| Manuscript: | M44 |
| Sigla: | Cairo JdE 42573 |
Text no. 
Position of the text within the manuscript. | 6 |
| Coptic Scriptorium: | |
| Date: | 901 – 1100 |
| Text position: | p. 1, ll. 21-23 |
| Type of text: | Curse to destroy equipment (water-wheel) (magical, formulary) |
| Original title: | ⲟⲩⲧⲁⲕⲟ ϣⲁⲗⲟⲟⲩ |
| Original title (translated): | A destruction ⟨of a⟩ water-wheel |
| Conventional title: | Destruction of a water-wheel |
| Language: | Egyptian (Coptic) |
| Dialect: | Sahidic |
| Script: | Coptic |
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| Text: | Translation: |
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[21] Destruction ⟨of a⟩ water-wheel: Sixty ⟨measures⟩ (?) of acacia juice (?) and snake-water. [22] Pour them on the supports (?). Certainly, it will not [23] give water. |
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| Apparatus: | 21. ⲝ̅ number or l. ⲝ(ⲉⲥⲧⲏⲥ) i.e. Greek ξέστης ? | ⲕⲁⲕⲓⲥ i.e. Greek ἀκακία : i.e. Greek κάκεις Chassinat |
| Notes: | 21-22. ⲙⲟⲟ[ⲩ] [±4] ⲛⲥⲓⲧ “Snake-water”, perhaps understand venom? |
| Bibliography: | Chassinat, Émile. Le manuscrit magique copte no. 42573 du Musée égyptien du Caire. Bibliothèque d’études coptes. Vol. 4. Cairo: L’Institut français d’Archéologie Orientale, 1955, p. 42-44. |
| Editor: | From Chassinat, entered by KD (22/1/2020), checked with photograph of the original and given apparatus by EL (16/3/2020); team (15/3/2021) |