| Manuscript: | M166 |
| Sigla: | P. Heid. Inv. Kopt. 686 |
Text no. 
Position of the text within the manuscript. | 2 |
| 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- |
[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. |
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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 |
| Notes: | This text is numbered 250-251 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), 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) |