| Manuscript: | M15 |
| Sigla: | P. Mich. Inv. 599 + 594 + 603 + 596 + 598 + 597 + 595 |
Text no. 
Position of the text within the manuscript. | 23 |
| Coptic Scriptorium: | |
| Date: | 501 – 700 |
| Text position: | p. 3 (P. Mich. Inv. 594, ro) ll. 23-25, p. 4 (P. Mich. Inv. 594, vo) l. 1 |
| Type of text: | Protection (magical, formulary) |
| Original title: | [ⲉⲧⲃⲉ ⲛⲉⲕ]ϫⲁϫⲉ ϫⲉ ⲛⲉ[ⲩϭⲛϭⲟ]ⲙ̣ ⲉ̣ⲣ̣ⲟⲕ |
| Original title (translated): | [For your] enemies so that [they] will not have power over you |
| Conventional title: | For your enemies so that they will not have power over you |
| 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) p. 4 (P. Mich. Inv. 594, vo) l. 1 |
[p. 3 l. 23] [For your] [24] enemies so that [they] will not have power over you. Recite it [p. 4 l. 1] over water, adjuring it, and sprinkle ⟨it over⟩ your house and all your paths. |
| Tableau: | |
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| Apparatus: | p. 3 24. ⲛⲉ[ⲩϭⲛϭⲟ]ⲙ̣ restored based on KYP T883 (P.Mich. 593 p. 8 l. 13) i.e. Sahidic ⲛ̅ⲛⲉ⸗ⲩ-ϭⲙϭⲟⲙ : ⲛⲉⲩϭⲙϭⲟⲙ Worrell p. 4 1. ⟦ⲉϫ⟧ deleted by washing |
| Notes: | Parallel text: P. Mich. inv. 593, p. 8 ll. 12-16 (KYP M9, T883) p. 4 1. ⲉϫⲛ̅ Here and elsewhere the scribe uses “counter-catchwords” at the beginning of new pages, repeating the last words of the previous page so that the reading order is clear. For a discussion of this practice in the context of earlier Greek magic, see Blanco Cesteros 2024. |
| Bibliography: |
Blanco Cesteros, Miriam. “‘Counter-Catchwords’ in the Codices of the Theban Magical Library.” Symbolae Osloenses, 98.1 (2024): 189-215. |
| Editor: | KD, MPS, RBS (23/7/2026) |
How to cite:
[Editor names]. "KYP T925: For your enemies so that they will not have power over you," 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-925. 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.