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KYPRIANOS T222

Manuscript: M322
Sigla:

PCM 1 35
PCM I 35
P. Heid. Inv. Kopt. 658
P. Heid. Inv. Kopt. 1658
P. Baden 5 135
P. Baden V 135
P. Bad. V 135
P. Bad. 5 135

Text no. question mark icon Position of the text within the manuscript.5
Coptic Scriptorium:
Date: 901 – 1100

Text position:

Ro ll. 24-26

Type of text:

Separation spell (curse, magical, formulary)

Original title:
Original title (translated):
Conventional title: Separation

Language:

Egyptian (Coptic)

Dialect:
Script:

Coptic

Image: https://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/p_kopt_658/0001/thumbs

Text: Translation:

Recto (hair)
24. ⲟⲩⲛⲟϭ ⲉⲙⲟⲥⲧⲉ . —— (kharaktēres)
_________________________
25. [. . . ] . ⲧⲉ ⲧⲁⲕⲟⲥ : [ . . ] . . . . . [?]
26. [. . . . ]ⲟ̣ⲛⲛⲥ : ⲣⲟⲕ̣[

[24] A great hatred… [25] … destroy it … [26] …

Tableau:
Tracing by:

Apparatus:

25. [. . . ] . ⲧⲉ : ]ⲙ̣ⲟ̣ⲥ̣ⲧⲉ Bilabel/Grohmann |[ . . ] . . . . . [?] : [.] ⲟⲩⲧⲟⲙⲥ · [ “Spoil them [with] a burial” (“Verdirb sie [mit] einem Begraben”) Bilabel/Grohmann

Notes:

24. ⲟⲩⲛⲟϭ ⲉⲙⲟⲥⲧⲉ It is tempting to consider, as Bilabel/Grohmann do, this to be part of the previous recipe, but it would seem to be a title, so here we take it as beginning a new text, with the paragraphos separating title and recipe rather than two recipes.
25. ⲧⲁⲕⲟⲥ Or “destroy her”

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. 384-388, no. 135.


Editor:

Provisional translation by EL (?), edited by KD; text from Bilabel entered by KD (28/1/2020); team (7/3/2023)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP T222: Separation," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/text/kyp-t-222. Accessed on 15/05/2024

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