KYP T-315

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KYPRIANOS T315

Manuscript:	M166
Sigla:	PCM 1 26 PCM I 26 P. Heid. Inv. Kopt. 686
Text no. Position of the text within the manuscript.	13
Coptic Scriptorium:
Date:	951 – 1000

Text position:	p. 16, ll. 1-2 (254)
Type of text:	Healing (magical, formulary)

Original title:	ⲇ̅ : ⲟⲩⲣⲱⲙⲉ ⲉⲃⲱ ⲛⲕⲏⲛ̇ⲕⲃ
Original title (translated):	4. A man who has elephantiasis (?)
Conventional title:	Instructions for someone who is sick (healing).

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 1. ⲇ̅ : ⲟⲩⲣⲱⲙⲉ ⲉⲃⲱ ⲛⲕⲏⲛ̇ⲕⲃ · ⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲡⲓⲥ̅ⲱ̅ϯ̅ⲟ̅ⲩ̅ⲱ̅ⲛ̅ ⲉⲛⲥⲛⲟⲃ ⸗ 2. ⲉⲛⲟⲩⲣⲓ · ⲙⲁⲣⲉⲃ ϫⲱϥ ⸗ ϣⲁⲩⲗⲟ ⲡ̇ⲟⲩⲱϣ ⲡⲛⲟⲩϯ · ⲙ̅ⲁ̅ⲥ̅ϯ̅ⲭ̅ⲓ	[1] 4. A man who has elephantiasis (?). Draw this image with ⟨the⟩ blood [2] of ⟨a⟩ vulture. Bind it to him. They will heal, God willing. ⟨Offering⟩: mastic.

Tableau:
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Apparatus:

1. ⲉⲃⲱ ⲛⲕⲏⲛ̇ⲕⲃ i.e. Sahidic ⲉ⸗ϥ-ⲟ ⲛ̅-ϭⲛ̅ϭⲉϩ : ⲉϥⲃⲱⲛⲕ ⲏ ⲛⲕⲃ<ⲱⲛⲕ> or ⲉϥ-ⲱ-ⲛ̅ⲕⲏⲛⲕⲃ ? translate “A man who is …”, perhaps “angry” (“Ein Mann der ist…”, “zürnen”) Kropp, Meyer/Smith : “someone who spasms” Gardner | ⲥ̅ⲱ̅ϯ̅ⲟ̅ⲩ̅ⲛ̅ i.e. Greek ζῴδιον
2. ⲙⲁⲣⲉⲃ i.e. ⲙⲟⲣ⸗ϥ̅ | ⲡⲟⲩⲱϣ ⲡⲛⲟⲩϯ i.e. Sahidic ϩⲙ̅ ⲡ-ⲟⲩⲱϣ ⲙ̅-ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ | ⲙⲁⲥϯⲭⲓ i.e. Greek μαστίχη

Notes:

This text is numbered 254 in Kropp.
1. ⲛⲕⲏⲛ̇ⲕⲃ Here we tentatively propose to read a variant writing of ϭⲛ̅ϭⲉϩ; the alteration of kappa to kjima would not be unexpected, although the shift from hori to beta would be less common; perhaps cf. ⲙⲟϫϩ/ⲙⲟϫϥ (“girdle”; Crum 213b), although there is also an intermediate form ⲙⲟϫϩϥ.

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); edits by KD (23/2/2020); team (20/12/2022)

How to cite:

Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP T315: Instructions for someone who is sick (healing).," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/text/kyp-t-315. Accessed on 21/11/2025

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