| Manuscript: | M166 |
| Sigla: | P. Heid. Inv. Kopt. 686 |
Text no. 
Position of the text within the manuscript. | 4 |
| 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 ⸗ |
[32] Favour. Draw this image with ⟨the⟩ blood ⟨of a⟩ white dove. [33] Bind it upon yourself. Offering: musk. |
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| Apparatus: | 32. ⲭⲁⲣⲓⲥ i.e. Greek χάρις | ⲥ̅ⲱ̅ϯ̅ⲟ̅ⲩ̅ⲛ̅ i.e. Greek ζῴδιον | ⲁⲣⲉⲩ i.e. Sahidic ⲁⲗⲁⲩ |
| Notes: | This text is numbered 253 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 (23/6/16; 30/1/20); team (20/12/2022) |