Manuscript: | M44 |
Sigla: | Cairo JdE 42573 |
Text no. ![]() | 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 |
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Text: | Translation: |
p. 1 |
[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. |
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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 |
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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. |
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) |