KYP T-1696

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KYPRIANOS T1696

Manuscript:	M15
Sigla:	P. Mich. Inv. 599 + 594 + 603 + 596 + 598 + 597 + 595
Text no. Position of the text within the manuscript.	2
Coptic Scriptorium:
Date:	501 – 700

Text position:	P. Mich. Inv. 599, Vo l. 24, P. Mich. Inv. 594, Ro ll.1-2
Type of text:	Healing from bite (magical, formulary)

Original title:	ⲉⲧⲃⲉ ⲡ̣ⲗ̣ⲱⲕⲥ ⲛⲟⲩϫⲁⲧⲃⲉ
Original title (translated):	For the bite of a venomous creature
Conventional title:	For the bite of a venomous creature

Language:	Egyptian (Coptic)
Dialect:	Sahidic (non-standard)
Script:	Coptic
Image:	http://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-2616/599r.tif & http://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-2616/599v.tif

Text:	Translation:
p. 2 (P. Mich. Inv. 599, vo) → 24. [end of previous text] ⲉⲧⲃⲉ ⲡ̣ⲗ̣ⲱⲕⲥ ⲛⲟⲩϫⲁⲧⲃⲉ ⲧⲁⲩⲟⲥ p. 3 (P. Mich. Inv. 594 ro) → 1. ⲉⲧⲃⲉ ⲡⲗⲱⲕ̅ⲥ̅ ⲛⲟⲩ̈ϫⲁⲧⲃⲉϥ ⲧⲁⲩⲟⲥ ⲉϫⲛ̅ ⲟⲩⲙⲟⲟⲩ̈ ⲛⲅⲧⲥⲟ- 2. ϥ · [following text]	[p. 2, 24] For the bite of a venomous creature. Recite [p. 3, 1] {For the bite of a venomous creature. Recite} it over some water and give it to drink.

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Apparatus:

p. 3

1. ϫⲁⲧⲃⲉϥ : ϫⲁⲧⲃⲉ Worrell

Notes:

Parallel text: P. Mich. inv. 593, p. 5 l. 19, p. 6 ll. 1-2 (KYP M9, T299)

p. 2

24. ϫⲁⲧⲃⲉ For the word referring to venomous creatures in general (including snakes and scorpions) rather than only reptiles, cf. Aufrère 2013-2014. See also P. Mich. inv. 593, p. 5 l. 14 (KYP M9; KYP T236); P. Mich. Inv. 599 vo l. 21 (KYP M15, T673).

p. 3

1. ⲉⲧⲃⲉ ⲡⲗⲱⲕ̅ⲥ̅ ⲛⲟⲩ̈ϫⲁⲧⲃⲉϥ ⲧⲁⲩⲟⲥ Here and elsewhere the scribe uses “counter-catchwords” at the beginning of new pages, repeating the last words of the previous page so that the reading order is clear. For a discussion of this practice in the context of earlier Greek magic, see Blanco Cesteros 2024. For the form ϫⲁⲧⲃⲉϥ for Sahidic ϫⲁⲧϥⲉ, compafre p. 2 (P. Mich. Inv. 599 vo) l. 21 (KYP T673) where there is an unclear letter after ϫⲁⲧⲃⲉ which may likewise be a fai, implying that this might be a dialectal form rather than simply an error.

Bibliography:

Aufrère, Sydney H. “Chasser, conjurer les ‘animaux venimeux’ (ḏdf.t) et s’en protéger d’après le Papyrus Brooklyn 47.218.138. Notes de lecture.” Journal of the Society of the Study of Egyptian Antiquities 40 (2013-2014): 24-27.

Blanco Cesteros, Miriam. “‘Counter-Catchwords’ in the Codices of the Theban Magical Library.” Symbolae Osloenses, 98.1 (2024): 189-215.

Meyer, Marvin W., and Richard Smith. Ancient Christian Magic: Coptic Texts of Ritual Power. Princeton (New Jersey): Princeton University Press, 1999, p. 304–310, no. 133.

Mirecki, Paul. “The Coptic Wizard’s Hoard.” The Harvard Theological Review vol. 87 no. 4 (1994): 435–460.

Worrell, W. H. “A Coptic Wizard’s Hoard.” The American Journal of Semitic Languages and Literatures 46 no. 4 (1930): 239–262.

Editor:

Text from Worrell digitised by David Tibet, line divisions and some editing made by KD (25/1/2020); KD, MPS, RBS (23/7/2026)

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