| Manuscript: | M319 |
| Sigla: | PCM 1 33 |
Text no.
Position of the text within the manuscript. | 2 |
| Coptic Scriptorium: | |
| Date: | 901 – 1100 |
| Text position: | Ro l. 6 |
| Type of text: | Healing for crying child (magical, formulary) |
| Original title: | [ⲟⲩ]ϣ̣ⲏⲣⲉ ⲕ̣ⲟⲩⲓ ⲉϥⲣⲓⲙⲙⲉ |
| Original title (translated): | [A (?)] small child who cries. |
| Conventional title: | For a child who cries |
| Language: | Egyptian (Coptic) |
| Dialect: | Sahidic (non-standard) |
| Script: | Coptic |
| Image: | https://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/p_kopt_580/0001/image,info,thumbs |
| Text: | Translation: |
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[6] [A (?)] small child who cries. Write with (?) asbestos (?). |
| Tableau: | |
| Tracing by: |
| Apparatus: | 6. ⲕ̣ⲟⲩⲓ : . . ⲟⲩⲓ Bilabel/Grohmann | ⲣⲓⲙⲙⲉ i.e. Sahidic ⲣⲓⲙⲉ | ⲥ̣ϩⲓ ⲛⲁⲙ . .⧹ⲧⲉ̣ⲛ̣⧸ l. ⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲛ̅-ⲁⲙⲓⲁⲛⲧⲟⲛ or ⲉ-ⲟⲩ-ⲁⲙⲓⲁⲛⲧⲟⲛ ? i.e. Greek ἀμίαντον : ϩⲓⲙ ⲁⲙⲟⲩ “…Come!” (“… Komm!”) Bilabel/Grohmann |
| Notes: | This recipe was probably preceded by kharaktēres which were to be copied. |
| Bibliography: |
Bilabel, Friedrich, and Adolf Grohmann. Griechische, koptische und arabische Texte zur Religion und religiösen Literatur in Ägyptens Spätzeit, Heidelberg: Verlag der Universitätsbibliothek, 1934, p. 382-383, no. 133. |
| Editor: | EL’s edition from photograph of the original, incorporating Bilabel & Grohmann (21/9/16; 25/9/18; 26/3/20); team (3/2/2023) |
How to cite:
[Editor names]. "KYP T209: For a child who cries," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, Korshi Dosoo, Markéta Preininger, & Roxanne Bélanger Sarrazin (principal editors), www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/text/kyp-t-209. Accessed on 10/10/2026For the "editor names", see the abbreviated names in the field "Editor", and to resolve the abbreviations, see the help page.