter, Tonio Sebastian. “Texte und Riten in koptischer Schrift”. In Altägyptische Zaubersprüche, edited by Hans.-W, Fischer-Elfert. Stuttgart: Philipp Reclam, 2005, 126, 175.


Editor:

From Chassinat, entered by KD (22/1/2020); MPS apparatus, notes and translation (11/3/2020); EL checked with photograph of the original, adding different translation and apparatus (16/3/2020); team (15/3/2021)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP T1685: To banish a man from his village," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/text/kyp-t-1685. Accessed on 05/05/2024

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