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KYPRIANOS T752

Manuscript: M166
Sigla:

PCM 1 26
PCM I 26
P. Heid. Inv. Kopt. 686
Text no. question mark icon Position of the text within the manuscript.20
Coptic Scriptorium:
Date: 951 – 1000

Text position:

p. 16, ll. 21-23 (261)
Type of text:

Reconciliation (magical, formulary)
To restrain anger (curse, silence, magical, formulary)

Original title:

ⲓ̅ⲁ̅ ⸗ ⲟⲩⲥⲓⲙⲓ : ⲣⲉⲡⲉⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲧⲉ ⲃⲏϫ ⲉⲣⲁⲥ
Original title (translated):

11. A woman whose husband is violent (?) towards her
Conventional title: A woman whose husband is violent (?) towards her

Language:

Egyptian (Coptic)
Dialect:

Sahidic with Middle Egyptian features
Script:

Coptic
Image: https://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/p_kopt_686/0001/thumbs

Text: Translation:

p. 16

21. ⲓ̅ⲁ̅ ⸗ ⲟⲩⲥⲓⲙⲓ : ⲣⲉⲡⲉⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲧⲉ ⲃⲏϫ ⲉⲣⲁⲥ ⸗ ⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲡⲓ̈ⲥ̅ⲩ̅ ⸗
22. ⲉⲩϫⲉⲕ : ⲙⲁϩⲃ ⲛⲉϩ : ϯⲁⲥⲙⲏ ⸗ ⲁϣ ϯⲟⲩⲭⲏ ϩⲓϫⲟ̅ⲃ̅
23. ⲧⲁϩⲥ ⲡⲉⲥϩⲁ ⸗ ϣⲁ ⲉⲓⲣⲏⲏⲛⲓ ⲣⲁⲥ ⲑ̅ⲩ̅ ⲙⲁⲥϯⲭⲓ ⲁⲗⲟⲩⲑ

[21] 11. A woman whose husband is violent (?) towards her. Draw this image [22] on a shell. Fill it ⟨with⟩ jasmine oil. Recite the prayer over it. [23] Anoint her face. He will make peace with her. Offering: mastic, agarwood.

Tableau:
Tracing by:

Apparatus:

21. ⲣⲉ i.e. Sahidic ⲉⲣⲉ | ⲧⲉ i.e. Sahidic ϯ : i.e. Greek δέ Kropp | ⲃⲏϫ i.e. Sahidic ϥⲱϭⲉ : translate “whose husband jumps against her” (“deren Gatte gegen sie springt”) Kropp | ⲥ̅ⲩ̅ l. ⲥ(ⲟⲧ)ⲓ(ⲱⲟ)ⲩ(ⲛ) i.e. Greek ζῴδιον
22. ϫⲉⲕ : translate “palm (of hand)” Gardner | ⲙⲁϩⲃ ϩ corrected from ⲓ̣ by overwriting. | ⲛⲉϩ : ϯⲁ̅ⲥ̅ⲙ̅ⲏ̅ i.e. Sahidic ⲛ̅-ⲛⲉϩ ⲛ̅-ⲧ-ⲓⲁⲥⲙⲏ i.e. Greek ἰάσμη : i.e. Greek ὀσμή Kropp, Meyer/Smith (“disperse fragrance”) | ⲟⲩⲭⲏ i.e. Greek εὐχή
23.ϣⲁⲉⲓⲣⲏⲏⲛⲓ i.e. Sahidic ϣⲁ⸗ϥ-ⲣ̅ ⲉⲓⲣⲏⲛⲓ i.e. Greek εἰρήνη : ϣⲁ ⲉⲓⲣⲏⲏⲛⲓ “for peace for her” (“zum Frieden für sie”) Kropp, Gardner, Meyer/Smith | ⲑ̅ⲩ̅(ⲥⲓⲁ) i.e. Greek θυσία | ⲙⲁⲥϯⲭⲓ i.e. Greek μαστίχη | ⲁⲗⲟⲩⲑ i.e. Arabic العود al-ʿūd

Notes:

This text is numbered 261 in Kropp.

Bibliography:

Dosoo, Korshi, Edward O.D. Love, and Markéta Preininger. “The Coptic Magical Papyri Project: Progress Report.” Journal of Coptic Studies 24 (2022): 43–100.

Gardner, Iain. “An Archive of Coptic Handbooks and Exemplars for the Making of Amulets and the Enacting of Ritual Power from the Tenth Century (P. Heid. Inv. Kopt. 680–683 and 685–686)”, in Drawing Spirit: The Role of Images and Design in the Magical Practice of Late Antiquity, edited by Jay Johnston and Iain Gardner (Berlin: De Gruyter, 2022), 129.

Kropp, Angelicus. Der Lobpreis des Erzengels Michael (vormals P. Heidelberg Inv. Nr. 1686). Brussels : Fondation égyptologique reine Elisabeth, 1966.

Meyer, Marvin W., and Richard Smith. Ancient Christian Magic: Coptic Texts of Ritual Power. Princeton (New Jersey): Princeton University Press, 1999, p. 326-341, no. 135.

Editor:

EL’s edition from the original (23/6/16; 30/1/20); team (20/12/2022); team (20/12/2022)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo & Markéta Preininger (principal editors). "KYP T752: A woman whose husband is violent (?) towards her," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/text/kyp-t-752. Accessed on 23/12/2025

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