KYP T-24

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KYPRIANOS T24

Manuscript:	M291
Sigla:	PCM 1 23 PCM I 23 P. Heid. Inv. Kopt. 682 P. Kopt. 1682 (previously) P. Baden 5 137 P. Baden V 137 P. Bad. V 137
Text no. Position of the text within the manuscript.	4
Coptic Scriptorium:
Date:	967 – 967

Text position:	Ro ll. 50-52
Type of text:	Colophon (documentary)

Original title:
Original title (translated):
Conventional title:	Colophon

Language:	Egyptian (Coptic)
Dialect:	Sahidic with Fayumic features
Script:	Coptic
Image:	https://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/p_kopt_682/0001/image,info,thumbs

Text:	Translation:
49. ⲁⲛⲁⲕ ⲡⲇ̅ⲓ̅ ⲓ̅ⲱ̅ ϩⲙϩⲁⲗ ⲙⲓⲭⲁⲏⲗ 50. ⲉⲡϭⲉⲗⲗⲏⲧ ⲁⲉⲥϩ̣ⲁⲓ̣̈ ⲥⲟⲩⲓ̅ⲁ̅ ⲉⲡⲁⲁ- 51. ⲡⲓ ⲙⲉⲛ ⲭ̅ⲡ̅ⲇ̅ ⲉ̣ⲣⲁⲙⲡⲓ ⸗	[49] I am the deacon Iōhannes, servant of Michael, [50] of Pcellēt. I wrote on the 11th of Paophi [51] in ⟨the⟩ year 684.

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Apparatus:

49. ⲡⲇ̅ⲓ̅(ⲁⲕⲟⲛⲟⲥ) i.e. Greek διάκονος | ⲓ̅ⲱ̅ i.e. ⲓⲱϩⲁⲛⲛⲏⲥ
50. ⲉⲡϭⲉⲗⲗⲏⲧ ⲁⲉⲥϩ̣ⲁⲓ̣̈ i.e. Sahidic ⲙ̅-ⲡϭⲉⲗⲗⲏⲧ ⲁ⸗ⲓ-ⲥϩ̣ⲁⲓ̈ : ⲡⲉϭⲉⲗⲗⲏⲧⲁ ⲉⲥϩⲁⲓ translate “(son )of Pcelleta, have written” (“(Sohn) des Pgelleta,
habe (es) geschrieben”) Bilabel/Grohmann : ⲡⲉϭⲉⲗⲗⲏⲧⲁ ⲉⲥϩⲁ translate “in the village of Pcelleta” van der Vliet : i.e Sahidic ⲡⲉⲧϭⲁⲗⲏⲩⲧ ⲉⲥϩⲁⲓ Gardner/Johnston
50-51. ⲉⲡⲁⲁⲡⲓ i.e. Sahidic ⲙ̅ⲡⲁⲟⲡⲉ : l. ⲙⲡⲁⲁⲡⲓ Bilabel/Grohmann
51. ⲉ̣ⲣⲁⲙⲡⲓ i.e. Sahidic ⲛⲣⲟⲙⲡⲉ

Notes:

Note that the edition here counts the kharaktēres in l. 43 of text 2 as a separate line, so that the edition of Bilabel and Grohmann has one less line (KD 23/10/2020).

49-50. For discussions, see van der Vliet, 277; Gardner/Johnston, p. 46-47. Bilabel/Grohmann understand Pcellēt to be the name of the father of Iōhannes, van der Vliet understands it as his place of origin (an understanding adopted here based on parallels in other colophons), while Gardner/Johnston understand “the one assigned to write”.

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. 393-396, no. 137.

Gardner, Iain, and Jay Johnston. “‘I, Deacon Iohannes, Servant Of Michael’: A New Look at P. Heid. Inv. Kopt. 682 and a Possible Context for the Heidelberg Magical Archive.” Journal of Coptic Studies 21 (2019): p. 31-53.

Gardner, Iain, and Jay Johnston. “‘I, Deacon Iohannes, Servant Of Michael’: A New Look at P. Heid. Inv. Kopt. 682 and a Possible Context for the Heidelberg Magical Archive.” Journal of Coptic Studies 21 (2019): p. 51-53.

Mößner, Tamara and Claudia Nauerth. “Koptische Text und ihre Bilder.” In Ägyptische Magie und ihre Umwelt, edited by Andrea Jördens, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2015, p. 310.

van der Vliet, Jacques. “Review of Sergio Pernigotti, Testi della magia copta (Editrice La Mandragora, Imola, 2000).” Bibliotheca Orientalis 62.3-4 (2005): 276–280.

Editor:

EL’s edition from a photograph of the original (16/1/2020); MPS checked editions of Bilabel/Grohmann, Gardner/Johnston (23/9/2020); edits by KD & MPS (25/9/2020)

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