KYP T-659

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KYPRIANOS T659

Manuscript:	M574
Sigla:	PCM 1 19 PCM I 19 P. Rosicrucian Mag. Copt. RC-2643
Text no. Position of the text within the manuscript.	1
Coptic Scriptorium:
Date:	751 – 950

Text position:	Ro ll. 1-5
Type of text:	Virginity (magical, formulary?)

Original title:
Original title (translated):
Conventional title:	Invocation to protect virginity in marriage

Language:	Egyptian (Coptic)
Dialect:	Sahidic (non-standard)
Script:	Coptic
Image:	https://s3.amazonaws.com/pastperfectonline/images/museum_698/001/rc2643-2.jpg

Text:	Translation:
→ 1. ⲧⲓⲱⲣⲉⲕ ⲉⲣⲱⲧⲉⲛ ⲛⲡⲱⲟⲩ ϫⲉ ⲛⲑⲉ ⲛⲧⲁⲣϩⲁⲣⲉϩ 2. ⲉⲧⲟⲩⲡⲁⲣⲑⲉⲛⲓⲁ ⲙⲉⲛ ⲡⲟⲩⲧⲉⲃⲱ ⲙⲉⲛ ⲡⲟⲩⲕⲁⲙⲟⲥ 3. ⲉⲣⲉⲇͅⲇͅ ⲛⲁϩⲁⲣⲉϩ ⲉⲧⲉⲥ- [vacat] 4. ⲡⲁⲣⲑⲉⲛⲓⲁ ⲙⲉⲛ ⲡⲉⲥⲕⲁⲙⲟⲥ 5. ⲙⲉⲛ ⲡⲉⲥⲧⲉⲃⲱ	[1] I adjure you (pl.) today, that, just as you (f.s.) guarded [2] your virginity and your purity and your marriage, [3] NN, child of NN, will guard her virginity and her marriage and her purity!

Tableau:
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Apparatus:

1. ⲧⲓⲱⲣⲉⲕ i.e. Sahidic ϯ-ⲱⲣⲕ̅ | ⲛⲡⲱⲟⲩ i.e. Sahidic ⲙ̅-ⲡⲟⲟⲩ
2. ⲡⲁⲣⲑⲉⲛⲓⲁ i.e. Greek παρθενία | ⲧⲉⲃⲱ i.e. Sahidic ⲧⲃ̅ⲃⲟ | ⲕⲁⲙⲟⲥ i.e. Greek γάμος
3. ⲇͅⲇͅ l. ⲇ(ⲉ)ⲓ(ⲛⲁ) ⲇ(ⲉ)ⲓ(ⲛⲁ) i.e. Greek δεῖνα δεῖνα
4. ⲡⲁⲣⲑⲉⲛⲓⲁ i.e. Greek παρθενία | ⲕⲁⲙⲟⲥ i.e. Greek γάμος
5. ⲧⲉⲃⲱ i.e. Sahidic ⲧⲃ̅ⲃⲟ

Notes:

Bibliography:

Blumell, Lincoln H., and Korshi Dosoo. “A Coptic Magical Text for Virginity in Marriage: A Witness to the Practice of Celibate Marriage from Christian Egypt?” Harvard Theological Review 114.1 (2021): 118-142.

Editor:

Text from Blumell and Dosoo (24/10/2018); team from photograph (24/2/2021)

How to cite:

Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP T659: Invocation to protect virginity in marriage," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/text/kyp-t-659. Accessed on 21/11/2025

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