KYP T-344

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KYPRIANOS T344

Manuscript:	M135
Sigla:	Crum ST 18 O. Crum ST 18 National Museum of Scotland A.1956.318 Edinburgh, Museum of Antiquities 914
Text no. Position of the text within the manuscript.	1
Coptic Scriptorium:	http://data.copticscriptorium.org/texts/magicalpapyri/amulet-by-frange-for-the-protection-of-the-monasterys-monks-and-animals/
Date:	701 – 750

Text position:	Ro ll. 1-12 – Vo ll. 1-11
Type of text:	Protection (magical, applied)

Original title:
Original title (translated):
Conventional title:	Amulet to protect place and animals

Language:	Egyptian (Coptic)
Dialect:	Sahidic
Script:	Coptic
Image:	https://www.nms.ac.uk/explore-our-collections/collection-search-results/?item_id=304765

Text:

Translation:

Front

1. ⲓ̅ⲥ̅ ⲡⲉⲭ̅ⲥ̅
2. ⲡϣⲏⲣⲉ ⲙ̅-
3. ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲉⲧⲟⲛ̅ϩ
4. ⲉⲕⲉϩⲁⲣⲉϩ · ⲉⲛ-
5. ⲣⲱⲙⲉ ⲛ̅ⲧⲉϩⲩⲛⲉⲧⲉ
6. ⲙⲛ̅ ⲛ̅ⲧⲃⲛⲟⲟⲩⲉ
7. ⲛ̅ⲅ̅ⲥⲙⲟⲩ ⲉⲣⲟⲟⲩ ϩ̅ⲙ̅
8. ⲡⲉⲥⲙⲟⲩ ⲛ̅ⲁⲃⲣⲁϩⲁⲙ
9. ⲙ̅ⲛ̅ ⲓ̈ⲥⲁⲁⲕ ⲙⲛ̅
10. ⲓ̈⁞ⲕⲱ⁞ⲃ⁞ ϥⲣⲁⲛⲅⲉ
11. ⲉϥⲥϩⲁⲓ̈ ⲛ̅ⲧⲉϥ-
12. ϭⲓϫ

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1. +̣ ⲓ̅ⲥ̅ ⲡⲉⲭ̅ⲥ̅
2. ⲡϣⲏⲣⲉ ⲙ̅-
3. ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ‧ ⲉⲧⲟⲛ̅ϩ̅
4. ⲉⲕⲛⲁⲥⲙⲟⲩ
5. ⲉⲧⲉϩⲉⲛⲉⲧⲉ
6. ϩ̅ⲛ̅ ⲥⲙⲟⲩ ⲛⲓⲙ ⲉϥ-
7. ⲥⲏϩ ‧ ϩ̅ⲛ̅ ⲧⲉⲅⲣⲁ-
8. ⲫⲏ ‧ ⲛⲁ̇ ⲛⲁⲛ
9. ⲛ̅ⲅⲁⲡⲏ ‧
10. ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ : ⲓ̅ⲥ̅ ⲡⲉⲭ̅ⲥ̅ ⁝
11. ⲭⲙⲅ + ϥⲑ

Front

[1] Jesus Christ [2] the Son of [3] the Living God, [4] may you watch over the [5] men of the monastery [6] and the animals, [7] and may you bless them with [8] the blessing of Abraham [9] and Isaac and [10] Jacob! Frange [11] writes with his [11] ⟨own⟩ hand.

Back

[1] + Jesus Christ [2] the Son of [3] the Living God. [4] May you bless [5] the monastery [6] with every blessing that is [7] written in the Scripture! [8] Have mercy on us in [9] love, [10] O Lord, Jesus Christ! [11] ⲭⲙⲅ + Amen

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Apparatus:

Front

1. ⲭ̅ⲥ̅ l. ⲭ̅(ⲣⲓⲥⲧⲟ)ⲥ̅ i.e. Greek χριστός
5. ϩⲩⲛⲉⲧⲉ i.e. Sahidic ϩⲉⲛⲉⲉⲧⲉ
10. ⲓ̈⁞ⲕⲱ⁞ⲃ⁞ : ⲓ̈⁞ϗⲱ⁞ⲃ⁞ pap.

Back

1. ⲭ̅ⲥ̅ l. ⲭ̅(ⲣⲓⲥⲧⲟ)ⲥ̅ i.e. Greek χριστός
7-8. ⲅⲣⲧⲁⲫⲏ i.e. Greek γραφή
9. ⲅⲁⲡⲏ i.e. Greek ἀγάπη
10. ⲭ̅ⲥ̅ l. ⲭ̅(ⲣⲓⲥⲧⲟ)ⲥ̅ i.e. Greek χριστός
11. ϥⲑ isopephistic value of 99 = ⲁⲙⲏⲛ i.e. Greek ἀμήν

Notes:

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8. ⲛⲁ̇ : ⲛⲁ̂ Crum
10. ⲓ̅ⲥ̅ ⲡⲉⲭ̅ⲥ̅ ⁝ The text is heavily decorated with dots and strokes.
11. ⲭⲙⲅ + ϥⲑ The text is surrounded by a waved line. ⲭⲙⲅ is a scribal mark which should be understood either as an isopsephism for 643 = θεὸς βοηθός (“God is help”), or as an abbreviation of Χριστὸν Μαρία Γεννᾷ (“Mary bore Christ”), see Lincoln Blumell, “Lettered Christians. Christians, Letters, and Late Antique Oxyrhynchus”, Leiden: Brill, 2012, p. 47-48.

Bibliography:

Boud’ hors, Anne & Chantal Heurtel. Les Ostraca Coptes de la TT 29 autour du moine Frangé (2 vols). Vol. 1. Brussels: CReA- Patrimoine, 2010, p. 158.

Crum, Walter E. Short Texts from Coptic Ostraca and Papyri . Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1921, p. 6, no. 18.

Editor:

Edition from Crum’s transcript, translated by Korshi Dosoo (18/10/2018), apparatus and notes by EL (14/4/2020); team rechecked based on high quality photos, incorporating notes from KD’s autopsy (9/12/2020)

How to cite:

Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP T344: Amulet to protect place and animals," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/text/kyp-t-344. Accessed on 27/04/2024

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