KYP T-2806

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KYPRIANOS T2806

Manuscript:	M15
Sigla:	P. Mich. Inv. 599 + 594 + 603 + 596 + 598 + 597 + 595
Text no. Position of the text within the manuscript.	47
Coptic Scriptorium:
Date:	501 – 700

Text position:	p. 16 (P. Mich. Inv. 595 vo) ll. 2-10
Type of text:	Favour (magical, formulary)

Original title:
Original title (translated):
Conventional title:	Spell for favour

Language:	Egyptian (Coptic)
Dialect:	Sahidic (non-standard)
Script:	Coptic
Image:	http://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-2616/599r.tif & http://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-2616/599v.tif

Text:

Translation:

p. 16 (P. Mich. Inv. 595 vo)

→
2. [previous text] ⲗⲁⲣ̣ⲓⲱ̅ⲑ̅ ⲛⲉⲧϩⲉⲣⲙⲏⲛⲉⲩⲉ
3. ϩⲛ̅ ⲙⲡⲏⲩⲉ ⲉⲧⲧⲟⲩⲁⲃ ϩⲉⲣⲙⲏⲛⲉⲩⲉ ⲛ̅ⲏ̅ⲓ̈ ϩⲱⲱⲧ ⲙ̅ⲡⲟⲟ̅ⲩ̅
4. ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲡⲉ ⲛⲓⲙ ⲡϣⲓ ⲛ̅ⲛ̅ⲓⲙ̅ ⲣⲁ̅ⲏ̅ⲗ ⲏ̅ⲗ ⲉⲡⲉⲧⲁⲛⲁⲏ̅ⲗ̅ ⲕⲟⲩⲣⲓⲏⲗ ⧹
5. ⲇⲟⲩⲣⲓⲏⲗ ⲭⲟⲩⲣⲓⲏⲗ ⲙⲁ ⲛⲏⲓ̈ ⲛⲟⲩⲭⲁⲣⲓⲥ ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲡⲉ ⲛⲓⲙ
6. ⲡϣⲓ ⲛ̅ⲓ̅ⲙ̅ ⲥⲁⲃⲁⲱⲑ ⲁⲇⲱⲛⲁⲓ̈ ⲉⲗⲱⲉⲓ ⲁⲃⲣⲁⲥⲁⲁ
7. ⲁⲃⲣⲁⲛⲁ̅ⲑ︦ⲁ̅ⲛ̅ ⲁⲕⲣⲁⲙ̣ⲁⲣⲓ ⲍⲉⲍⲉⲛⲅⲏⲛ ⲃⲁⲣⲫⲁⲣⲁⲕ̣ⲏⲥ ⲛ . . ⲥⲛϥ
8. ⲁ̣ϥ̣ϣ[ . ] . [ . ] . . .
9. ⲛⲉⲧϩⲛ̅ ⲙⲡⲏⲩⲉ ⲙⲁⲣⲟⲩⲙⲟⲟϩⲉ ⲙⲡⲟⲟⲩ ⲛϭⲓ ⲣⲱⲙⲉ ⲛⲓⲙ ϩⲟⲟⲩⲧ ϩⲓ ⲥ-
10. [ϩⲓ]ⲙⲉ ⲛⲁ ⟦.⟧ ⲡ̣ⲉⲙϩⲓⲧ

Lariōth, they who interpret [3] in heaven that which (?) is holy, interpret for me, too, today! [4] I am NN, the son of NN; Raēl, Ēl, Epetanaēl, Kouriēl, [5] Douriēl, Khouriēl, give me favour! I am NN, [6] son of NN, Sabaoth, Adonai, Eloei, Abrasaa, [7] Abranathan, Akramari, Zezengēn Barpharakēs, … [8] … [9] those who are in heaven, may everyone walk today, man and [10] woman, those of the north…

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Apparatus:

2. ϩⲉⲣⲙⲏⲛⲉⲩⲉ i.e. Greek ἑρμηνεύειν
3. ⲉⲧⲧⲟⲩⲁⲃ i.e. Sahidic ⲉⲧ-ⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ | ϩⲉⲣⲙⲏⲛⲉⲩⲉ i.e. Greek ἑρμηνεύειν | ⲛ̅ⲏ̅ⲓ̈ i.e. Sahidic ⲛⲁ⸗ⲓ
5. ⲭⲁⲣⲓⲥ i.e. Greek χάρις
6. ⲁⲃⲣⲁⲥⲁⲁ ⲃ corrected from ⲣ by overwriting
7. ⲁⲃⲣⲁⲛⲁ̅ⲧ̅ⲛ̅ third ⲁ̅ corrected from ⲑ̣ by overwriting | ⲃⲁⲣⲫⲁⲣⲁⲕⲏⲥ first ⲣ corrected from ⲕ by overwriting | ⲛⲉⲱⲥⲛϥ ⲉⲱ corrected from two unclear letters by overwriting
10. ⟦.⟧ erased by washing | ⲡⲉⲙϩⲓⲧ ⲡ corrected from ⲱ by overwriting

Notes:

This is the only text for which there is no parallel in another manuscript from the archive. Perhaps it was copied from a manuscript that belonged to the archive but is now lost. Otherwise, it may have been found in another manuscript outside the archive, or else be an original composition by the scribe of this manuscript.

7. ⲍⲉⲍⲉⲛⲅⲏⲛ ⲃⲁⲣⲫⲁⲣⲁⲕ̣ⲏⲥ this seems to be a form of the vox magica Σεσεγγεν Βαρφαραγες, common in Greek, and found in other Coptic texts. The name is originally of Semitic origin, and associated with a divine hero who combated the child-killing demoness, but in Greek and Coptic magic it seems to have become a more generic name of power without this original association. For the name in Greek, see Brashear 1995, 3598-3599; for the history of the name see Schwartz 1996, and for other occurrences of the name in Coptic, see, e.g., Cairo JdE 45060 (KYP M303) ro l. 9 (ⲥⲉⲥⲁⲛ ‧ ⲕⲉⲃⲁⲣ ‧ ⲫⲁⲣⲁⲕ ‧); P. Macq. I 1 (KYP M167) p. 10 ll. 18-19 (ⲥⲏⲥⲏⲛⲅⲏⲛⲃⲁⲣⲫⲁⲣⲁⲛⲕⲏⲥ); P. Lond. Copt. 524 (KYP M359) ll. 129–130 (ⲥⲩⲥⲩⲛⲕⲩⲥⲕⲉ ⲃⲁⲣⲫⲁⲣⲁⲛⲕⲩⲥ).
8. ⲁ̣ϥ̣ϣ[ . ] . [ . ] . . . The scribe seems to have first left this section of the papyrus blank because of existing damage (cf. the text on the recto, l. 7 (T2805)), but later added some text. Unfortunately, what is there can not be read, and it is unclear whether it should be considered as an insertion in the text before ⲛⲉⲧϩⲛ̅ ⲙⲡⲏⲩⲉ on l. 8 or a paratextual note by the scribe.
10. The text breaks abruptly here and seems incomplete. There may have been more sheets belonging to this manuscript, which are now lost.

Bibliography:

Brashear, William M. “The Greek Magical Papyri: An Introduction and Survey: Annotated Bibliography (1928–1994).” Aufstieg und Niedergang der Römischen Welt II.18.5 (1995): 3380–3684.

Schwartz, Martin. ‘*Sasm, Sesen, St. Sisinnios, Sesengen Barpharangēs, and… ‘Semanglof’’, Bulletin of the Asia Institute 10 (1996): 253–257.

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KD, MPS, RBS (23/7/2026)

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