KYPRIANOS DATABASE OF ANCIENT RITUAL TEXTS search icon
MANUSCRIPTS
TEXTS
ARCHIVES
HELP


KYPRIANOS T299

Manuscript: M9
Sigla:

P. Mich. Inv. 593
Text no. question mark icon Position of the text within the manuscript.2
Coptic Scriptorium:
Date: 401 – 700

Text position:

p. 5 l. 19-p. 6 l. 2
Type of text:

Healing from bite (magical, formulary)

Original title:

[ⲉⲧ]ⲃ̣ⲉ ⲡⲗⲱⲕⲥ̅ ⲛ̅ⲟⲩϫⲁⲧ̣[ⲃⲉ
Original title (translated):

For the bite of a venomous creature
Conventional title: For the bite of a venomous creature

Language:

Egyptian (Coptic)
Dialect:

Sahidic (non-standard)
Script:

Coptic
Image: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/i/image/image-idx?id=S-APIS-X-2601%5D593_1R.TIF

Text: Translation:

p. 5 (→)

19. [preceding text] [ⲉⲧ]ⲃ̣ⲉ ⲡⲗⲱⲕⲥ̅

p. 6 (↓)

1. ⲛ̅ⲟⲩϫⲁⲧ̣[ⲃⲉ ⲧⲁ]ⲩⲟⲥ ⲉϫⲛ︦ ⲟⲩⲙⲟⲟⲩ
2. ⲛ̅ⲅ̅ⲧⲥⲟϥ · [following text]

[p. 5, 19] For the bite [p. 6, 1] of a venomous creature. Recite it over some water [2] and give it to drink.

Tableau:
Tracing by:

Apparatus:

1. Cf P. Mich. inv. 599 ro l. 24 ⲛⲟⲩϫⲁⲧⲃⲉ ⲧⲁⲩⲟⲥ and P. Mich. inv. 594 ro l. 1 ⲛⲟⲩ̈ϫⲁⲧⲃⲉϥ ⲧⲁⲩⲟⲥ (KYP M15; KYP T1696)

Notes:

Parallel text: P. Mich. Inv. 599 vo l. 24, P. Mich. inv. 594 ro ll. 1-2 (KYP M15; KYP T1696)

6.1 ϫⲁⲧ̣[ⲃⲉ For the word referring to venomous creatures in general (including snakes and scorpions) rather than only reptiles, cf. Aufrère 2013-2014. See also P. Mich. inv. 593, p. 5 l. 14 (KYP M9; KYP T236); P. Mich. Inv. 599 vo l. 21 (KYP M15, T673).

Bibliography:

Aufrère, Sydney H. “Chasser, conjurer les ‘animaux venimeux’ (ḏdf.t) et s’en protéger d’après le Papyrus Brooklyn 47.218.138. Notes de lecture.” Journal of the Society of the Study of Egyptian Antiquities 40 (2013-2014): 24-27.

Meyer, Marvin W., and Richard Smith. Ancient Christian Magic: Coptic Texts of Ritual Power. Princeton (New Jersey): Princeton University Press, 1999, p. 304–310, no. 133.

Mirecki, Paul. “The Coptic Wizard’s Hoard.” The Harvard Theological Review vol. 87 no. 4 (1994): 435–460.

Worrell, W. H. “A Coptic Wizard’s Hoard.” The American Journal of Semitic Languages and Literatures 46 no. 4 (1930): 239–262.

Editor:

EL’s transcript from Worrell (29/1/20); preliminary translation by KD (31/1/2020); KD, MPS, RBS (23/7/2026)

How to cite:
[Editor names]. "KYP T299: For the bite of a venomous creature," 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-299. Accessed on 11/10/2026
For the "editor names", see the abbreviated names in the field "Editor", and to resolve the abbreviations, see the help page.

Found a mistake? Let us know!