Wadi Sarga - Coptic and Greek text edited by W. E. Crum and H. I. Bell with an Introduction by R. Campbell Thompson

Date:
1922
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/52/66
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Credit: Wadi Sarga - Coptic and Greek text edited by W. E. Crum and H. I. Bell with an Introduction by R. Campbell Thompson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    that are (2) *(1),...-.. . it shall’ be hidden (2)\— (Day) 14 — sag te s| of ?] the moon. The moon riseth from the east (?) (3) aoa body (c®pa) alone and thou shalt (?) (4) rejoice ..... needful (avayzatoy) (5). It is good (on this day) to pour forth (2) (6) Pe it] shall be hidden. Whoso shall become sick shall Sumer (7 prs a os. male (child?), he shall become wise (8) 1o| she] also, even as the male © ie, 70 se fe The small fragment mentions the “year of the moon”. 20. Recipes. (Coptic.) + ETBEOYA EPe2HT[ NJEIOYEPHTE, NAC NTHH|BE NTEKOIX OYAZOYL .NJFXOOC XEIAW. TAD[ | 5 Jna@ne ErTraneHTg [ oJyacaaton mn [ ].ACOT TAAY E2pat 2[ JETBENEXAAKION [ |Mnoynoone[ Medical recipes, very obscure owing to incompleteness. In l. 4 magical names are invoked. | “Concerning one whose (?) belly [ | Bis feet” and he (oy oe f | fingers of thy’ hand; ay them [ <’ ] _and say: lad, [ad [ |s| ] the sickness (10) wherein he is [ (1) Plur. certain. Possibly “those that become sick’’, as in 8. (2) Refers presumably to the moon, as in 8. (3) Lit. “places of rising”, but the reading is doubtful. (4) Tense uncertain, since it depends upon that of preceding (lost) verb (5) Or “‘valuable”’. (6) Or “melt”, as of metals. (7) Or “have trouble, difficulty‘; or if a participle followed, “strive”. (8) Lit. “instructed, educated”’. (9) “Drink” possible, but. improbable. (10) GJ@NE just possible. 4*