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KYPRIANOS T915

Manuscript: M15
Sigla:

P. Mich. Inv. 599 + 594 + 603 + 596 + 598 + 597 + 595

Text no. question mark icon Position of the text within the manuscript.12
Coptic Scriptorium:
Date: 501 – 700

Text position:

p. 3 (P. Mich. Inv. 594, ro) ll. 11-12

Type of text:

Healing (magical, formulary)

Original title:

ⲉ̅ⲧⲃⲉ ⲟⲩ̅ⲁ̅ ⲉⲙⲁϥⲱⲃϣ

Original title (translated):

For one who does not sleep

Conventional title: For one who does not sleep

Language:

Egyptian (Coptic)

Dialect:

Sahidic (non-standard)

Script:

Coptic

Image: http://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-2616/599r.tif & http://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-2616/599v.tif

Text: Translation:

p. 3 (P. Mich. Inv. 594, ro)
→
11. [preceding text] ⲉ̅ⲧⲃⲉ ⲟⲩ̅ⲁ̅ ⲉⲙⲁϥⲱⲃϣ ⲧⲁⲩⲟⲥ
12. ⲉϫⲛ︦ ⲟⲩⲙⲟⲟⲩ̈ ⟦ . . ⟧ ⲛ̅ⲅϫⲱⲕⲙ ⲙⲡⲕⲱⲧⲉ ⲛ̅ⲡⲉϥⲙⲁ ⲛ̅ⲛ̅ⲕⲟⲧⲕ [following text]

[11] For one who does not sleep. Recite it [12] over some water and wash around the place where he sleeps.

Tableau:
Tracing by:

Apparatus:

11. ⲉⲙⲁϥⲱⲃϣ i.e. Sahidic ⲉ-ⲙⲉ⸗ϥ-ⲱⲃϣ̅
12. ⟦ . . ⟧ letters erased by washing? | ⲛ̅ⲡⲉϥⲙⲁ : ⲙ︦ⲡⲉϥⲙⲁ Worrell

Notes:

Parallel text: P. Mich. inv. 593, p. 7 ll. 3-5 (KYP M9, T873)

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:

KD, MPS, RBS (23/7/2026)

How to cite:
[Editor names]. "KYP T915: For one who does not sleep," 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-915. Accessed on 10/10/2026
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