KYP T-269

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KYPRIANOS T269

Manuscript:	M643
Sigla:	Biblioteca Nazionale di Napoli I.B.14.06-07 Formerly Museo Borgiano Zoega CCLXXVIII Formerly Museo Borgiano Zoega 278 P.Borg.Copt. 278
Text no. Position of the text within the manuscript.	2
Coptic Scriptorium:
Date:	801 – 1100

Text position:	p. 241 ll. 7-12
Type of text:	Magical (healing, formulary)

Original title:	ⲉⲧⲃⲉ ⲧⲡⲁⲓϣⲉ
Original title (translated):	Concerning the paiše-disease
Conventional title:	Concerning the paiše-disease

Language:	Egyptian (Coptic) Arabic
Dialect:	Sahidic
Script:	Coptic
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Translation:

7. ⲉⲧⲃⲉ ⲧⲡⲁⲓ̇ϣⲉ ‧ ϯⲧⲁⲣⲕⲟ ⲙⲙⲟⲕ ⲡⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲟⲥ ⲉⲧϫⲓ̇ ϩ-
8. ⲙⲟⲧ ϩⲓ̇ϫⲛ ϣⲱⲛⲉ ⲛⲓ̇ⲙ ⲛϣⲁϥ̇ⲉⲓ̇ ⲉϫⲛ ⲡⲣⲱⲙⲉ ⲙⲁ-
9. ⲗⲓ̇ⲥⲧⲁ ⲡⲉⲓ̇ϣⲱⲛⲉ ⲡⲁⲓ̇ ‧ ⲛ̇ϣⲁϥϥⲓ̇ ⲙⲡⲣⲱⲙⲉ ϩ̇ⲙ ⲡⲉϥⲅⲉ-
10. ⲣⲟⲥ ‧ ⲙⲁⲣⲉϯⲡⲁⲓ̇ϣⲉ ⲉⲓ̅ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ϩⲛ ⲇ̅ͅⲇ̅ͅ ‧ ⲟⲣⲓ̅ⲏ̅ⲗ̅ ‧ ⲅⲁⲃⲣⲓ̅ⲏ̅ⲗ̅ ‧
11. ⲣⲁⲫⲁ̅ⲏ̅ⲗ̅ ‧ ⲡⲉⲧⲧⲱⲃ⧹ϩ⧸ ϣⲱⲛⲉ ⲛⲓ̇ⲙ : ⲙⲁⲣⲉϥⲗⲟ ⲛϭⲓ̇ ⲛⲇ̅ͅⲇ̅ͅ
12. ⲛⲟϣⲡϥ ϩⲓ̇ ⲏⲣⲡ ‧—

[7] Concerning the paiše-disease.

“I adjure you, oh angel who obtains [8] grace for every disease that comes upon man, [9] especially this disease, that takes man in its [10] time, may the paiše-disease leave NN, child of NN! Oriel, Gabriel, [11] it is Raphael who entreats, every disease, may NN, child of NN, be healed ⟨of it⟩!”

[12] Blow it over wine.

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Apparatus:

7. ⲉⲧⲃⲉ ekthesis of initial epsilon, larger and decorated with red ink | ⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲟⲥ i.e. Greek ἄγγελος
7-8. ⲉⲧϫⲓ̇ ϩⲙⲟⲧ ϩⲓ̇ϫⲛ : “who one implores against” (“que l’on implore contre”) Dulaurier : “who relieves” (“qui soulages”) Champollion
8. ⲛ̇ϣⲁ⸗ i.e. Sahidic ⲉϣⲁ⸗
8-9. ⲙⲁⲗⲓⲥⲧⲁ i.e. Greek μάλιστα
9-10. ⲅⲉⲣⲟⲥ i.e. Greek καιρός Till : i.e. Greek γῆρος Dulaurier (“veillesse”), Champollion
10. ⲇ̅ͅⲇ̅ͅ l. ⲇ(ⲉ)ⲓ(ⲛⲁ) ⲇ(ⲉ)ⲓ(ⲛⲁ) i.e. Greek δεῖνα δεῖνα : ⲇⲇ “you four, ⟨Michael⟩” (“vous quatre, ⟨Michael⟩”) Dulaurier, Champollion (who adds “Michael” after “Raphael”)
11. ⲇ̅ͅⲇ̅ͅ l. ⲇ(ⲉ)ⲓ(ⲛⲁ) ⲇ(ⲉ)ⲓ(ⲛⲁ) i.e. Greek δεῖνα δεῖνα : ⲇⲇ “the four angels” (“les quatre anges”) Dulaurier
12 ⲛⲟϣⲡϥ : “numb him” (“Betäube(?) ihn”) ? Till

Notes:

7. ⲡⲁⲓ̇ϣⲉ The paiše-disease seems to be a kind of disease which produced burning pustules on the skin, notably on the face and hands. Till (p. 33) notes that in the Scalae of BNF Copte 43 it is translated in Arabic as حبة ,حب ḥabat or ḥubun, literally “grains” which Bsciai (p. 62) translates as “veneream luem, luem gallica”, both terms for syphilis, although there are apparently no clear attestations of syphilis in Afroeurasia at this time. Rather than translating it, here we simply retain the word transliterated.
7-8. ⲉⲧϫⲓ̇ ϩⲙⲟⲧ For the sense “obtain grace” cf. the colophons to BL Or. 6781 ll. 21-22 (PAThs Colophon 68); Pierpont Morgan M579 ll. 21-22 (PAThs Colophon 50).
8-10. There is an Arabic note to the right of the text.
11. ϣⲱⲛⲉ ⲛⲓ̇ⲙ : ⲙⲁⲣⲉϥⲗⲟ ⲛϭⲓ̇ ⲛⲇ̅ͅⲇ̅ͅ This phrase poses problems for translation; the subject of the verbal clause would naturally be taken as ϣⲱⲛⲉ ⲛⲓ̇ⲙ, but the following ⲛϭⲓ̇ suggests that it is ⲇ̅ͅⲇ̅ͅ. The prefixed nu may instead imply that this functions as an indirect object (in one of the non-standard uses of ⲛϭⲓ discussed in Crum CD 252a-b), but in this case we would expect it to resume a pronoun introduced before ⲛϭⲓ̇. We might instead translate “may every disease be healed in NN”, understanding perhaps that a prepositional phrase has been omitted after the verb and before ⲛϭⲓ̇.

Bibliography:

Bsciai, Agapio. “Novum auctarium lexici sahidico-coptici”, Zeitschrift für Ägyptische Sprache und Altertumskunde vol. 25 (1887): 57-73.

Champollion, J.F. “Observations sur le catalogue des manuscrits coptes du Musée Borgia à Velletri, ouvrage postume de Geoge Zoega”, Magasin Encyclopédique (October 1811) 30-34. [non vidi]

Champollion, J.F. “Recettes médicales pour les maladies cutanées traduites d’un fragment égyptien, en dialecte thébain”, Revue Archéologique 11 (1854): 333-342 (French).

Dulaurier, Édouard. “Fragment d’un traité de médicine copte”, Journal Asiatique 4e série, no. 1 (May 1843) 433-452 (French).

PAThs Colophons: https://atlas.paths-erc.eu/colophons

Till, W.C. Die Arzneikunde der Kopten (Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, 1951), p. 111-112, p. 135-137 text ZB (German).

Zoega, Georgio. Catalogus codicum copticorum manu scriptorum qui in Museo Borgiano velitris adservantur (Rome: Typis Sacrae Congregationis de Propaganda Fide, 1810), p. 626-630, no. 278.

Editor:

Edition by KD from photograph (4/10/2018), checked with edit by EL (14/4/2020); checked by team from photograph (3/3/2021); minor edit JS (12/1/2023)

How to cite:

Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP T269: Concerning the paiše-disease," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/text/kyp-t-269. Accessed on 29/04/2025

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