KYP T-316

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KYPRIANOS T316

Manuscript:	M166
Sigla:	PCM 1 26 PCM I 26 P. Heid. Inv. Kopt. 686
Text no. Position of the text within the manuscript.	16
Coptic Scriptorium:
Date:	951 – 1000

Text position:	p. 16, ll. 9-15, 12 (257)
Type of text:	Healing from magic (magical, formulary)

Original title:	ⲍ̅ : ⲟⲩⲣⲱⲙⲉ : ⲛⲧⲁⲩϯ ⲟⲩⲁⲡⲁⲧ ⲛⲉⲃ
Original title (translated):	7. A man who has been given a cup
Conventional title:	Instructions for someone who has been given a cup (potion)

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

9. ⲍ̅ : ⲟⲩⲣⲱⲙⲉ : ⲛⲧⲁⲩϯ ⲟⲩⲁⲡⲁⲧ ⲛⲉⲃ ⲧⲁⲟⲩⲁ ϯⲟⲩⲭⲏ : ⲛ:ⲅ̅
10. ⲉⲥⲟⲡ ϩⲓϫⲉⲛ ⲟⲩⲁⲙⲡⲟⲩⲗⲗⲓ ⲛⲁⲃⲓ:ϭⲏⲏⲛⲓ ⲉⲥⲙⲉϩ : ⲛⲁ-
11. ⲗⲙⲁⲟⲩⲁⲣⲧ Ϩ̇ⲓ ⲙⲁⲩ ⲛ̇ⲗⲁⲡⲯⲁⲛ ⲧⲥⲁⲃ ⲛⲉⲥϯⲕⲟⲥ ⸗
12. ϣⲁⲃϩⲏⲛⲉ ⸗ ⲑ̅ⲩ̅ ⸗ ⲕ̅ⲟ̅ⲩ̅ϣ̅ ⸗ ⲛⲁⲗⲏⲩ ⸗

[9] 7. A man who has been given a cup. Pronounce the prayer three [10] times over a glass flask filled with [11] rose-water and charlock-water. Have him drink while fasting. [12] It will remove ⟨itself⟩. Offering: white costus.

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Apparatus:

9. ⲟⲩⲭⲏ i.e. Greek εὐχή
10. ⲉⲥⲟⲡ i.e. Sahidic ⲛ̅-ⲥⲟⲡ | ⲁⲙⲡⲟⲩⲗⲗⲓ i.e. Greek ἀμπύλλη | ⲁⲃⲓ:ϭⲏⲏⲛⲓ i.e. Sahidic ⲁⲃⲁϭⲏⲉⲓⲛ
10-11. ⲁⲗⲙⲁⲟⲩⲁⲣⲧ i.e. Arabic الماء ورد al-maʿwarad
11. ⲗⲁⲡⲯⲁⲛ i.e. Greek λαψάνη | ⲛⲉⲥϯⲕⲟⲥ i.e. Greek νηστικῶς see LBG s.v. : i.e. Sahidic ⲥϯ-ⲕⲱⲱⲥ translate “funerary incense” (“Toteninzenz”) Kropp, Meyer/Smith
12. ϣⲁⲃϩⲏⲛⲉ i.e. Sahidic ϣⲁ⸗ϥ-ϩⲉⲛ⸗ϥ̅ (<ϩⲓⲛⲉ) ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ? : ϣⲟⲩϩⲏⲛⲉ Kropp : translate “he shall retch (?)” Gardner | ⲑ̅ⲩ̅ l. ⲑⲩ(ⲥⲓⲁ) i.e. Greek θυσία | ⲕ̅ⲟ̅ⲩ̅ϣ̅ i.e. Sahidic ⲕⲟⲩϣⲧ : i.e. Greek κόστος Kropp, “koush” Meyer/Smith

Notes:

This text is numbered 257 in Kropp.
16. ⲟⲩⲁⲡⲁⲧ “Cup” here likely refers specifically to a “magical potion” made and administered in a cup; cf. e.g., Cairo JdE 42573 (KYP M44; T1672), in which drinking from a cup causes hatred between a couple.

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), 129.

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), with corrections to the translation by KD (8/6/2020); team (20/12/2022)

How to cite:

Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP T316: Instructions for someone who has been given a cup (potion)," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/text/kyp-t-316. Accessed on 21/11/2025

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