KYP T-927

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KYPRIANOS T927

Manuscript:	M15
Sigla:	P. Mich. Inv. 599 + 594 + 603 + 596 + 598 + 597 + 595
Text no. Position of the text within the manuscript.	25
Coptic Scriptorium:
Date:	501 – 700

Text position:	p. 4 (P. Mich. Inv. 594, vo) ll. 3-5
Type of text:	Healing of uterine bleeding (magical, formulary)

Original title:	ⲉⲧⲃⲉ ⲟⲩⲥϩⲓⲙⲉ ⲉⲣⲉⲡⲉⲥⲛ︦ⲟϥ ϩⲁⲣⲟⲥ
Original title (translated):	For a woman with blood under her
Conventional title:	For a woman with blood under her

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. 4 (P. Mich. Inv. 594, vo) ↓ 3. [preceding text] ⲉⲧⲃⲉ ⲟⲩ- 4. ⲥϩⲓⲙⲉ ⲉⲣⲉⲡⲉⲥⲛ︦ⲟϥ ϩⲁⲣⲟⲥ ⲧⲁⲩⲟⲥ ⲉϫⲛ̅ ⲟⲩϩⲙϫ̅ ⲛ̅ⲅⲡⲁϩⲧϥ ⲉϫⲛ︦ ⲧⲉⲥ- 5. ⲁⲡⲉ ⲧⲁⲩⲟⲥ ⲉϫⲛ̅ ⲟⲩⲛⲉϩ ⲛ̅ⲥⲡⲁⲛ̅ⲟ̅ⲛ̅ ⲛ̅ⲅⲧⲟϩⲥ ⲛ̅ϩⲏⲧⲥ ⲙⲛ̅ ⲕⲱⲛ̅ⲧⲥ [following text]	[p. 4 l. 3] For a [4] woman with blood under her. Recite it over vinegar and pour it over her [5] head. Recite it over some Spanish oil and anoint her belly and her genitals.

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5. ⲥⲡⲁⲛ̅ⲟ̅ⲛ̅ ⲡ corrected from ⲁ by overwriting | ⲙⲛ ⲛ corrected from ϥ̣ by overwriting | ⲕⲱⲛⲧ̅ⲥ̅ i.e. Sahidic ⲕⲟⲩⲛ⸗ⲥ cf. ⲕⲟⲩⲛⲉⲧ⸗ in Förster 20a

Notes:

Parallel text: P. Mich. inv. 593, p. 9 ll. 3-7 (KYP M9, T885)

4. There is a short horizontal line in the margin which touches the sigma which begins the line. Its significance is unclear, and it might simply be an accidental stroke.
5. ⲥⲡⲁⲛ̅ⲟ̅ⲛ̅ The word σπανός has the meaning “rare, uncommon” (cf. Förster WBGW s.v. σπάνιος), but relating to oil it is almost certainly a syncopated form of Ἱσπανός (“Spanish”; cf. LSJ s.v. Σπανόν). The word is often used in documentary papyri and medical works to describe olive oil imported from the province of Hispania; see P.Oxy. XVI 1862.11 (with note ad loc.), P.Oxy. XVI 1924.6, P.Sorb. I 62.1, and Mattingly 1988.
5. ⲕⲱⲛ̅ⲧⲥ The word ⲕⲟⲩⲛ can refer to both the breasts and the genitals (cf. Crum CD, 111b). Given the mention of menstrual blood, we interpret it here as genitals. Cf. Preininger 2026, 152 n. 45.

Bibliography:

Mattingly, D.J. “Oil for Export? A Comparison of Libyan, Spanish and Tunisian Olive Oil Production in the Roman Empire.” Journal of Roman Archaeology 1 (1988): 33-56.

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

Preininger, M. The Magical Body: Embodiment in Coptic Magical Papyri. Religions in the Graeco-Roman World 202. Leiden: Brill, 2026.

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)

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