Bel and the Dragon 1 — Coptic · Cairene

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Source: Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "sahidic.ot", document 76_Bel_and_the_Dragon_01

Attribution: Bel and the Dragon 1 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus sahidic.ot, document 76_Bel_and_the_Dragon_01, version 6.1.0 (2025-06-30), annotations by Frank Feder, So Miyagawa, Elizabeth Platte, Caroline T. Schroeder, Amir Zeldes; source edition Crosswire, CoptOT. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/); this derivative is released under the same licence. CoptOT / Göttingen Digital Edition of the Coptic Old Testament, via Crosswire; English translation Brenton 1851 (ebible.org). Layers L1/L2 are modified: re-spelled (Cairene) / transliterated (Kemetic) by the Kemetic project, Yousef Hanna 2026.

Licence: CC-BY-SA 4.0

Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0

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English: quoted translations are shown as they are, with their credit in the provenance; lines marked draft are language-model drafts made for this project (to be corrected), and alignment unchecked marks a quoted verse whose placement was not cross-checked. Check the Coptic before relying on any English line.

ref	L0 witness	L1 Cairene	L2 Kemetic	English
1:1	[...]	[...]	[...]
1:23	ⲛⲣ︤ⲙ︦ⲛ︥ⲃⲁⲃⲩⲗⲱⲛ	ⲛⲣ̀ⲙⲛⲃⲁⲃⲩⲗⲱⲛ	nr̀mnvavilōn	And in that same place there was a great dragon, which they of Babylon worshipped.
1:24	ⲁⲩⲱ ⲡⲉϫⲉⲡⲣ̄ⲣⲟ ⲛ̄ⲇⲁⲛⲓⲏⲗ ϫⲉⲙⲏ ⲕⲛⲁϫⲟⲟⲥ ϫⲉⲉⲡⲁⲓ ⲟⲩⲁ ⲟⲩϩⲟⲙ︤ⲛ︦ⲧ︥ ⲡⲉ ⲉⲓⲥ ϩⲏⲏⲧⲉ ϥⲱⲛϩ ϥⲟⲩⲱⲙ ⲁⲩⲱ ϥⲥⲱ ⲙ︤ⲛ︥ϣϭⲟⲙ ⲙ̄ⲙⲟⲕ ⲉϫⲟⲟⲥ ϫⲉⲟⲩⲛⲟⲩ ⲉϥⲱⲛϩ	ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲡⲉϫⲉⲡ̀ⲟⲩⲣⲟ ⲛ̀ⲇⲁⲛⲓⲏⲗ ϫⲉ ⲙⲏ ⲕ̀ⲛⲁϫⲟⲥ ϫⲉ ⲉ̀ⲫⲁⲓ ⲟⲩⲁⲓ ⲟⲩϩⲟⲙⲧ ⲡⲉ ⲓⲥ ϩⲏⲡⲡⲉ ϥ̀ⲱⲛϧ ϥⲟⲩⲱⲙ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ϥ̀ⲥⲱ ⲛⲉⲙ ϣϭⲟⲙ ⲙ̀ⲙⲟⲕ ⲉϫⲟⲥ ϫⲉ ⲟⲩⲟⲛ ⲟⲩ ⲉϥⲱⲛϧ	ouoh pejep̀ouro ǹdaniyl je my k̀nagos je èfai ouai ouhomt pe is hyppe f̀ōnx fouōm ouoh f̀sō nem ṡċom m̀mok egos je ouon ou efōnx	And the king said unto Daniel, Wilt thou also say that this is of brass? lo, he liveth, he eateth and drinketh; thou canst not say that he is no living god: therefore worship him.
1:25	ⲙ̄ⲡⲓⲇⲣⲁⲕⲱⲛ ⲛⲟⲩⲉϣ ⲥⲏϥⲉ ⲙ︤ⲛ︥ϭⲉⲣⲱⲃ	ⲛ̀ⲡⲁⲓⲇ̀ⲣⲁⲕⲱⲛ ⲛ̀ⲟⲩⲉϣ ⲥⲏϥⲓ ⲛⲉⲙ ϭⲉⲣⲱⲃ	ǹpaiḋ̀rakōn ǹoueṡ syfi nem ċerōb	Then said Daniel unto the king, I will worship the Lord my God: for he is the living God.
1:26	ⲡⲉϫⲉⲡⲣ̄ⲣⲟ ϫⲉϯϯ ⲙ̄ⲙⲟϥ ⲛⲁⲕ	ⲡⲉϫⲉⲡ̀ⲟⲩⲣⲟ ϫⲉ ϯϯ ⲙ̀ⲙⲟϥ ⲛⲁⲕ	pejep̀ouro je titi m̀mof nak	But give me leave, O king, and I shall slay this dragon without sword or staff. The king said, I give thee leave.
1:27	ⲇⲁⲛⲓⲏⲗ ⲁϥϫⲓ ⲛⲟⲩⲗⲁⲙϫⲁⲧ︤ⲡ︥ ⲙ︤ⲛ︥ⲟⲩϣⲱ ⲙ︤ⲛ︥ϩⲉⲛϥⲱ ⲁϥ[...] ⲙ̄ⲙⲟⲟⲩ ⲙ︤ⲛ︥ⲛⲟⲩⲉⲣⲏⲩ ⲁⲙⲓⲟⲩ	ⲇⲁⲛⲓⲏⲗ ⲁϥϭⲓ ⲛ̀ⲟⲩⲗⲁⲙϫⲁⲧ̀ⲡ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲟⲩϣⲱ ⲛⲉⲙ ϩⲁⲛϥⲱ ⲁϥ[…] ⲙ̀ⲙⲱⲟⲩ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲛⲟⲩⲉ̀ⲣⲏⲟⲩ ⲁⲙⲓⲟⲩ	daniyl afċi ǹoulamgat̀p nem ouṡō nem hanfō af[…] m̀mōou nem nouèryou amiou	Then Daniel took pitch, and fat, and hair, and did seethe them together, and made lumps thereof: this he put in the dragon's mouth, and so the dragon burst in sunder: and Daniel said, Lo, these are the gods ye worship.

Provenance

title: Bel and the Dragon 1
dialect: sahidic
source: Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "sahidic.ot", document 76_Bel_and_the_Dragon_01
licence: CC-BY-SA 4.0
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attribution: Bel and the Dragon 1 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus sahidic.ot, document 76_Bel_and_the_Dragon_01, version 6.1.0 (2025-06-30), annotations by Frank Feder, So Miyagawa, Elizabeth Platte, Caroline T. Schroeder, Amir Zeldes; source edition Crosswire, CoptOT. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/); this derivative is released under the same licence. CoptOT / Göttingen Digital Edition of the Coptic Old Testament, via Crosswire; English translation Brenton 1851 (ebible.org). Layers L1/L2 are modified: re-spelled (Cairene) / transliterated (Kemetic) by the Kemetic project, Yousef Hanna 2026.
annotation: segmentation automatic · tagging automatic · parsing automatic (SCRIPTORIUM meta.json; document version 6.1.0, 2025-06-30)
file: Bible/Old Testament/Bel and the Dragon/01.sahidic.scriptorium.L0.txt
title: Bel and the Dragon 1 — Cairene
dialect: bohairic
source: generated from 01.sahidic.scriptorium.L0.txt (Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "sahidic.ot", document 76_Bel_and_the_Dragon_01)
licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
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attribution: Bel and the Dragon 1 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus sahidic.ot, document 76_Bel_and_the_Dragon_01, version 6.1.0 (2025-06-30), annotations by Frank Feder, So Miyagawa, Elizabeth Platte, Caroline T. Schroeder, Amir Zeldes; source edition Crosswire, CoptOT. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/); this derivative is released under the same licence. CoptOT / Göttingen Digital Edition of the Coptic Old Testament, via Crosswire; English translation Brenton 1851 (ebible.org). Layers L1/L2 are modified: re-spelled (Cairene) / transliterated (Kemetic) by the Kemetic project, Yousef Hanna 2026.
annotation: segmentation automatic · tagging automatic · parsing automatic (SCRIPTORIUM meta.json; document version 6.1.0, 2025-06-30)
generated by: tools/sahidic_to_cairene.py (route D, C3a 2026-09-24; tier b, ROUTE-2 2026-09-26) then tools/cairene.py from_witness dialect=bohairic on the intermediate (L1 = Cairene(N_B(D(N_S(L0)))), RI-038; word division church); Sahidic N stage counts: editorial_lacuna=1 stroke_kept=15 stroke_unified=25 tokens=37
file: Bible/Old Testament/Bel and the Dragon/01.sahidic.scriptorium.L1.txt
title: Bel and the Dragon 1 — Kemetic
dialect: bohairic
source: generated from 01.sahidic.scriptorium.L1.txt
licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
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attribution: Bel and the Dragon 1 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus sahidic.ot, document 76_Bel_and_the_Dragon_01, version 6.1.0 (2025-06-30), annotations by Frank Feder, So Miyagawa, Elizabeth Platte, Caroline T. Schroeder, Amir Zeldes; source edition Crosswire, CoptOT. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/); this derivative is released under the same licence. CoptOT / Göttingen Digital Edition of the Coptic Old Testament, via Crosswire; English translation Brenton 1851 (ebible.org). Layers L1/L2 are modified: re-spelled (Cairene) / transliterated (Kemetic) by the Kemetic project, Yousef Hanna 2026.
annotation: segmentation automatic · tagging automatic · parsing automatic (SCRIPTORIUM meta.json; document version 6.1.0, 2025-06-30)
generated by: tools/coptic_to_kemetic.py convert() on the L1 text (letter rules of DECISIONS.md 2026-09-08)
file: Bible/Old Testament/Bel and the Dragon/01.sahidic.scriptorium.L2.txt
what it is: DRAFT English. Not a published translation: `existing` rows quote an aligned translation named in `basis`; `llm` rows are a language-model best guess from the dictionary gloss and context (Yousef asked for them, 2026-09-27; to be corrected later); check the source text before relying on any of it.
lines: 5 quoted · 0 quoted with the alignment not cross-checked · 0 model drafts (marked “draft”)
quoted from: Brenton's Septuagint (1851) — aligned in Coptic SCRIPTORIUM sahidic.ot, 76_Bel_and_the_Dragon_01 (5 lines)

Cite as:

Bel and the Dragon 1. Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "sahidic.ot", document 76_Bel_and_the_Dragon_01. Layers as published by the Kemetic project (Yousef Hanna), 2026: Coptic · Cairene · Kemetic, /doc/bible/old-testament/bel-and-the-dragon/01.sahidic.scriptorium/. Bel and the Dragon 1 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus sahidic.ot, document 76_Bel_and_the_Dragon_01, version 6.1.0 (2025-06-30), annotations by Frank Feder, So Miyagawa, Elizabeth Platte, Caroline T. Schroeder, Amir Zeldes; source edition Crosswire, CoptOT. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/); this derivative is released under the same licence. CoptOT / Göttingen Digital Edition of the Coptic Old Testament, via Crosswire; English translation Brenton 1851 (ebible.org). Layers L1/L2 are modified: re-spelled (Cairene) / transliterated (Kemetic) by the Kemetic project, Yousef Hanna 2026.

What the layers are

L0 witness
The text as its witness or edition has it, original spelling; its dialect is a description and is never standardized.

L0.5 transliteration
For Egyptian texts: the transliteration with the editors' marks turned into the symbols ° * < > _ ^ (ruled 2026-09-10). For papyri: the edition's Leiden marks as the same symbols, and the editors' readings beside the scribe's as ‹scribe→editors› (ruled PAP-3).

L1 Cairene
Standardized Greco-Bohairic spelling and grammar, generated by code from the layer above under the rulings of the project.

L2 Kemetic
The Kemetic alphabet, generated by code from L1.

English
Quoted translations where they exist, credited; otherwise model drafts, marked as drafts.