| Manuscript: | M44 |
| Sigla: | Cairo JdE 42573 |
Text no. 
Position of the text within the manuscript. | 11 |
| Coptic Scriptorium: | |
| Date: | 901 – 1100 |
| Text position: | p. 2, ll. 17-19 |
| Type of text: | Curse (magical, formulary) |
| Original title: | ⲟⲩⲣⲱⲙⲉ ⲉⲧⲁϥ ⲉⲡⲙⲟⲩ |
| Original title (translated): | A man, to put him to death (?) |
| Conventional title: | To kill a man (?) |
| Language: | Egyptian (Coptic) |
| Dialect: | Sahidic |
| Script: | Coptic |
| Image: |
| Text: | Translation: |
| p. 2 |
[17] A man, to put him to death (?). At three ⟨times⟩ daily. [18] Borax and bitumen, sweat of ⟨a⟩ black donkey. [19] Anoint his head. |
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| Apparatus: | 17. ⲉⲧⲁϥ i.e. Sahidic ⲉ-ⲧⲁⲁ⸗ϥ |
| Notes: | 17. ⲉⲅ̅ ⲙⲙⲏⲛⲉ̣ l. ⲅ̅ ⲙⲙⲓⲛⲉ “three kinds” i.e. “of borax” (Drescher) |
| 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. 57-74. |
| Editor: | From Chassinat, entered by KD (22/1/2020), checked with photograph of the original and given apparatus by EL (17/3/2020); Team (14/4/2021; 16/4/2021) |
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