KYP T-314

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KYPRIANOS T314

Manuscript:	M166
Sigla:	PCM 1 26 PCM I 26 P. Heid. Inv. Kopt. 686
Text no. Position of the text within the manuscript.	12
Coptic Scriptorium:
Date:	951 – 1000

Text position:	p. 15, ll. 32-33 (253)
Type of text:	Favour (magical, formulary)

Original title:	ⲟⲩⲭⲁⲣⲓⲥ
Original title (translated):	Favour
Conventional title:	Instructions for favour

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 32. ⲟⲩⲭⲁⲣⲓⲥ ⸗ ⲥϩⲁⲓ : ⲡⲓⲥ̅ⲱ̅ϯ̅ⲟ̅ⲩ̅ⲛ̅ : ⲛⲥⲛⲟⲃ : ϭⲉⲣⲁⲙⲡⲉ : ⲛⲁⲣⲉⲩ ⸗ 33. ⲙⲁ̅ⲣ̅ⲉ̅ⲃ̅ ⸗ ⲉϫⲱⲕ : ⲑ̅ⲩ̅ : ⲙ̅ⲟ̅ⲩ̅ⲥ̅ⲭ̅ⲁ̅ⲧ̅ⲉ̅ⲛ̅ ⸗	[32] Favour. Draw this image with ⟨the⟩ blood ⟨of a⟩ white dove. [33] Bind it upon yourself. Offering: musk.

Tableau:
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Apparatus:

32. ⲭⲁⲣⲓⲥ i.e. Greek χάρις | ⲥ̅ⲱ̅ϯ̅ⲟ̅ⲩ̅ⲛ̅ i.e. Greek ζῴδιον | ⲁⲣⲉⲩ i.e. Sahidic ⲁⲗⲁⲩ
33. ⲙⲁ̅ⲣ̅ⲉ̅ⲃ̅ i.e. Sahidic ⲙⲟⲣ⸗ϥ̅ | ⲑ̅ⲩ̅(ⲥⲓⲁ) i.e. Greek θυσία | ⲙ̅ⲟ̅ⲩ̅ⲥ̅ⲭ̅ⲁ̅ⲧ̅ⲉ̅ⲛ̅ i.e. Greek μοσχάτον : translate “Muscat wine” (Muskatwein) Kropp : “muscatel” Meyer/Smith translate “mastic” Gardner

Notes:

This text is numbered 253 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
33. For ⲙ̅ⲟ̅ⲩ̅ⲥ̅ⲭ̅ⲁ̅ⲧ̅ⲉ̅ⲛ̅ cf. P. Heid. Inv. Kopt. 681, l. 13-14 (KYP M 293).

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 (23/6/16; 30/1/20); team (20/12/2022)

How to cite:

Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP T314: Instructions for favour," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/text/kyp-t-314. Accessed on 21/11/2025

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