| Manuscript: | M71 |
| Sigla: | P. Mich. Inv. 1523 |
Text no. 
Position of the text within the manuscript. | 1 |
| Coptic Scriptorium: | http://data.copticscriptorium.org/texts/magicalpapyri/applied-curse-with-judicial-features-for-theodora-against-pjor-and-his-wife/ |
| Date: | 301 – 500 |
| Text position: | Ro ll. 1-18 |
| Type of text: | Curse (magical, applied, prayer for justice) |
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| Original title (translated): | |
| Conventional title: | Applied curse with judicial genre features for Theodora against Pjor and his wife |
| Language: | Egyptian (Coptic) |
| Dialect: | Lycopolitan/Sahidic features |
| Script: | Coptic |
| Image: | http://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-1459/1523r.tif |
| Text: | Translation: |
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[1] I entreat, I invoke, I beseech you, holy martyrs, [2] I, Theōdora, the abused woman, [3] I am making this petition concerning Pčor and his wife, [4] prostrating myself before your goodness, so that [5] may you avenge me against Pčor and his wife, [6] and strike them and scatter them [7] so that the curse, so that the worm and the annihilation [8] will befall them, and so that the wrath of God will befall Pčor [9] and his wife and everything that belongs to him, [10] and so that a great suffering and a great outcry [11] will be upon his house and his wife, [12] like a blow of your hand upon [them], and so that the strong hand [13] and the outstretched arm shall come upon them at once, [14] he and his wife! O holy martyrs, [15] may you (pl.) hasten and enact justice for me with them, [16] [so that they shall] see your powers and your wonders, [17] [O] holy martyrs, you shall pass a judgement for me [18] [against them] so that their property is taken away! |
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| Apparatus: | 1. ⲡⲁⲣⲁⲕⲁⲗⲉⲓ i.e. Greek παρακαλεῖν | ⲙⲁⲣⲧⲩⲣⲟⲥ corrected from ⲙ̣ⲁ̣ⲙ̣ⲣⲧⲩⲣⲟⲥ i.e. Greek μάρτυρος |
| Notes: | 12-13. [ⲧ]ⲉ̣ⲧϭ̣ⲓϫ ⲉⲧϫⲟⲟⲣ ⲙ̣ⲛ̅ ⲡ̣ϭ̣ⲃ̣ⲁ̣ⲓ̣ ⲉⲧ̣ϫⲁⲥⲉ cf. Deuteronomy 4.34 |
| Bibliography: | ★ Worrell, William H. “Coptic Magical and Medical Texts.” Orientalia, NOVA SERIES no. 4 (1935): 3-4, no. 1. |
| Editor: | EL’s edition based on Worrell’s transcription and Schenke’s recent re-edition (14/9/2018) (29/8/2019); Team (10/3/2021); KD (5/9/2024) |