KYP T-934

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KYPRIANOS T934

Manuscript:	M15
Sigla:	P. Mich. Inv. 599 + 594 + 603 + 596 + 598 + 597 + 595
Text no. Position of the text within the manuscript.	32
Coptic Scriptorium:
Date:	501 – 700

Text position:	p. 4 (P. Mich. Inv. 594, vo) ll. 16-20
Type of text:	Protection of building (house) and street (magical, formulary)

Original title:	ⲉⲧⲃⲉ ⲡⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ̈ ⲙⲡⲉⲕⲏⲓ̈ ⲙⲛ̅ ⲛ̅ⲉϩⲓⲟⲟⲩⲉ ⲙⲡⲉⲕⲣⲟ
Original title (translated):	For the safety of your house and the paths to your door
Conventional title:	For safety of house and walkway

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)
↓
16. [previous text] ⲉⲧⲃⲉ ⲡⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ̈ ⲙⲡⲉⲕⲏⲓ̈ ⲙⲛ̅ ⲛ̅ⲉϩⲓⲟⲟⲩⲉ ⲙⲡⲉⲕ-
17. ⲣⲟ ⲧⲁⲩⲟⲥ ⲉϫⲛ̅ ⲟⲩⲙⲟ⧹ⲩ⧸ ⲟ ⲛⲥⲱⲣⲙ ⲛ̅ⲅⲛ̅ⲟⲩϫ̅ⲕ̅ ⲙⲡⲉⲕⲏⲓ̈ ⲙⲛ̅ ⲛⲉϩⲓⲟⲟⲩⲉ ⲙ-
18. ⲡⲉⲕⲣⲟ̅ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲥⲛ̅ⲁⲣⲟⲉⲓⲥ ⲉⲣⲟⲕ ⲉⲫⲁⲣⲙⲁⲕⲓⲁ ⲛ︦ⲓⲙ ⲛ̅ⲥⲧⲁⲗϭⲟ ϣⲱⲛⲉ
19. ⲛ̅ⲓⲙ ⲙⲛ̅ ⲇⲓⲙⲟⲛⲓⲟⲛ̅ ⲛ̅ⲓⲙ ⲙⲛ̅ ⲉⲣⲃⲱⲛⲉ ⲛ̅ⲓⲙ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲙⲁⲥⲕⲱ ⲡⲱⲣϫ̅
20. ⲉϣⲱⲡⲉ ϩⲙ ⲡⲉⲕⲏⲓ̈ ⲟⲩⲇⲉ ϣⲧⲟⲣⲧ̅ⲣ̅ · [following text]

[p. 4 l. 16] For the safety of your house and the paths to your [17] door. Recite it over stream water and sprinkle it in [18] your house and the paths to your door and it will protect you from all sorcery and it will heal every disease [19] and every demon and every evil eye and it will never allow separation [20] or trouble to happen in your house.

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Apparatus:

16. ⲛ̅ⲉϩⲓⲟⲟⲩⲉ second ⲟ corrected from ⲩ by overwriting
17. ⲟⲩⲙⲟ⧹ⲩ⧸ ⲟ ⲛⲥⲱⲣⲙ ⲛ corrected from ⲩ by overwriting i.e Sahidic ⲟⲩ-ⲙⲟⲟⲩ ⲛ̅-ⲥⲱⲣⲙ : ⲟⲩⲙⲟⲩ Worrell
18. ⲉⲫⲁⲣⲙⲁⲕⲓⲁ ⲕ corrected from ⲅ by overwriting i.e. Greek φαρμακεία
19. ⲇⲓⲙⲟⲛⲓⲟⲛ i.e. Greek δαιμόνιον | ⲉⲣⲃⲱⲛⲉ i.e. Sahidic ⲉⲓⲉⲣⲃⲱⲱⲛⲉ | ⲁⲩⲱ ⲩ corrected from unfinished ⲱ by overwriting | ⲙⲁⲥⲕⲱ i.e. Sahidic ⲙⲉ⸗ⲥ-ⲕⲁ- : ⲙⲁⲥⲕⲁ Worrell
20. ⲟⲩⲇⲉ i.e. Greek οὐδέ

Notes:

Parallel text: P. Mich. inv. 593, p. 10 ll. 15-18, p. 11 ll. 1-6 (KYP M9, T892)

17. ⲟⲩⲙⲟ⧹ⲩ⧸ ⲟ ⲛⲥⲱⲣⲙ The scribe initially wrote ⲙⲟⲟⲩ ⲥⲱⲣⲙ, but later corrected ⲩ to ⲛ, and then added a new ⲩ between ⲟⲟ. This corrected text was perhaps intended to be read as ⲟⲩⲙⲟⲩ ⲛⲥⲱⲣⲙ.

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.

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