Manuscript: | M366 |
Sigla: | PCM 1 31 |
Text no. ![]() | 1 |
Coptic Scriptorium: | |
Date: | 901 – 1100 |
Text position: | Ro ll. 1-40 |
Type of text: | Separation spell (curse, magical, formulary) |
Original title: | |
Original title (translated): | |
Conventional title: | Separation Spell |
Language: | Egyptian (Coptic) |
Dialect: | Sahidic with Fayumic features |
Script: | Coptic |
Image: |
Text: | Translation: |
Recto Inside tableau: Above leftmost figure: ϣⲁⲣϣⲁⲣ Inside body of rightmost figure: ⲟⲩⲙⲁ- Below rightmost figure: ⲉϥϣⲱϥ |
[1] … [2] … do not (?) sleep! Belso-[3] … the annihilation. Cause hatred! [4] … separation! Cause annihilation! [5] Cause unblessedness! Cause [6] a reaping (?), between NN [7] son of NN, so that he hates her [8] like ⟨the⟩ devil [9] hates a righteous man, [10] and separate them [11] from one another like [12] Joseph and his brothers, and [13] separate NN, son ⟨of NN⟩, and [14] NN, child of NN, like the devil, [15] who separated himself [16] from God and the [17] angels! You will raise [18] a storm upon him [19] like the Jews [20] in that time, and lay waste to [21] his house like that of [22] Judas, and annihilate [23] the one who brought him [24] like the dust of the impious, [25] and bring upon him [26] sufferings and [27] pains for all the days [28] of his life! [29] Let my prayer come to [30] you, and my (?) [31] repentance (?) come before you! [32] Behold (?) … [33] do not send (?) … [34] and the … [35] yea, yea, quickly, quickly! [36] Write ⟨with⟩ leek-water ⟨and⟩ blood (?) [37] of bats. Sheet of [38] … Evil offering (?). [39] Wash off with water of […]. [40] Pour it ⟨at⟩ the door. Bury it. [Inside tableau: Above leftmost figure:] Šaršar [Inside body of rightmost figure:] A hatred, an annihilation [Below rightmost figure:] which is laid waste, which is evil (?) |
Tracing by: | Korshi Dosoo |
Apparatus: | 2. [ . ? ]ⲡⲉⲣϩⲓⲛⲉⲃ l. ⲙ̅ⲡⲉⲣϩⲓⲛⲉⲃ ? i.e. Sahidic ⲙ̅ⲡⲉⲣ-ϩⲓⲛⲏⲃ |
Notes: | Note: This manuscript is lost; as a result we rely almost completely on the edition of Stegemann for the Coptic text. |
Bibliography: | Stegemann, Viktor. “Neue Zauber- und Gebetstexte aus koptischer Zeit in Heidelberg und Wien.” Le Muséon 51 (1938): 74-82. |
Editor: | EL’s edition from Stegemann’s transcript (23/4/2016) (25/3/2020); team (2/6/2021) |