KYP T-311

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KYPRIANOS T311

Manuscript:	M166
Sigla:	PCM 1 26 PCM I 26 P. Heid. Inv. Kopt. 686
Text no. Position of the text within the manuscript.	15
Coptic Scriptorium:
Date:	951 – 1000

Text position:	p. 16, ll. 6-8 (257)
Type of text:	Healing from magic, virility (magical, formulary)

Original title:	ⲋ̅ ⸗ ⲟⲩⲣⲱⲙⲉ̇ ⲛⲧⲁⲩⲙⲁⲣⲉⲃ ⲛ̇ⲉϣⲧⲉϫⲓ ⲧⲉϥⲥⲓⲙⲓ
Original title (translated):	6. A man who has been bound, unable to join with his wife
Conventional title:	Instructions for someone who has been cursed so as to be unable to have sex with his wife

Language:	Egyptian (Coptic)
Dialect:	Sahidic with Middle Egyptian features
Script:	Coptic
Image:	https://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/p_kopt_686/0001/thumbs

Text:	Translation:
p. 16 6. ⲋ̅ ⸗ ⲟⲩⲣⲱⲙⲉ̇ ⲛⲧⲁⲩⲙⲁⲣⲉⲃ ⲛ̇ⲉϣⲧⲉϫⲓ ⲧⲉϥⲥⲓⲙⲓ : ⲧⲁⲟⲩ- 7. ⲁ ϯⲟⲩⲭⲏ ϫⲉ ⲁⲣⲭⲏ̇ ⲛ̅ⲉ̅ϩ̅ : ⲟⲩϭⲁⲗⲉϩⲧ ⲉⲙⲁⲩ : ⲡⲉϩⲧⲥ 8. ϫⲱϥ ϣⲁⲃⲱⲗ ⲉⲃⲁⲗ : ⲕⲁⲗⲟⲥ ⲑ̅ⲩ̅ ⲕⲟⲩϣ ϩⲓ ⲥⲧ̅ⲏ̅ⲣ̅	p. 16 [6] 6. A man who has been bound, unable to join with his wife. Pronounce [7] the prayer over oil of the first fruits. A pot of water, pour it [8] upon him. He will be completely released. Offering: costus and storax.

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Apparatus:

6. ⲟⲩⲣⲱⲙⲉ̇ : ⲟⲩⲣⲱⲙ Kropp | ⲛ̇ⲉϣⲧⲉϫⲓ i.e. Sahidic ⲉ-ⲙⲉ⸗ϥ-ϣ̅-ⲧⲱⲱϭⲉ ⲉ- or ⲛ-ϥ̅-ϣ̅ ⲧⲱⲱϭⲉ ⲁⲛ ⲉ ? : i.e. Sahidic ⲛⲛⲉ⸗ϥ-ϣ̅ⲧⲉϫⲓ Kropp
7. ⲟⲩⲭⲏ i.e. Greek εὐχή | ϫⲉ i.e. Sahidic ⲉϫⲛ̅ | ⲁⲣⲭⲏ i.e. Greek ἀρχή | ⲛ̅ⲉ̅ϩ̅ i.e. Sahidic ⲛ̅-ⲛⲉϩ | ⲉⲙⲁⲩ i.e. Sahidic ⲙ̅-ⲙⲟⲟⲩ | ⲁⲣⲭⲏ̇ ⲛ̅ⲉ̅ϩ̅ ⲟⲩϭⲁⲗⲉϩⲧ ⲉⲙⲁⲩ : ⲟⲩ-ϭⲁⲗⲁϩⲧ ⲙ̅-ⲙⲁⲩ : translate “Recite this prayer over newly-pressed oil in a water pot” Gardner
8. ⲕⲁⲗⲟⲥ i.e. Greek καλῶς | ϣⲁⲃⲱⲗ i.e. Sahidic ϣⲁ⸗ϥ-ⲃⲱⲗ | ⲑ̅ⲩ̅(ⲥⲓⲁ) i.e. Greek θυσία | ⲕⲟⲩϣ i.e. Sahidic ⲕⲟⲩϣⲧ : translate “koush” Kropp, Meyer/Smith | ⲥⲧ̅ⲏ̅ⲣ̅ i.e. Greek στύραξ

Notes:

This text is numbered 256 in Kropp.

Bibliography:

Dosoo, Korshi, Edward O.D. Love, and Markéta Preininger. “The Coptic Magical Papyri Project: Progress Report.” Journal of Coptic Studies 24 (2022): 43–100.

Gardner, Iain. “An Archive of Coptic Handbooks and Exemplars for the Making of Amulets and the Enacting of Ritual Power from the Tenth Century (P. Heid. Inv. Kopt. 680–683 and 685–686)”, in Drawing Spirit: The Role of Images and Design in the Magical Practice of Late Antiquity, edited by Jay Johnston and Iain Gardner (Berlin: De Gruyter, 2022), 129.

Kropp, Angelicus. Der Lobpreis des Erzengels Michael (vormals P. Heidelberg Inv. Nr. 1686). Brussels : Fondation égyptologique reine Elisabeth, 1966.

Meyer, Marvin W., and Richard Smith. Ancient Christian Magic: Coptic Texts of Ritual Power. Princeton (New Jersey): Princeton University Press, 1999, p. 326-341, no. 135.

Editor:

EL’s edition from the original (23/6/16; 30/1/20); team (20/12/2022)

How to cite:

Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP T311: Instructions for someone who has been cursed so as to be unable to have sex with his wife," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/text/kyp-t-311. Accessed on 08/11/2025

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