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KYPRIANOS T892

Manuscript: M9
Sigla:

P. Mich. Inv. 593
Text no. question mark icon Position of the text within the manuscript.32
Coptic Scriptorium:
Date: 401 – 700

Text position:

p. 10 l. 15-p. 11 l. 10
Type of text:

Protection of building (house) and street (magical, formulary)

Original title:

ⲉⲧⲃⲉ ⲡⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ̈ ⲙ̅ⲡⲉⲕⲏⲓ̈ ⲙ̅ⲛ̅ ⲛⲉϩⲓⲟⲟⲩⲉ ⲙ̅ⲡⲉⲕⲣⲟ︦
Original title (translated):

For the safety of your house and the paths to your door
Conventional title: For safety of house and walkway

Language:

Egyptian (Coptic)
Dialect:

Sahidic (non-standard)
Script:

Coptic
Image: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/i/image/image-idx?id=S-APIS-X-2601%5D593_1R.TIF

Text: Translation:

p. 10 (→)

15. ⲉⲧⲃⲉ ⲡⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ̈ ⲙ̅ⲡⲉⲕⲏⲓ̈
16. ⲙ̅ⲛ̅ ⲛⲉϩⲓⲟⲟⲩⲉ ⲙ̅ⲡⲉⲕⲣⲟ︦
17. ⲧⲁⲩⲟⲥ ⲉϫ̅ⲛ̅ ⲟⲩⲙⲟⲩ ⲛ̅ⲥⲱⲣ̅ⲙ̅
18. ⲛ̅ⲅ̅ⲛⲟⲩϫ̅ⲕ̅ ⲙ̅ⲡⲉⲕⲏⲓ̈ ⲙ̅ⲛ̅ ⲛⲉ-

p. 11 (↓)

1. ϩⲓⲟⲟⲩⲉ ⲙ︦ⲡⲉⲕⲣⲟ︦ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲥⲛⲁⲣⲟⲓ̈ⲥ
2. ⲉⲣⲟⲕ︦ ⲉⲫⲁⲣⲙⲁⲕⲓⲁ ⲛⲓⲙ︦ ⲛ̅ⲥ̅ⲧⲁⲗ-
3. ϭⲟ︦ ϣⲱⲛⲉ ⲛⲓⲙ︦ ⲙ̅ⲛ̅ ⲇⲓⲙⲟⲛⲓⲟⲛ
4. ⲛⲓⲙ︦ ⲙ̅ⲛ̅ ⲉⲣⲃⲱⲛⲉ ⲛⲓⲙ︦ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲙⲁⲥ-
5. ⲕⲁ ⲡⲱⲣ̅ϫ̅ ⲉϣⲱⲡⲉ ϩ̅ⲙ̅ ⲡⲉⲕⲏⲓ̈
6. ⲟⲩⲇⲉ ϣⲧⲟⲣⲧⲣ̅ · [following text]

[p. 10, 15] For the safety of your house [16] and the paths to your door. [17] Recite it over stream water [18] and sprinkle it in your house and the [p. 11, 1] paths to your door and it will protect [2] you from all sorcery and it will heal [3] every disease and every demon [4] and every evil eye and it will never [5] allow separation or trouble to happen in your house.

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Apparatus:

p. 10

16. ⲛⲉϩⲓⲟⲟⲩⲉ ⲙ̅ⲡⲉⲕⲣⲟ︦ : translate “walkways by your door” Worrell, Mirecki 1994 & 1999
17. ⲙⲟⲩ i.e. Sahidic ⲙⲟⲟⲩ

p. 11

1. ⲣⲟⲓ̈ⲥ i.e. Sahidic ⲣⲟⲉⲓⲥ : ⲣⲟⲉⲓⲥ Worrell
2. ⲫⲁⲣⲙⲁⲕⲓⲁ i.e. Greek φαρμακεία
3. ⲇⲓⲙⲟⲛⲓⲟⲛ i.e. Greek δαιμόνιον
4. ⲉⲣⲃⲱⲛⲉ i.e. Sahidic ⲉⲓⲉⲣⲃⲱⲱⲛⲉ
4-5. ⲙⲁⲥⲕⲁ i.e. Sahidic ⲙⲉ⸗ⲥ-ⲕⲁ-
6. ⲟⲩⲇⲉ i.e. Greek οὐδέ

Notes:

Parallel text: P. Mich. inv. 594 vo l. 16-20 (KYP M15; KYP T934)

Bibliography:

Meyer, Marvin W., and Richard Smith. Ancient Christian Magic: Coptic Texts of Ritual Power. Princeton (New Jersey): Princeton University Press, 1999, p. 304–310, no. 133.

Mirecki, Paul. “The Coptic Wizard’s Hoard.” The Harvard Theological Review vol. 87 no. 4 (1994): 435–460.

Worrell, W. H. “A Coptic Wizard’s Hoard.” The American Journal of Semitic Languages and Literatures 46 no. 4 (1930): 239–262.

Editor:

EL’s transcript from Worrell (29/1/20); preliminary translation by KD (31/1/2020); edited KD (16/3/2020); KD, MPS, RBS (23/7/2026)

How to cite:
[Editor names]. "KYP T892: For safety of house and walkway," Kyprianos Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, Korshi Dosoo, Markéta Preininger, & Roxanne Bélanger Sarrazin (principal editors), www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/index.php/text/kyp-t-892. Accessed on 11/10/2026
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