KYP T-734

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KYPRIANOS T734

Manuscript:	M666
Sigla:	P. Moscow Copt. 35 Inv. no. I 1б 679 GIC no. ИГ-5408 State Catalogue Inv. 6768676
Text no. Position of the text within the manuscript.	1
Coptic Scriptorium:
Date:	650 – 725

Text position:	Ro ll. 1-7
Type of text:

Original title:	⳨̣ ⲡⲁⲓ̈ ⲡⲉ ⲡⲉⲥⲙⲟⲩ ⲙ̅ⲡⲉϣⲗⲏⲗ ⲛ̅ⲓ̅ⲥ̅ ⲡⲉⲭ̅
Original title (translated):	⳨ This is the blessing of the prayer of Jesus Christ
Conventional title:	Prayer for mercy

Language:	Egyptian (Coptic)
Dialect:	Sahidic (non-standard)
Script:	Coptic
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Text:

Translation:

1. (s1) ⳨̣ ⲡⲁⲓ̈ ⲡⲉ ⲡⲉⲥⲙⲟⲩ ⲙ̅ⲡⲉϣⲗⲏⲗ ⲛ̅ⲓ̅ⲥ̅ ⲡⲉⲭ̅ⲥ̅
2. (s2) Ϯ[ⲥ]ⲟⲡ̅ⲥ̅ ⲙ̅ⲙⲟⲕ ⲡⲁⲅⲁⲑⲟⲥ ϯⲡⲁⲣⲁⲕⲁⲗⲉⲓ
3. ⲙⲙⲟⲕ ⲡⲁϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ⲓ̅ⲥ̅ ⲡⲁⲥⲱⲧⲏⲣ ϯ-
4. ϩⲟⲙⲟⲗⲟⲅⲉⲓ ⲛ̅ⲧⲁⲙⲛ̅ⲧϭⲱϥ ⲙ̅ⲡⲉⲕⲙ̅ⲧ[ⲟ]
5. ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲉⲓⲥⲟⲟⲩⲛ ⲛ̅ⲧⲉⲕⲙⲛ̅ⲧⲙⲁⲣⲱⲙⲉ
6. (s1) ⲉⲧ̣ⲟ̣ϣ ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲉⲧⲁⲙⲛ̅ⲧⲣⲉϥⲣ̅ⲛⲟⲃⲉ
7. [ⲉⲓ]ⲥ̣[ⲟ]ⲟⲩ[ⲛ̅] ⲛⲛⲉⲕⲙ̣ⲛ̅ⲧϣⲁⲛⲁϩⲧϥ̅

[1] ⳨ This is the blessing of the prayer of Jesus Christ:

[2] I entreat you, O Good One, I invoke [3] you, my lord Jesus, my saviour, I [4] confess my weakness before you, [5] knowing your compassion [6] which exceeds my sinfulness, [7] knowing your pity!

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Apparatus:

1. ⲓ̅ⲥ̅ l. ⲓ(ⲏⲥⲟⲩ)ⲥ | ⲭ̅ⲥ̅ l. ⲭ̅(ⲣⲓⲥⲧⲟ)ⲥ̅ i.e. Greek χριστός
2. ⲁⲅⲁⲑⲟⲥ i.e. Greek ἀγαθός | ⲡⲁⲣⲁⲕⲁⲗⲉⲓ i.e. Greek παρακαλεῖν
3. ⲓ̅ⲥ̅ l. ⲓ(ⲏⲥⲟⲩ)ⲥ | ⲥⲱⲧⲏⲣ i.e. Greek σωτήρ
4. ϩⲟⲙⲟⲗⲟⲅⲉⲓ i.e. Greek ὁμολογέειν | ϭⲱϥ i.e. Sahidic ϭⲱⲃ
5. ⲙⲁⲣⲱⲙⲉ i.e. Sahidic ⲙⲁⲓ-ⲣⲱⲙⲉ

Notes:

S(tyle) 1 & 2: The text is written in two styles; style 2 is distinctive in resembling kharaktēres, with small rings at the terminals and vertices of all of the letters.
6. ⲉⲧ̣ⲟ̣ϣ ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲉⲧⲁⲙⲛ̅ⲧⲣⲉϥⲣ̅ⲛⲟⲃⲉ For this sense of ⲁϣⲁⲓ ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲉ- cf. Psalm LXX 39.5: ⲁⲩⲁϣⲁⲓ ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲉⲟⲩⲏⲡⲉ (“[the works of God] exceed enumeration”).

Bibliography:

Jernstedt, P. Коптские тексты государственного музея изобразительных искусств (P. Moscow Copt) (Издательство Академии наук СССР, 1959), p. 83, no. 35.

Editor:

Edition entered by KD; checked with minor corrections to translation and apparatus added by EL (29/7/2020); checked with photograph of the original and all past editions by KD & EL (15/9/2021)

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