| Manuscript: | M18 |
| Sigla: | P. Mich. Inv. 602 |
Text no.
Position of the text within the manuscript. | 2 |
| Coptic Scriptorium: | |
| Date: | 501 – 700 |
| Text position: | Ro ll. 10-22 |
| Type of text: | Love spell (magical, formulary) |
| Original title: | |
| Original title (translated): | |
| Conventional title: | Love spell invoking the sun, moon, and angels |
| Language: | Egyptian (Coptic) |
| Dialect: | Sahidic (non-standard) |
| Script: | Coptic |
| Image: | http://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-4638/602r_neg.tif |
| Text: | Translation: |
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[10] Hail, O sun! Hail, O moon, you beside whom the two angels stand, [11] who hold (?) their tablets, they who bear the lamp [12] of the sun, they whose names will be spoken over this oil for NN, child of NN, [13] so that she will love NN, child of NN, Abrakh Abrakh Abraēl Abraēl Almathti, their [14] true name is in these; they will say to the sun, “Do not rise at dawn”; [15] they will say to the moon, “Do not shine [16] ⟨on⟩ NN”, so that she will go [16] to NN, child of NN, for you are Abrakh, you are Abraēl, you are Anaēl, [17] Abinathat the one in whose hand is the key of hell; I adjure you (pl.) [18] by every true name of he who sits upon his throne of his glory so that when this oil [19] touches the flesh of NN, child of NN, ⟨she⟩ will love NN, child of NN, with an indestructible desire, in your [20] true name Abriam Adonai Eloei Athamthaēlēl Abaaba Betaeiei, [21] the Father, Alpha A Ō, concerning NN, so that she will come, now, now, quickly, quickly, [22] in your name, Iao Sabaoth! |
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| Apparatus: | 10. ⲭⲏⲣⲉ i.e. Greek χαίρειν | ⲭⲏⲣⲏ i.e. Greek χαίρειν | ⲁⲛⲅⲅⲉⲗⲟⲥ i.e. Greek ἄγγελος | ⲁϩⲉⲁⲣⲁⲧⲟⲩ i.e. Sahidic ⲁϩⲉ-ⲉⲣⲁⲧ⸗ⲟⲩ |
| Notes: | Parallel texts: P. Mich. inv. 598 vo ll. 11-26, P. Mich. inv. 597 ro 1-6 (KYP M15, T1) 18. ⧹ⲙⲡⲣⲁⲛ ⲙⲙⲏⲧ ⲛⲓϣ̣⧸ The ϣ of ⲛⲓϣ̣ seems certain, but the meaning is unclear. The parallel texts have ⲙⲡⲣⲁⲛ ⲙⲙⲏⲧ ⲛⲛⲓⲙ (P. Mich. inv. 598 vo l. 24 (KYP T1)) and [ⲙⲡⲣ]ⲁ̣ⲛ̣ [ⲙⲙⲏⲧ] ⲛ̣ⲓⲙ (P. Mich. inv. 1294 ro l. 22 (KYP T667)). We therefore understand ⲛⲓϣ̣ as a copying error for ⲛⲓⲙ. For the singular article with ⲛⲓⲙ, see Crum CD 225b-226a. |
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| Editor: | Preliminary transcription and translation by KD (8/9/2023); KD, MPS, RBS (23/7/2026) |
How to cite:
[Editor names]. "KYP T2792: Love spell invoking the sun, moon, and angels," 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-2792. Accessed on 08/10/2026For the "editor names", see the abbreviated names in the field "Editor", and to resolve the abbreviations, see the help page.