| Manuscript: | M456 |
| Sigla: | Asyut Tomb III S05/46 (Magical Bone) |
Text no. 
Position of the text within the manuscript. | 1 |
| Coptic Scriptorium: | |
| Date: | 601 – 1000 |
| Text position: | Convex side ll.1-47 |
| Type of text: | Curse (applied, magical) |
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| Original title (translated): | |
| Conventional title: | Curse |
| Language: | Egyptian (Coptic) |
| Dialect: | Sahidic (non-standard) |
| Script: | Coptic |
| Image: |
| Text: | Translation: |
| Convex 1. ⲕ̅ⲟ̣̅[ⲩⲭ]ⲟ̣̅ⲥ̣̅ |
[1] Koukhos [2] Trrph[…] [3] Komphph[…] [4] Psophom[..] [5] and Plemos, [6] Mēoliat: [7] Truly (?), these are [8] the six powers [9] of Death, [10] they who bring [11] every sickness [12-13] upon every man, they … [14] … soul … [15] … from [16] [every ?] body … [17] … [18] … [19] … [20] … [21] … [22] … [23] … [24] I adjure you, O [25] … [26] … [27] them and [28] the changing face [29] that you saw [30] and the [31] river of fire [32] that you saw, [33] casting [34] wave upon wave! [35] I adjure [36] you, O dead one [37] by this bone (?) [38] that I will place [39] under your back [40] that just as you [41] have suffered, you will bring [42] your suffering [43] upon … [44] today (?) … [45] … [46] … [47] quickly! |
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| Apparatus: | 1. ⲕ̅ⲟ̣̅[ⲩⲭ]ⲟ̣ⲥ̣ : ⲓϩ i.e Bohairic ⲓϧ Kahl |
| Notes: |
| Bibliography: | Kahl, Jochem. “Magical Bone.” In Asyut, Tomb III: Objects, edited by Jochem Kahl et al. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2016, p. 332-337. |
| Editor: | KD (17/5/2019; 11/10/2019) based upon Kahl’s edition with corrections from the images in this edition; team (11/11/2020) |