Manuscript: | M249 |
Sigla: | Vienna, Nationalbibliothek K 07092 Pap |
Text no. ![]() | 1 |
Coptic Scriptorium: | |
Date: | 901 – 1100 |
Text position: | Ro ll. 1-14-Vo ll. 1-2 |
Type of text: | Healing/protection (magical, applied) |
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Conventional title: | Applied amulet for healing/protection of Solimon, son of Mariham |
Language: | Egyptian (Coptic) |
Dialect: | Sahidic (non-standard) |
Script: | Coptic |
Image: | http://data.onb.ac.at/rep/102237FB |
Text: | Translation: |
Recto 1. ⲱ̅ ⲙ̅ⲓ̅ⲭ̅ⲁ̅ⲏ̅ⲗ̅ {ⲕ̅ⲁ̅} ⲅⲁϥⲣⲓⲏⲗ Verso 1. ⲃⲟⲗ ⲉⲛⲙⲟϥ ⲁ̣ⲓ̣̈ⲟ̣ ⲁ̣ⲓ̣̈ⲟ̣ ⲁ̣ⲓ̣̈ⲟ̣ |
[1] O Michael, Ka, Gabriel, [2] Ariēl, Raphaēl, Souriēl, [3] Rakouēl, Sehekiēl, [4] Anaēl, Alpha, Leon, [5] Anēr, Phōnē, I invoke [6] you (pl.) today by [7] your (pl.) names and your (pl.) powers [8] and your (pl.) amulets [9] ⟨of⟩ salvation, Jesus Christ, [10] to you (pl.) (?) so that as soon [11] as I shall bind these (?) [12] upon Sōliman, the son of [13] Mariham, I shall carry away every wind [14] and every pain away [Verso 1] from him, yea, yea, yea, [2] through ⟨the⟩ power ⟨of⟩ Jesus Christ! |
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Apparatus: | Recto 1. ⲱ̅ : ⲡ̣ Stegemann | ⲕ̅ⲁ̅ understand as miswriting of ⲅⲁⲃⲣⲓⲏⲗ or as numeral 21 ? : i.e. Greek καί (?) Stegemann | ⲅⲁϥⲣⲓⲏⲗ : ⲅⲁ̅ϥ̅ⲣ̅ⲓ̅ⲏ̅ⲗ Stegemann, Till Verso 1. ⲉⲛⲙⲟϥ i.e. Sahidic ⲙ̅ⲙⲟ⸗ϥ |
Notes: | 9. ⲓ̅ⲥ̅ ⲡⲉⲭ̅ⲓ̅ⲥ̅ The syntax here is difficult to make sense of; we suggest miscopying. |
Bibliography: | ★ Stegemann, Viktor. Die koptischen Zaubertexte der Sammlung Papyrus Erzherzog Rainer in Wien. Sitzungsberichte der Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische Klasse, 1933-34 no. 1. Heidelberg: Carl Winters Universitätsbuchhandlung, 1934, p. 18; 35-37, no. 18. |
Editor: | EL’s edition from photograph of the original, incorporating Stegemann (1934: p. 35-36) and Till (1935: p. 209) (4/1/2019) (27/5/2020), with suggestions by KD (27/5/2020); minor edits KD (8/7/2020); edits by MPS (8/9/2020); checked KD and MPS (18/9/2020); format checked KD (1/10/2020) |