KYP T-211

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KYPRIANOS T211

Manuscript:	M319
Sigla:	PCM 1 33 PCM I 33 P. Heid. Inv. Kopt. 580 P. Baden 5 133 P. Bad. V 133 P. Bad. 5 133 P. Bad. V 133
Text no. Position of the text within the manuscript.	4
Coptic Scriptorium:
Date:	901 – 1100

Text position:	Ro ll. 10-13
Type of text:	Healing/unbinding the virility of a bridegroom (magical, formulary)

Original title:	ⲟ̣ⲩϭⲱⲡⲉⲉⲥ ⲁⲩϭⲟⲡϥ ⲟⲩⲁⲗⲁ̣ⲗⲱⲥⲉ ⲡⲛⲧⲁϥⲃⲱⲗ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ
Original title (translated):	A capture (?). He has been seized, a bridegroom (?), the one who has been released.
Conventional title:	For unbinding a bridegroom

Language:	Egyptian (Coptic)
Dialect:	Sahidic (non-standard)
Script:	Coptic
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10. ⲟ̣ⲩϭⲱⲡⲉⲉⲥ ⲁⲩϭⲟⲡϥ ⲟⲩⲁⲗⲁ̣ⲗⲱⲥⲉ ⲡⲛⲧⲁϥⲃⲱⲗ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ
11. . . ⲛ̣ . ⲥ̣ϩⲁⲓⲥⲉ ⲛⲟⲩⲉϩⲁ̣ⲗ̣ⲏ̣ⲧ ⲉϫⲙ̣ ⲛ̣ⲡⲉϥ̣ⲥⲱⲙⲁ ⲛϩⲟ̣ⲟ̣⧹ⲧ̣⧸
12. [ ca. 6 ] . ⲛ̣ⲁⲣⲕⲁⲣⲧⲁⲙ̣ⲁ̣ ⲕ̣ⲧⲁⲁϥ ⲉⲡⲥⲱ̅ⲙ ⲧⲉϥ . . ⲩ̣̣ⲱ̣ .
13. [ ca. 8 ] . . ⲉⲛ ⲡⲉϩ ⲉⲡⲉ̣ϥ̣ⲥⲱⲙⲁ ϥⲛⲁⲃⲱⲗ̣ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ

[10] A capture (?). He has been seized, a bridegroom (?), the one who has been released. [11] … write them on a bird (?) upon his male member [12] … in garden cress (?), and you put it on his body (?), his (?) … [13] … reaches (?) his body. He will be released.

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Apparatus:

10. ⲟⲩϭⲱⲡⲉⲉⲥ i.e. Sahidic ϭⲟⲡⲥ ? see Crum 827a : ⲁ̣ⲩϭⲱⲡⲉ ⲉ̣ⲥ- Bilabel/Grohmann | ⲟⲩⲁⲗⲁ̣ⲗⲱⲥⲉ i.e. Arabic عَرُوس al-ʿarūs ? : ⲟⲩⲁ . . . ⲡ̣ⲉ Bilabel/Grohmann
11. . . ⲛ̣ . ⲥ̣ϩⲁⲓⲥⲉ ⲛⲟⲩⲉϩⲁ̣ⲗ̣ⲏⲧ ⲉϫⲙ̣ ⲛ̣ⲡⲉϥ̣ⲥⲱⲙⲁ ⲛϩⲟ̣ⲟ̣⧹ⲧ̣⧸ i.e. Sahidic . . ⲥϩⲁⲓ⸗ⲥⲉ ⲛ̅-ⲟⲩϩⲁⲗⲏⲧ ⲉϫⲙ̅ ⲡⲉ⸗ϥ-ⲥⲱⲙⲁ ⲛ̅-ϩⲟⲟⲩⲧ i.e. Greek σῶμα : [ ca. ? ] . ⲛ̣ . [ . ]ϩⲁⲕ ⲥ̣ⲛⲟⲩ ⲉϩⲁⲗⲏⲧ ⲉϫⲙ {ⲛ}ⲡⲉϥⲥⲱⲙⲁ ⲛϩⲟⲟⲩ⧹ⲧ⧸ Bilabel/Grohmann
12. ⲛ̣ⲁⲣⲕⲁⲣⲧⲁⲙ̣ⲁ̣ i.e. Arabic ال (al-) + Greek κάρδαμον ? | ⲕ̣ⲧⲁⲁϥ i.e. Sahidic ⲛ̅⸗ⲅ-ⲧⲁⲁ⸗ϥ ? | ⲥⲱ̅ⲙ i.e. Greek σῶμα ? | for this line [ ca. ? ] . ⲙⲁⲣⲕⲁⲣⲧⲁ . ⲁⲕⲧⲁⲁϥ ⲉⲡ . ⲱ̅ⲙ̅ⲧⲉϥ[ . . ] . . Bilabel/Grohmann
13. [ ca. 8 ] . . ⲉⲛ ⲡⲉϩ ⲉⲡⲉ̣ϥ̣ⲥⲱⲙⲁ : [ ca. ? ϣ̣]ⲱⲡⲉ ϩⲉ ⲡⲉϥⲥⲱⲙⲁ Bilabel/Grohmann

Notes:

10. ⲟ̣ⲩϭⲱⲡⲉ ⲉⲥ ⲁⲩϭⲟⲡϥ ⲟⲩⲁⲗⲁ̣ⲗⲱⲥⲉ ⲡⲛⲧⲁϥⲃⲱⲗ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ This title is difficult to parse; perhaps understand something like ⲟⲩϭⲱⲡⲉ ⲉⲛⲧⲁϥϭⲱⲡⲥ̅ ⲛ̅ⲟⲩⲁⲗⲁⲗⲱⲥ ⲉⲧⲣⲉϥⲃⲱⲗ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ (“⟨For⟩ a ‘seizure’ that has seized a bridegroom, in order that he be released”). This text would seem to be intended to treat a (newly-married?) husband suffering from magically-induced impotence; compare P. Heid. Inv. Kopt. 686 p. 16, ll. 6-8 (257) (KYP M311⧸T166), a recipe with a similar purpose; Cairo JdE 42573 p. 1, ll. 6-10 (KYP M44⧸T44), a recipe intended to bind a bridegroom; and the recipes associated with Psalms 44, 117 and 126 in Hinein⧸Bianquis 1975.
12. ⲛ̣ⲁⲣⲕⲁⲣⲧⲁⲙ̣ⲁ̣ The suggestion to read “cardamom” here is very speculative; ⲕⲁⲣⲧⲁⲙⲁ is a plausible Coptic rendering of Greek κάρδαμον, which seems refer to garden cress (Lepidium sativum), but an Arabised form with an initial al- does not seem to be attested; the normal Arabic name for garden cress is حرف ḥurf, given as the equivalent of ⲕⲁⲣⲇⲁⲙⲟⲛ in the Scala magna. Garden cress is mentioned as an ingredient in several ancient and mediaeval Greek and Arabic medical texts, from Dioscorides; cf. Lev/Amar 2008, 172-174; Macomber 2020, 139.

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.

Henein, Nessim Henry and Bianquis, Thierry. La magie par les Psaumes: édition et traduction d’un manuscrit arabe chrétien d’Égypte. Cairo: L’Institut français d’archéologie orientale, 1975.

Lev, Efraim, and Zohar Amar. Practical Materia Medica of the Medieval Eastern Mediterranean According to the Cairo Genizah. Leiden: Brill, 2008.

Macomber, William F. The Scala Magna of Shams al-Riˀāsah Abū al-Barakāt. Volume I: Introduction, Text, Translation and Notes. Leuven: Peeters, 2020.

Editor:

EL’s edition from photograph of the original, incorporating Bilabel and Grohmann (15/9/16; 25/9/18; 26/3/20); team (3/2/2023)

How to cite:

Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP T211: For unbinding a bridegroom," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/text/kyp-t-211. Accessed on 29/04/2025

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