| Manuscript: | M18 |
| Sigla: | P. Mich. Inv. 602 |
Text no. 
Position of the text within the manuscript. | 7 |
| Coptic Scriptorium: | |
| Date: | 501 – 700 |
| Text position: | Ro ll. 42-43 |
| Type of text: | Healing, exorcism of evil spirit (magical, formulary) |
| Original title: | ⲛⲧⲃⲉ ⲟⲩⲡⲛⲁ̅ ⲙⲡⲟⲛⲉⲣⲟ̅ⲛ̅ |
| Original title (translated): | For an evil spirit |
| Conventional title: | To exorcise an evil spirit |
| 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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[42] For an evil spirit. ⟨Write⟩ on a sheet of papyrus and bind it to him with the hair of a donkey. It will leave. [43] (kharaktēres: ΤƎΧΜΓΠΕΛΓ̅Ο̅ΡΓΔΤΤΜΗΙ✳︎Ǝ). xⲙ̅ⲅ. Add the usual. |
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| Apparatus: | 42. ⲡⲛⲁ̅ i.e. Greek πν(εῦμ)α | ⲡⲟⲛⲏⲣⲟ̅ⲛ̅ i.e. Greek πονηρόν | ⲭⲁⲣⲧⲏⲥ i.e. Greek χάρτης | ϥⲛⲁⲭⲱ⧹ⲣⲓ⧸ i.e. Sahidic ϥ-ⲛⲁ-ⲁⲛⲁⲭⲱⲣⲓ i.e. Greek ἀναχωρεῖν |
| Notes: | Parallel text: P. Mich. Inv. 597 vo l. 15, P. Mich. inv. 595 ro ll. 2–4 (KYP M15, T2804) 43. xⲙ̅ⲅ is a scribal mark which should be understood either as an isopsephism for 643 = θεὸς βοηθός (“God is help”), or as an abbreviation of Χριστὸν Μαρία Γεννᾷ (“Mary bore Christ”); cf. Blumell 2012: pp. 47-48. |
| Bibliography: |
Blumell, Lincoln. 2012. Lettered Christians. Christians, Letters, and Late Antique Oxyrhynchus. Leiden: Brill. |
| Editor: | KD, MPS, RBS, SVS (23/7/2026) |
How to cite:
[Editor names]. "KYP T2796: To exorcise an evil spirit," 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-2796. 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.