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KYPRIANOS T863

Manuscript: M494
Sigla:

P. Würzburg inv. 42
Würzburg, Universität 42

Text no. question mark icon Position of the text within the manuscript.2
Coptic Scriptorium:
Date: 901 – 1000

Text position:

Vo l. 1

Type of text:

Curse (magical, applied)

Original title:
Original title (translated):
Conventional title: Unfinished drawing for applied curse

Language:

Egyptian (Coptic)

Dialect:

Sahidic (non-standard)

Script:

Coptic

Image: https://papyri.uni-leipzig.de/receive/WrzPapyri_schrift_00000270

Text: Translation:

1. ⲥⲉⲙⲛⲏ ϫⲉ ϭⲱⲣⲟⲛ

[tableau]

[1] Semnē, the daughter of Cōron.

[tableau]

Tableau:
tableau
Tracing by:KD (9/2021)

Apparatus:

1. ϫⲉ i.e. Sahidic ⲧ-ϣⲉ

Notes:

This text accompanies a first attempt at copying the tableau, presumably carried out before turning the paper over and beginning again on the other side.

Bibliography:

Brunsch, Wolfgang. “Ein koptischer Bindezauber.” Enchoria 8 (1978): p. 151-157.

Meyer, Marvin W., and Richard Smith. Ancient Christian Magic: Coptic Texts of Ritual Power. Princeton (New Jersey): Princeton University Press, 1999, p. 209, no. 102.

Pernigotti, Sergio. “La magia copta: I testi.” In Aufstieg und Niedergang der römischen Welt, edited by Hildegard Temporini and Wolfgang Haase, II.18.5, pp. 3722, no. 27.


Editor:

Edition by Korshi Dosoo based on edition of Brunsch and high-resolution photos (5/12/2018), apparatus added by EL (17/10/19); edits MPS (8/9/2020); checking and approval KD & MPS (18/9/2020); notes added KD (1/10/2020)

How to cite:
Korshi Dosoo, Edward O.D. Love & Markéta Preininger (chief editors). "KYP T863: Unfinished drawing for applied curse," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/text/kyp-t-863. Accessed on 20/05/2024

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