Manuscript: | M665 |
Sigla: | P. Moscow Copt. 34 |
Text no. ![]() | 1 |
Coptic Scriptorium: | |
Date: | 401 – 500 |
Text position: | Ro ll. 1-28 |
Type of text: | Curse (magical, applied, prayer for justice) |
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Original title (translated): | |
Conventional title: | Applied curse with judicial features by Moutse against Makare and Loukie |
Language: | Egyptian (Coptic) |
Dialect: | Lycopolitan (L4) |
Script: | Coptic |
Image: | http://goskatalog.ru/portal/#/collections?id=6987385 |
Text: | Translation: |
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[1] ⳨ I, Moutse, the daughter of Anna, I deposit [this petition … ] avenge me against them, [2] hastily, quickly! Yea, [ … the Father and Son] and the Holy Spirit, [3] that you avenge me against [Makare, the son of Tanisce, and Loukie, the daughter of Tanoē, his daughter…] … below you, [4] O good saviour, that you avenge [me against Makare the son of Tanisce and Loukie, the daughter of Tanoē, his daughter…], O two breasts [5] which gave milk to Jesus [… avenge me against] Makare, the son of [6] Tanisce, and Loukie, the daughter of Tanoē, [his daughter… may a worm (?)] come forth with blood, [7] that you avenge me against Makare, the son [of Tanisce, and Loukie, the daughter of Tanoē, his daughter … ] … O hands of the Saviour, [8] I adjure the throne of God [… the seven] firmaments, [9] so that you avenge me against Makare, [the son of Tanisce, and Loukie, the daughter of Tanoē, his daughter … ] no one shall look at him, [10] ever! I adjure the Trinity, who are [the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit … the Twenty-Four] Presbyters [11] so that you avenge me against Makare, [the son of Tanisce, and Loukie, the daughter of Tanoē, his daughter… ] O angels and [12] archangels, who are Nouriēl […] no [13] love from his beginning to his end [… Makare, the son of Tanisce, and Loukie, the daughter of] Tanoē, his daughter! [14] I adjure the one who was baptised [ … avenge me against Makare, the son of Tanisce, and Loukie,] [15] the daughter of Tanoē, his daughter! I adjure [… avenge me against] Makare, the son of Tanisce, [16] and Loukie, the daughter of Tanoē, his daughter, [… avenge me against] Makare, the son of Tanisce, [17] and Loukie, the daughter of Tanoē, his daughter! I adjure […] … that you avenge me [18] against Makare, the son of Tanisce, and [Loukie, the daughter of Tanoē, his daughter … the curses of] Deuteronomy come upon [19] them, Makare, the son of Tanisce [and Loukie, the daughter of Tanoē, his daughter, … come] down upon Makare, [20] the son of Tanisce, [and Loukie, the daughter of Tanoē, his daughter, … come upon] the crown of their heads [21] so that they know that you are the Lord […] in the world [22] for those who have … me, […] will come down upon them, [23] and a demon will dwell [with them …] upon them, in this world [24] until the time that they come to your hands […] the seven [25] plagues that are under the throne [… Makare, the son of Tanisce, and] Loukie, the daughter of Tanoē, [26] his daughter. The curses of Sodom [and Gomorrah will … Makare, the son of Tanisce, and Loukie], the daughter of Tanoē, his daughter! [vac] [27] + This very petition, I deposit it, I [Moutse, the daughter of Anna … avenge me against Makare, the son of Tanisce, and Loukie], the daughter of Tanoē, [28] his daughter, hastily, O Father, […] |
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Apparatus: | 1. ϫⲉ i.e. ⲧ-ϣⲉ | ⲉⲡ i.e. Sahidic ϩⲁⲡ |
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Bibliography: | ★ Jernstedt, P. Коптские тексты государственного музея изобразительных искусств (P. Moscow Copt) (Издательство Академии наук СССР, 1959), p. 82-83, no. 34. |
Editor: | Entered by KD (18/10/2018) based on edition of Jernstedt. Translation checked by EL, added apparatus and notes (29/8/2019); team from photograph (30/6/2021) |