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KYPRIANOS T935

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.33
Coptic Scriptorium:
Date: 501 – 700

Text position:

p. 4 (P. Mich. Inv. 594, vo) ll. 20-21

Type of text:

Protection of livestock (animals) (magical, formulary)

Original title:

ⲉⲧⲃⲉ ϯⲉⲣⲃⲱⲛ̅ⲉ ⲉⲧϩⲛ̅ ⲛⲧⲃⲛⲏ̣ⲛ̅ⲟⲟⲩⲉ

Original title (translated):

For the evil eye that is among livestock

Conventional title: To protect animals from the evil eye

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)
↓
20. [previous text] ⲉⲧⲃⲉ ϯⲉⲣⲃⲱⲛ̅ⲉ ⲉⲧϩⲛ̅ ⲛⲧⲃⲛⲏ̣-
21. ⲛ̅ⲟⲟⲩⲉ ⲧⲁⲩⲟⲥ ⲉϫⲛ̅ ⲟⲩⲛ̅ⲉϩ ⲛ̅ⲅⲧⲱϩⲥ ⲙⲙⲟⲟⲩ [following text]

[p. 4 l. 20] For the evil eye that is among [21] livestock. Recite it over some oil and anoint them.

Tableau:
Tracing by:

Apparatus:

20. ϯⲉⲣⲃⲱⲛⲉ i.e. Sahidic ⲧ-ⲉⲓⲉⲣ-ⲃⲟⲟⲛⲉ
20-21. ⲧⲃⲛⲏ̣ⲛ̅ⲟⲟⲩⲉ i.e. Sahidic ⲧⲃⲛⲟⲟⲩⲉ : ⲧⲃⲛⲟⲟⲩⲉ Worrell
21. ⲛ̅ⲉϩ ϩ corrected from ⲛ by overwriting

Notes:

Parallel text: P. Mich. inv. 593, p. 11 ll. 6-8 (KYP M9, T893)

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 T935: To protect animals from the evil eye," 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-935. Accessed on 10/10/2026
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