Binding curse against male virility — Coptic · Cairene

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Source: Kyprianos text 23 (Curse (magical, formulary, anti-virility)), edited text from corpus/incoming/kyprianos-coptic-magic/Kyprianos_Texts_exports_24.07.2026.csv (CSV export of 24 July 2026, staged 2026-09-10 by worker W-B1); manuscript(s) PCM 1 23 PCM I 23 P. Heid. Inv. Kopt. 682 P. Kopt. 1682 (previously) P. Baden 5 137 P. Baden V 137 P. Bad. V 137 · Ro ll. 21-49; copy dated 967 – 967 CE

Attribution: Kyprianos: Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg (https://www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de), CSV export of 24 July 2026, accessed 2026-09-10. Licensed ODbL 1.0 (http://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1.0/); contents DbCL 1.0. Changes: the edited Coptic of one record extracted to one file, apparatus and translation kept out of the text, by the Kemetic project, Yousef Hanna 2026.

Licence: attribution — Open Database License (ODbL) 1.0 for the database + Database Contents License (DbCL) 1.0 for the contents, quoted verbatim from the Kyprianos help page (coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de, fetched 2026-09-10): "The Kyprianos Database is made available under the Open Database License … Any rights in individual contents of the database are licensed under the Database Contents License". ODbL is ATTRIBUTION + SHARE-ALIKE + KEEP-OPEN: an adapted database we publish must itself be offered under ODbL, and if we run a public service on it we must offer the adapted database too. Not a Creative Commons licence, which is why the class is declared by the string's own prefix

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ref	L0 witness	English
1	20. ⲙⲟⲩⲣ ⸗ ⲉⲡⲧⲡⲉ ⸗ ⲙⲟⲩⲣ ⲉⲡⲕⲁϩ ⸗ ⲡ-
2	21. ⲙ̅ⲟ̅ⲩ̅ⲣ̅ · ⲉⲡⲧⲁⲩ : ⲡⲙⲟⲩⲣ ⲉⲡⲙⲟⲟⲩ ⸗
3	22. ⲡⲙⲟⲩⲣ · ⲡⲉⲕⲝⲟⲩⲣ ⸗ ⲉⲡⲓⲱⲧ⸗ ⲡⲙⲟⲩ̅ⲣ̅ ·
4	23. ⲉⲡⲕⲉⲗⲃⲓⲛⲓ ⸗ ⲉⲧϩⲉ ϭⲓϫ : ⲥⲁⲣⲝ : ⲡⲙⲟ-
5	24. ⲩⲣ : ⲧⲁⲩⲙⲟⲩⲣ ⸗ ⲡⲭ̅ⲥ̅ · ϩⲓϫⲉⲛ ⲡϣⲏ ⸗
6	25. ⲡⲉ̅ⲥ̅⳨ⲟ̅ⲩ̅ - ⲕⲉⲙ̅ⲟ̅ⲩ̅ⲣ ⸗ ⲡⲁⲣⲁⲑⲉⲛⲓⲁ ⲇ̅ⲇ̅
7	26. ⲛⲉⲇ̅ⲇ̅ ⲛⲁⲉϣⲃⲱⲗ ⲉⲃⲁⲗ ⲡⲁⲣⲑⲉⲛⲓⲁ̅	draft · mediumBind the heaven, bind the earth; the
8	27. ϣⲁⲛⲧⲟⲩⲃⲱⲗ ⲉ̅ⲃ̅ⲁ̅ⲗ̅ · ⲡⲁⲣⲑⲉ̅ⲛ̅ⲓ̅ⲁ ⲡ̅-	draft · mediumbinding of the mountain, the binding of the water,
9	28. ⲡⲁⲣⲑⲉⲛⲟⲥ ⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ ⸗	draft · lowthe binding […] of the Father, the binding
10	29. ⲡⲙⲟⲩⲣ ⲉⲡϣⲁϫⲉ : ⲧⲁϩⲏⲗ̅ⲓ̅ⲁ̅ⲥ̅ ⲡⲉⲡⲣⲟ-	draft · lowof the […] which is on the hand, flesh; the bind-
11	30. ⲫⲏⲧⲏⲥ · ϫⲟⲟⲩ ⸗ ϩⲓϫⲉⲛ ⲧⲁⲟⲩ ⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ ⸗	draft · medium-ing with which they bound Christ upon the wood,
12	31. ⲉⲧ ⲛⲁⲓ ⲛⲉⲩⲣⲁⲛ ⲭ̅ⲁ̅ⲕ̅ⲟ̅ⲩ̅ⲣ̅ⲓ̅= ⲭ̅ⲁ̅ⲃ̅ⲛ̅ⲉ̅ⲓ̅ ⸗	draft · mediumthe cross. Another binding: the virginity of NN,
13	——————————————————	draft · mediumso that NN may not be able to break the virginity
14	32. ⲭⲁⲃⲛⲁ ⸗ ϣⲱⲣⲁⲛⲓ ⸗ ϣⲟⲩⲣⲱⲛⲁ̣ⲉ̣	draft · mediumuntil they loose (it); the virginity of the
15	33. ⲙⲁⲣⲉ ⲡⲙⲟⲩⲣ ⲉⲡⲁⲓ ⲡⲉ ϣⲱⲡ · ϩⲓϫⲉ-	draft · highholy Virgin.
16	34. ⲙ ⲡⲥⲱⲙⲁ ⲛϩⲟⲟⲩⲧ ⸗ ⲇ̅ⲇ̅ ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲇ̅ⲇ̅ ⲛ̅-	draft · mediumThe binding of the word, that of Elias the pro-
17	35. ⲛⲉϥ ⲉϣⲓⲃⲱⲗ· ⲉⲃⲁⲗ ⲡⲁⲣⲑⲉⲛⲓⲁ ⸗ ⲇ̅ⲇ̅ ⸗	draft · low-phet, which he spoke upon the holy mountain;
18	36. ⲛⲉϥⲧⲱⲥ ⸗ ⲛⲉϥⲧⲱⲟⲩⲛ ⸗	draft · mediumthese are their names: Chakouri, Chabnei,
19	37. ⲛⲉϥϯ ⲥⲡⲉⲣⲙⲁ ⸗ ⲛⲉϥⲛⲁϣⲉⲃⲱⲗ
20	38. ⲉⲃⲁⲗ· ⲡⲁⲣⲑⲉⲛⲓⲁ ⲇ̅ⲇ̅ ⲁ̅ⲗ̅ⲗ̅ⲁ̅ ⲉϥ-	draft · mediumChabna, Shorani, Shourona[e].
21	39. ϣⲱⲡⲓ ⸗ ϩⲉⲛⲥⲁⲣⲝ ⲇ̅ⲇ̅ ⸗ ⲙⲁⲣⲉ[[ⲥⲁ]]-	draft · mediumLet the binding of this one come upon
22	40. ⲥⲁ̅ⲣ̅ⲝ̅ ⲇ̅ⲇ̅ ⸗ ϣⲱⲡⲉ · ⲛ̇ⲑⲉ ⲧⲁⲩⲣⲉϥ-	draft · mediumthe body of the man NN toward NN, so that
23	41. ⲙⲁⲟⲩⲧ : ⲛⲉϥⲛⲉϣϫ ⲉⲃⲁⲗ ⸗	draft · mediumhe may not be able to break the virginity of NN;
24	42. ϩⲉⲛ ⲡⲧⲁ̅ⲫ̅ⲱ̅ⲥ· ⲁ̅ⲓ̅ⲟ̅ ⲁ̅ⲓ̅ⲟ̅ ⲧ̅ⲁ̅ⲭ̅ⲏ̅ ⸗	draft · mediumlet him not grow stiff, let him not rise,
25	———————————————————	draft · mediumlet him not give seed, let him not be able to break
26	43. [kharaktēres: Ε ✴ 2 x complex kharaktēres]	draft · mediumthe virginity of NN; but when he
27	44. ⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲛ̅ⲁ̅ⲗ̅-	draft · lowis in the flesh of NN, let the
28	45. ⲙⲓⲧⲉⲧ ⲛⲁⲗⲭⲱⲃⲓ ⲛⲓ⸗ⲑ̅ⲩ̅:	draft · mediumflesh of NN become like that of a dead
29	46. ϣⲁⲗ ⲛ̣ϩⲟⲟⲩⲧ : ⲛⲁⲗⲉⲩ: ϩⲓ ⲗⲓⲃ-	draft · lowman, who cannot come out
30	47. ⲁⲛⲟⲥ ⸗ ⲡⲕⲉⲙⲑⲏⲧⲓ ⲁϥϫⲟⲕ	draft · mediumof the tomb. Aio, aio, quickly.
31	48. ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲕⲁⲗⲟⲥ
32	———————————————————

Provenance

title: Binding curse against male virility
dialect: mixed
source: Kyprianos text 23 (Curse (magical, formulary, anti-virility)), edited text from corpus/incoming/kyprianos-coptic-magic/Kyprianos_Texts_exports_24.07.2026.csv (CSV export of 24 July 2026, staged 2026-09-10 by worker W-B1); manuscript(s) PCM 1 23 PCM I 23 P. Heid. Inv. Kopt. 682 P. Kopt. 1682 (previously) P. Baden 5 137 P. Baden V 137 P. Bad. V 137 · Ro ll. 21-49; copy dated 967 – 967 CE
licence: attribution — Open Database License (ODbL) 1.0 for the database + Database Contents License (DbCL) 1.0 for the contents, quoted verbatim from the Kyprianos help page (coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de, fetched 2026-09-10): "The Kyprianos Database is made available under the Open Database License … Any rights in individual contents of the database are licensed under the Database Contents License". ODbL is ATTRIBUTION + SHARE-ALIKE + KEEP-OPEN: an adapted database we publish must itself be offered under ODbL, and if we run a public service on it we must offer the adapted database too. Not a Creative Commons licence, which is why the class is declared by the string's own prefix
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attribution: Kyprianos: Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg (https://www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de), CSV export of 24 July 2026, accessed 2026-09-10. Licensed ODbL 1.0 (http://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1.0/); contents DbCL 1.0. Changes: the edited Coptic of one record extracted to one file, apparatus and translation kept out of the text, by the Kemetic project, Yousef Hanna 2026.
file: Magic/Kyprianos Coptic magical texts/T0023 Binding curse against male virility.kyprianos.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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Binding curse against male virility. Kyprianos text 23 (Curse (magical, formulary, anti-virility)), edited text from corpus/incoming/kyprianos-coptic-magic/Kyprianos_Texts_exports_24.07.2026.csv (CSV export of 24 July 2026, staged 2026-09-10 by worker W-B1); manuscript(s) PCM 1 23 PCM I 23 P. Heid. Inv. Kopt. 682 P. Kopt. 1682 (previously) P. Baden 5 137 P. Baden V 137 P. Bad. V 137 · Ro ll. 21-49; copy dated 967 – 967 CE. Layers as published by the Kemetic project (Yousef Hanna), 2026: Coptic · Cairene · Kemetic, /doc/magic/kyprianos-coptic-magical-texts/t0023-binding-curse-against-male-virility.kyprianos/. Kyprianos: Database of Ancient Ritual Texts and Objects, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg (https://www.coptic-magic.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de), CSV export of 24 July 2026, accessed 2026-09-10. Licensed ODbL 1.0 (http://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1.0/); contents DbCL 1.0. Changes: the edited Coptic of one record extracted to one file, apparatus and translation kept out of the text, by the Kemetic project, Yousef Hanna 2026.

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