| Manuscript: | M15 |
| Sigla: | P. Mich. Inv. 599 + 594 + 603 + 596 + 598 + 597 + 595 |
Text no. 
Position of the text within the manuscript. | 20 |
| Coptic Scriptorium: | |
| Date: | 501 – 700 |
| Text position: | p. 3 (P. Mich. Inv. 594, ro) ll. 19-20 |
| Type of text: | Healing of bleeding (magical, formulary) |
| Original title: | ⲉⲧⲃⲉ ⲟⲩⲥⲛ︦ⲟϥ ⲉⲧⲣⲉϥϭⲱ |
| Original title (translated): | For blood, so that it stops ⟨flowing⟩ |
| Conventional title: | For blood, so that it stops flowing |
| 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) |
[19] For blood, [20] so that it stops ⟨flowing⟩. Recite it over some vinegar and pour it over his head. |
| Tableau: | |
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| Apparatus: | 20. ⲉⲧⲣⲉϥϭⲱ ⲧ corrected from ⲣ by overwriting |
| Notes: | Parallel text: P. Mich. inv. 593, p. 8 ll. 4-6 (KYP M9, T881) 20. ⲟⲩϩ̅ⲙ̅ϫ̅ For a discussion of vinegar as a haemostatic agent, see Preininger 2026, 142-144. |
| 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: | KD, MPS, RBS (23/7/2026) |
How to cite:
[Editor names]. "KYP T923: For blood, so that it stops flowing," 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-923. Accessed on 10/10/2026For the "editor names", see the abbreviated names in the field "Editor", and to resolve the abbreviations, see the help page.