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Attribution: Life of Hilaria BN 132.1 ff. 19-20 (Giron) from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus life-hilaria, document life.hilaria.bnf132frg1, version 6.3.0 (2026-06-08), annotations by Lydia Bremer-McCollum, Nicholas Wagner, Caroline T. Schroeder; source edition Giron 1907 on archive.org. Licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Layers L1/L2 are modified: re-spelled (Cairene) / transliterated (Kemetic) by the Kemetic project, Yousef Hanna 2026.
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| 1 | ......ϫⲱⲥⲉ......[ϫⲱ ⲙ]ⲙⲟⲥ ϫⲉ[ⲙⲁ]ⲣⲉⲛⲥⲟⲡⲥ ⲙⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ . ⲛϥⲕⲁⲣⲓⲍⲉ ⲙⲡⲧⲁⲗϭⲱ ⲛⲧϣⲉⲉⲣⲉ ⲙⲡⲣⲣⲟ . | draft · medium[...] saying: 'Let us beseech the Lord, that he may grant healing to the emperor's daughter.' |
| 2 | ⲕⲁⲓ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲟⲩⲉⲩⲥⲉⲃⲏⲥ ⲡⲉ ϩⲛϩⲱⲃ ⲛⲓⲙ | draft · highFor indeed he was pious in every respect. |
| 3 | ⲛⲧⲉⲣⲟⲩⲁⲣⲭⲉⲓ ⲇⲉ ⲛϣⲗⲏⲗ ⲉϫⲛⲧϣⲉⲉⲣⲉ ϣⲏⲙ ⲁⲡⲇⲉⲙⲟⲛⲓⲟⲛ ⲟⲛϣⲉϥ ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲉⲣⲟⲥ ϩⲛⲧⲉⲩⲙⲏⲧⲉ ⲁϥⲧⲁⲩⲟⲥ ⲉⲡⲉⲥⲏⲧ ϩⲱⲥⲧⲉ ⲛⲧⲉⲡⲉⲥⲧⲣⲁⲧⲉⲗⲁⲧⲏⲥ ⲙⲛⲡϩⲏⲅⲉⲙⲱⲛ ⲉⲣϣⲡⲏⲣⲉ ϫⲉⲁⲡⲇⲉⲙⲱⲛⲓⲟⲛ ....................................................... | draft · mediumWhen they began to pray over the young girl, the demon [seized] her in their midst and threw her down, so that the general and the governor marvelled that the demon [...] |
| 4 | ⲱ ... ⲁⲥⲥⲟⲩⲱⲛⲥ . | draft · lowO [...] she recognized her. |
| 5 | ⲁⲗⲗⲁ ⲙⲡⲉⲧⲕⲟⲩⲓ ⲛⲧⲟⲥ ⲥⲟⲩⲛ ⲉⲧⲉⲥⲥⲱⲛⲉ ⲙⲙⲟⲛⲁⲭⲏ . ⲉⲥⲛⲁⲥⲟⲩⲱⲛⲥ ⲛⲁϣ ⲛϩⲉ ⲉⲛϣⲟⲣⲡ ⲙⲉⲛ ⲛⲉⲥⲥⲁⲣⲝ ⲉⲧϭⲏⲛ ⲁⲩϣⲟⲟⲩⲉ ϩⲓⲧⲛⲧⲁⲥⲕⲏⲥⲓⲥ . | draft · mediumBut the little one did not know that it was her sister the nun. How could she have recognized her, since in the first place her flesh, which was weak, had dried up through ascetic practice? |
| 6 | ⲁϥϣⲓⲃⲉ ⲇⲉ ⲟⲛ ⲛϭⲓⲡⲥⲁ ⲛⲡⲉⲥⲥⲱⲙⲁ ⲁⲛⲉⲥⲃⲁⲗ ϣⲱⲕϩ ⲉⲡⲉⲥⲏⲧ | draft · highThe appearance of her body too had changed; her eyes had sunk in, |
| 7 | ⲁⲩⲱ ⲁⲡⲉⲥⲁⲩⲁⲛ ⲧⲁⲕⲟ .............. ⲛϩⲟⲟⲩⲧ . | draft · lowand her complexion was ruined [...] male. |
| 8 | ⲉⲣⲉⲧⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲁ ⲇⲉ ⲛⲁⲩ ⲉⲧⲉⲥⲥⲱⲛⲉ ϩⲙⲡⲓⲛⲟϭ ⲛϩⲓⲥⲉ ⲛⲧⲉⲓϭⲟⲧ ⲁⲥⲙⲕⲁϩⲛϩⲏⲧ | draft · highWhen the blessed one saw her sister in this great suffering, she was grieved, |
| 9 | ⲁⲩⲱ ⲁⲡⲉⲥⲥⲁⲛϩⲟⲩⲛ ϣⲧⲟⲣⲧⲣ ⲉϫⲛⲧⲉⲥⲥⲱⲛⲉ ⲁⲥⲡⲁϩⲧⲥ ⲉⲡⲉⲥⲏⲧ ⲉϫⲙⲡⲕⲁϩ ⲁⲥⲣⲓⲙⲉ ϩⲱⲥⲧⲉ ⲛⲥϩⲱⲣⲡ ⲙⲡⲕⲁϩ ϩⲛⲛⲉⲥⲣⲙⲉⲓⲟⲟⲩⲉ ⲉⲥϫⲱ ⲙⲙⲟⲥ ϫⲉⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ⲡⲉⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ϣⲉⲛϩⲧⲏⲕ ϩⲁⲧⲉⲓϣⲉⲉⲣⲉ ϣⲏⲙ . | draft · highand her inner parts were troubled over her sister; she threw herself down on the ground and wept, so that she wetted the ground with her tears, saying: 'Lord my God, have pity on this young girl.' |
| 10 | ⲛⲉⲥⲛⲏⲩ ⲇⲉ ⲛⲧⲉⲣⲟⲩⲛⲁⲩ ⲉⲡⲥⲟⲩⲱⲗⲥ ⲛϩⲏⲧ ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ [ϫⲉⲉⲥ]ϣⲟⲟⲡ ϩ[ⲛⲟⲩ]ⲙⲛⲧϣⲉ ⲛϩⲏⲧϥ ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲉⲣⲟⲥ . | draft · lowWhen the brothers saw her tenderness of heart toward her, [that she] was [in] compassion toward her, |
| 11 | ⲛⲧⲉⲣⲉⲉⲥϩⲣⲟⲕ ⲇⲉ ⲛⲟⲩⲕⲟⲩⲓ ⲉⲃⲟⲗϩⲙⲡⲇⲉⲙⲱⲛⲓⲟⲛ ⲛϭⲓⲧϣⲉⲉⲣⲉ ϣⲏⲙ ⲁⲩⲙⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲉⲩⲥⲟⲛ ⲛⲁⲣⲭⲁⲓⲟⲥ | draft · highWhen the young girl had rested a little from the demon, they called a brother among the elders |
| 12 | ⲁⲩⲱ ⲛⲁⲥⲕⲓⲧⲏⲥ ⲡⲉϫⲁⲩ ⲛⲁϥ ϫⲉϫⲓ ⲛⲧⲉⲓϣⲉⲉⲣⲉ ϣⲏⲙ ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲉⲧⲉⲕⲣⲓ ⲛⲅϭⲱ ⲉⲕϣⲗⲏⲗ ⲉϫⲱⲥ ϣⲁⲛⲧⲉⲡⲇⲟⲉⲓⲥ ⲭⲁⲣⲓⲍⲉ ⲛⲁⲥ ⲙⲡⲧⲁⲗϭⲱ . ⲛⲧⲟϥ ⲇⲉⲡⲉϫⲁϥ ϫⲉⲙⲡⲁⲧⲁⲡⲱϩ ⲉⲛⲉⲓϣⲓ ⲛⲧⲉⲓⲙⲓⲛⲉ ⲉⲧⲣⲁϫⲓⲥϩⲓⲙⲉ ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲉⲡⲁⲏⲓ̈ . | draft · highand ascetics and said to him: 'Take this young girl into your cell and keep praying over her until the Lord grants her healing.' But he said: 'I have not attained such a measure as to take a woman into my dwelling.' |
| 13 | ⲡⲉⲓϩⲱⲃ ⲅⲁⲣ .............ⲛ . | draft · lowFor this thing [...] |
| 14 | ⲡⲉⲫⲓⲗⲟⲥⲟⲫⲟⲥ ⲇⲉ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲙⲁⲣⲧⲏⲣⲓⲟⲥ ⲡⲉϫⲁϥ ⲛⲁⲩ ϫⲉ ⲧⲁⲁⲥ ⲉⲧⲟⲟⲧϥ ⲛϩⲉⲗⲗⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ ⲡⲉⲥⲓⲟⲩⲣ ⲛⲧⲟϥ ⲅⲁⲣⲙⲁⲩⲁⲁϥ ⲡⲉⲧⲉⲟⲩⲛϭⲟⲙ ⲙⲙⲟϥ . | draft · highThe philosopher Apa Martyrios said to them: 'Give her into the hands of Hilarios her eunuch; for he alone is the one who has the power |
| 15 | ⲉⲧⲣⲉϥϫⲓ ⲥϩⲓⲙⲉ ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲉⲡⲉⲥⲏⲓ̈ ⲁⲩϯ ⲧϣⲉⲉⲣⲉ ⲇⲉ ⲉⲧⲉⲥⲥⲱⲛⲉ ⲁⲩϫⲓⲧⲥ ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲉⲡⲉⲥⲏⲓ | draft · highto take a woman into his dwelling.' So they gave the girl to her sister, and she took her into her dwelling. |
| 16 | ⲉⲥϣⲁⲛⲧⲱⲟⲩⲛ ⲇⲉ ⲉϣⲗⲏⲗ ϣⲁⲥⲧⲣⲉⲥⲧⲱⲟⲩⲛ ⲛⲙⲙⲁⲥ ⲉⲥϣⲁⲛϭⲱϣⲧ ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲉϩⲣⲁⲥ ⲛⲧⲉⲥⲥⲱⲛⲉ ϣⲁⲥϣⲧⲟⲣⲧⲣ ϩⲙⲡⲉⲥⲥⲁⲛϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲛⲥⲃⲱⲗ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ | draft · mediumWhenever she rose to pray she made her rise with her; whenever she looked into her sister's face, she was troubled in her inner parts and melted in tears, |
| 17 | ⲁⲩⲱ ⲛⲉϣⲁⲥⲡⲁϩⲧⲥ ⲉϫⲙⲡ[ⲕⲁϩⲁⲥ]ⲣⲓⲙⲉ ....... ⲣ...... ⲛⲛⲉⲛⲉϣ ⲁⲥϩⲱⲛ ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲉⲧⲉ]ⲥⲥⲱ]ⲛⲉ ⲛⲥϯ[ⲡⲉⲓ]ⲉⲣⲱⲥ ϩⲁϩ | draft · lowand she would throw herself on the ground and weep [...] she drew near to her sister and kissed her many times. |
| 18 | ⲛⲥⲟⲡ ⲇⲉ ⲟⲛ ⲛⲉϣⲁⲥⲉⲛⲕⲟⲧⲕ ϩⲓⲟⲩ ⲡⲁⲓ ⲛⲟⲩⲱⲧ ⲛⲙⲙⲁⲥ ⲛⲧⲉⲩϣⲏ ⲧⲏⲣⲥ | draft · mediumOften too she would sleep with her on one [mat] the whole night. |
| 19 | ⲙⲛⲛⲥⲁⲥⲁϣϥ ⲇⲉ ⲛϩⲟⲟⲩ ⲁⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲭⲁⲣⲓⲍⲉ ⲙⲡⲧⲁⲗϭⲟ ⲛⲧϣⲉⲉⲣⲉ ⲙⲡⲣⲣⲟ ⲁⲥⲉⲛⲧⲥ ⲉⲣⲁⲧϥ ⲛⲁⲡⲁ ⲡⲁⲙⲃⲱ ⲛⲉ ⲁⲥϯⲙⲉⲧⲁⲛⲟⲓⲁ ϫⲉⲕⲱ ⲛⲁⲓ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ . | draft · mediumAfter seven days God granted healing to the emperor's daughter; she brought her to Apa Pambo, and she made a prostration: 'Forgive me.' |
| 20 | ⲡⲉⲥⲧⲣⲁⲧⲉⲗⲁⲧⲏⲥ ⲇⲉ ⲙⲛⲡϩⲏⲅⲏⲙⲱⲛ ⲁⲩⲥⲩⲛⲁⲅⲉ ϩⲁϩⲧⲏⲩ ⲛⲧⲕⲩⲣⲓⲁⲕⲏ . | draft · mediumThe general and the governor joined them at the Sunday synaxis. |
| 21 | ⲁⲩⲕⲧⲟⲟⲩ ⲉⲧⲉⲩⲡⲟⲗⲓⲥ ϩⲛⲟⲩⲉⲓⲣⲏⲛⲏ ⲛⲉⲥⲛⲏⲩ ⲇⲉ ⲛϣⲓⲏⲧ ⲁⲩⲥϩⲁⲓ [ⲛⲟ]ⲩⲉⲡ[ⲓⲥⲧⲟⲗⲏ ⲁⲩ]ⲧⲁⲁⲥ [ⲛⲧ]ϣⲉⲉⲣⲉ ϣⲏⲙ [ϩⲁ]ⲡⲉⲥ[ⲉⲓ]ⲱⲧ . ⲉⲥⲏϩ ϩⲙⲡⲉⲓⲧⲩⲡⲟⲥ . | draft · highThey returned to their city in peace. The brothers of Shiet wrote a letter and gave it to the young girl for her father, written in this form: |
| 22 | ⲛⲉⲓⲉⲗⲁⲭⲓⲥⲧⲟⲥ ⲉⲧϩⲙⲡⲧⲟⲟⲩ ⲙⲡϩⲟⲥⲉⲙ ⲉⲩⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲉⲣⲁⲧϥ ⲙⲡⲣⲉϥϫⲣⲟ ⲛⲁⲩⲅⲟⲩⲥⲧⲟⲥ | draft · high'These least ones who are on the mountain of Natron, writing to the victorious emperor Augustus |
| 23 | ⲁⲩⲱ ⲡⲁⲡⲓⲁⲙⲁϩⲧⲉ ⲉⲧⲧⲁⲓⲏⲩ ⲍⲏⲛⲱⲛ . | draft · lowand [...] the honoured Zeno. |
| 24 | ϩⲁⲑⲏ ⲙⲉⲛ ⲙⲡϣⲁϫⲉ ⲧⲉⲛⲟⲩⲱϣⲧ ⲙⲡⲉⲕⲕⲣⲁⲇⲟⲥ ⲉⲧⲧⲁⲉⲓⲏⲩ ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲉϥⲉϫⲓⲥⲉ ⲙⲡⲉⲕⲕⲣⲁⲧⲟⲥ | draft · highBefore the word, we greet your honoured majesty; may God exalt your might |
| 25 | ⲁⲩⲱ ⲛϥϩⲁⲣⲉϩ ⲉⲧⲉⲕⲙⲉⲧⲉⲣⲟ ⲛⲑⲉ ⲛⲇⲁⲉⲓⲇ ⲙⲛⲥⲟⲗⲟⲙⲱⲛ ⲙⲛⲉⲍⲉⲕⲓⲁⲥ ⲙⲛⲓⲱⲥⲓⲁⲥ | draft · highand guard your kingdom as that of David and Solomon and Hezekiah and Josiah |
| 26 | ⲁⲩⲱ ⲉϥⲉⲇⲓⲏⲕⲉⲓ ⲛⲧⲉⲕⲙⲉⲧⲉⲣⲟ ⲁϫⲉⲛⲗⲁⲁⲩ ⲧⲣ...... ⲉⲓⲥ ..... [ϥⲓ]ⲣⲟⲩⲟϣ ϩⲁⲣⲟⲛ ⲁⲩⲱ ϩⲁⲧⲉⲕⲕⲗⲏⲥⲓⲁ ⲧⲏⲣⲥ | draft · lowand may he govern your kingdom without any [...] behold [...] he takes care for us and for your whole church. |
| 27 | ⲁⲩⲱ ⲛⲧⲉⲓϩⲉ ⲁⲩⲉⲓ ⲉⲕⲱⲥⲧⲁⲛⲧⲓⲛⲟⲩⲡⲟⲗⲓⲥ . | draft · highAnd in this way they came to Constantinople. |
| 28 | ⲁⲩⲛⲟϭ ⲇⲉ ⲛⲣⲁϣⲉ ϣⲱⲡⲉ ⲉϫⲙⲡⲧⲁⲗϭⲟ ⲛⲧϣⲉⲉⲣⲉ ϣⲏⲙ ⲙⲡⲣⲣⲟ . | draft · highThere was great joy over the healing of the emperor's young daughter. |
| 29 | ⲁϥⲉⲓⲣⲉ ⲛⲟⲩⲛⲟϭ ⲛϩⲟⲟⲩ ⲛⲉⲛϭⲱⲃ ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ ⲛⲧⲡⲟⲗⲓⲥ . | draft · highHe held a great feast for all the poor of the city |
| 30 | ⲙⲛⲟⲩⲟⲛ ⲛⲓⲙ ⲉⲧⲗⲉϫⲗⲱϫ ϩⲛⲛⲉⲩⲥⲱⲙⲁ . ⲉϥⲁϩⲉⲣⲁⲧϥ ⲛϭⲓⲡⲣⲣⲟ ⲉϥⲙⲏⲣⲉ ⲉϥⲇⲓⲁⲕⲟⲛⲉⲓ ⲉⲣⲟⲟⲩ ⲉⲁϥϯ ⲛⲟⲩⲕⲣⲁⲥⲓⲥ ⲛⲕⲱⲛⲧⲓⲧⲱⲛ ⲉⲡⲟⲩⲁ ⲉⲡⲟⲩ[ⲁ] ϩⲛⲛⲉϥϭⲓϫ ⲙⲙⲓⲛ ⲙⲙⲟϥ | draft · mediumand for everyone who was sick in body, the emperor standing girded and serving them, having given a cup of spiced wine to each one with his own hands |
| 31 | ⲁⲩⲱ ................... | draft · guessand [...] |
Provenance
- title
- Life of Hilaria BN 132.1 ff. 19-20 (Giron)
- dialect
- sahidic
- source
- Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "life-hilaria", document life.hilaria.bnf132frg1
- licence
- CC-BY 4.0
- share
- attribution
- attribution
- Life of Hilaria BN 132.1 ff. 19-20 (Giron) from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus life-hilaria, document life.hilaria.bnf132frg1, version 6.3.0 (2026-06-08), annotations by Lydia Bremer-McCollum, Nicholas Wagner, Caroline T. Schroeder; source edition Giron 1907 on archive.org. Licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). 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 6.3.0, 2026-06-08)
- file
- Hagiography/Life of hilaria/life.hilaria.bnf132frg1.sahidic.scriptorium.L0.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.
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- 0 quoted · 0 quoted with the alignment not cross-checked · 31 model drafts (marked “draft”)
L0 witness
English
Cite as:
Life of Hilaria BN 132.1 ff. 19-20 (Giron). Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "life-hilaria", document life.hilaria.bnf132frg1. Layers as published by the Kemetic project (Yousef Hanna), 2026: Coptic · Cairene · Kemetic, /doc/hagiography/life-of-hilaria/life.hilaria.bnf132frg1.sahidic.scriptorium/. Life of Hilaria BN 132.1 ff. 19-20 (Giron) from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus life-hilaria, document life.hilaria.bnf132frg1, version 6.3.0 (2026-06-08), annotations by Lydia Bremer-McCollum, Nicholas Wagner, Caroline T. Schroeder; source edition Giron 1907 on archive.org. Licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). 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.
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).
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.
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.
The Kemetic alphabet, generated by code from L1.
English
Quoted translations where they exist, credited; otherwise model drafts, marked as drafts.
Quoted translations where they exist, credited; otherwise model drafts, marked as drafts.