Manuscript: | M21 |
Sigla: | PCM 1 37 |
Text no. ![]() | 13 |
Coptic Scriptorium: | |
Date: | 1001 – 1100 |
Text position: | Vo ll. 29-33 |
Type of text: | Favour (magical, formulary) |
Original title: | ⲡ̣ⲙⲉϩ̣ ⲥⲛ̣ⲁ̣ⲩ |
Original title (translated): | The second |
Conventional title: | Love spell |
Language: | Egyptian (Coptic) |
Dialect: | Sahidic (non-standard) |
Script: | Coptic |
Image: | https://www.rmo.nl/imageproxy/jpg/247886 |
Text: | Translation: |
29. ⳾ [[ⲛⲉⲛⲥ]] ⲡ̣ⲙⲉϩ̣ ⲥⲛ̣ⲁ̣ⲩ ⧹ⲥ⧸ϩⲁⲓ ⲛⲁⲗⲙⲓⲥⲓⲭ ⲉ̣ⲩⲁⲗϭⲉ̣ⲙ̣ⲉ̣ ⲃⲁ̣ⲧⲟⲩ ⲛⲛⲉϩ ⲛⲟⲩⲏⲣⲉⲧ |
[30] Favour. [29] The second one. Write in musk on a bowl. Wipe it with rose oil. [31] Anoint your face. [32] … |
Tracing by: | Julia Schwarzer (2023) |
Apparatus: | 29. ⳾ [[ⲛⲉⲛⲥ]] omitted in Green | ⲁⲗⲙⲓⲥⲓⲭ i.e. Arabic المسك al-misk | ⲁⲗϭⲉⲙⲉ i.e. Arabic الجام al-ğām : i.e. Arabic الجماع al-ğamāʿ translate “sexual intercourse” Green | ⲃⲁ̣ⲧⲟⲩ : ⲓⲃ ⲋ ϥⲧⲟⲩ translate “twelve as well as four (parts) of” Green |
Notes: |
Bibliography: | Green, Michael. “A Late Coptic Magical Text from the Collection of the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Leiden.” Oudheidkundige Mededelingen uit het Rijksmuseum van Oudheden te Leiden 67 (1987): 29-43. |
Editor: | MPS according to Green (4/12/2019), checked and edited by EL (13/3/20); edited by team (23 and 30/3/20); apparatus and notes completed by EL (6/4/20); autopsy KD (15/3/2022); checked by KD, MPS, EL from high quality photos (8/4/2022); KD + MPS from high quality photos (9/6/2022); KD (24/6/2022) |