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KYPRIANOS T312

Manuscript: M166
Sigla:

PCM 1 26
PCM I 26
P. Heid. Inv. Kopt. 686
Text no. question mark icon Position of the text within the manuscript.10
Coptic Scriptorium:
Date: 951 – 1000

Text position:

p. 15, ll. 27-29 (250-251)
Type of text:

Exorcism (magical, formulary)

Original title:

ⲟⲩⲣⲱⲙⲓ: ⲣⲉ ⲟⲩⲧⲙⲱⲛⲓⲟⲛ: ϩⲓⲧ ⲙⲁⲃ:
Original title (translated):

A man tormented by a demon
Conventional title: Instructions for using the formula for a person afflicted by a demon (exorcism)

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. 15

27. ⲟⲩⲣⲱⲙⲓ : ⲣⲉⲟⲩⲧⲙⲱⲛⲓⲟⲛ: ϩⲓⲧ ⲙⲁⲃ : ⲧⲁⲟⲩⲁ ϯⲟⲩⲭⲏ ϩⲓϫⲓ-
28. ⲛ ⲟⲩⲁⲙ̇ⲡⲟⲩⲗⲗⲓ : ⲛⲁⲗⲙⲁⲩⲁⲣⲧ ⲡⲉϩⲧⲥ ϩⲓϫⲱⲃ : ϣⲁⲗⲟ
29. ⲑ̅ⲩ̅ ⲙⲁⲥϯⲭⲓ [following text]

[27] A man tormented by a demon. Pronounce the prayer over [28] a flask of rose-water. Pour it on him. He will be healed. Offering: [29] mastic.

Tableau:
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Apparatus:

27. ⲣⲉ- i.e. Sahidic ⲉⲣⲉ- | ⲧⲙⲱⲛⲓⲟⲛ i.e. Greek δαιμόνιον | ϩⲓⲧ ⲙⲁⲃ i.e. Sahidic ϩⲓⲧⲉ ⲙⲙⲟϥ | ⲟⲩⲭⲏ i.e. Greek εὐχή
27-28. ϩⲓϫⲓⲛ i.e. Sahidic ϩⲓϫⲛ̅
28. ⲁⲙ̇ⲡⲟⲩⲗⲗⲓ i.e. Greek ἀμπύλλη | ⲁⲗⲙⲁⲩⲁⲣⲧ i.e. Arabic الماء ورد al-maʿwarad | ϣⲁⲗⲟ i.e. Sahidic ϣⲁ⸗ϥ-ⲗⲟ | ⲑ̅ⲩ̅(ⲥⲓⲁ) i.e. Greek θυσία : “make an offering” Gardner
29. ⲙⲁⲥϯⲭⲓ i.e. Greek μαστίχη

Notes:

This text is numbered 250-251 in Kropp.
27. The first three recipes are not numbered in the manuscript, but Kropp numbers them ⲁ (1), ⲃ (2), and ⲅ (3) in his edition.

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), 128. 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 (23/6/2016) (29/1/2020); KD, EL (9/9/2021); team (20/12/2022)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP T312: Instructions for using the formula for a person afflicted by a demon (exorcism)," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/text/kyp-t-312. Accessed on 29/04/2025

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