| Manuscript: | M9 |
| Sigla: | P. Mich. Inv. 593 |
Text no. 
Position of the text within the manuscript. | 33 |
| Coptic Scriptorium: | |
| Date: | 401 – 700 |
| Text position: | p. 11 ll. 10-12 |
| Type of text: | Protection of livestock (animals) (magical, formulary) |
| Original title: | ⲉⲧⲃⲉ ϯⲉⲣⲃⲱⲛⲉ ⲉⲧϩ̅ⲛ̅ ⲛ̅ⲧⲃ̅ⲛⲟⲟⲩⲉ |
| Original title (translated): | For the evil eye that is among livestock |
| Conventional title: | To protect animals from the evil eye |
| 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. 11 (↓) 6. [preceding text] ⲉⲧⲃⲉ ϯⲉⲣⲃⲱⲛⲉ |
[6] For the evil eye [7] that is among livestock. Recite it over [8] some oil and anoint them. |
| Tableau: | |
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| Apparatus: | 6. ϯⲉⲣⲃⲱⲛⲉ i.e. Sahidic ⲧ-ⲉⲓⲉⲣ-ⲃⲟⲟⲛⲉ |
| Notes: | Parallel text: P. Mich. inv. 594 vo l. 20-21 (KYP M15; KYP T935) |
| 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. |
| Editor: | EL’s transcript from Worrell (29/1/20); preliminary translation by KD (31/1/2020); KD, MPS, RBS (23/7/2026) |
How to cite:
[Editor names]. "KYP T893: To protect animals from the evil eye," 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-893. Accessed on 11/10/2026For the "editor names", see the abbreviated names in the field "Editor", and to resolve the abbreviations, see the help page.