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share: attributionmixedSource: Kyprianos text 53 (Curse (magical, applied, prayer for justice)), 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) P. Mich. Inv. 1523 · Ro ll. 1-18; copy dated 301 – 500 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
The text
19 lines · a line number is a link to itselfEnglish: 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 | English |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | → | |
| 2 | 1.ϯⲥⲁⲡⲥ̅ⲡ̅ ϯⲡⲁⲣⲁⲕⲁⲗⲉⲓ ϯⲧⲱⲃ̅ϩ̅ ⲙ̅ⲙⲱⲧⲛ̅ ⲙ̅ⲙⲁⲣⲧⲩⲣⲟⲥ̣ | draft · highI pray, I beseech, I entreat you, holy mar- |
| 3 | 2. ⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ ⲁ̣ⲛⲁⲕ ⲑ̣ⲉⲱⲇⲟⲣⲁ ϯⲥϩⲓⲙⲉ ⲉⲧϫⲏⲩ ⲛ̅ϭⲁⲛⲥ̅ | draft · low-tyrs: I, Theodora, the woman who has been wronged (?), |
| 4 | 3. ϯϯ ⲙ̅ⲡⲓⲗⲓⲃⲉⲗⲗⲟⲥ ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ ϩⲁ ⲡϫⲟⲣ̅ ⲙⲛ̅ ⲧϥ̅ⲥϩⲓⲙⲉ | draft · mediumpresent this petition against Pjor and his wife, |
| 5 | 4. ⲉⲓ̈ⲡⲱϩⲧ̅ ⲙ̅ⲙⲟⲓ̈ ⲛ̅ⲧⲉⲧⲛ̅ⲙⲛ̅ⲧ̅ⲁⲅⲁⲑⲟⲥ ϫⲉⲕⲁⲁⲥ | draft · mediumpouring myself out before your goodness, so that |
| 6 | 5. ⲁⲧⲉⲧⲛⲁⲣ̣̅ ⲡⲁϩⲉ̣ⲡ̣ ⲙⲛ̅ ⲡϫⲟⲣ ⲙⲛ̅ ⲧϥ̅ⲥϩⲓⲙⲉ | draft · mediumyou may judge my case with Pjor and his wife: |
| 7 | 6. ⲧⲉⲧⲛ̅ⲡ[ⲁ]ⲧ̣ⲁ̣ⲥⲥ[ⲉ] ⲙ̅ⲙⲟⲟ̣ⲩ̣ ⲧⲉⲧⲛ̅ϫⲟⲣⲟⲩ ⲁ̣ⲃⲁⲗ | draft · mediumstrike them, scatter them; |
| 8 | 7. ⲧⲉⲡⲥⲁϩ̣ⲟⲩ ⲧ[ⲉ]ⲡϥⲛ̅ⲧ ⲙⲛ̅ ⲡϫⲟⲩⲣ̣ⲉ ⲁⲃⲁⲗ | draft · mediumlet the curse, the worm and the scattering |
| 9 | 8. ⲧⲉϩⲁⲩ ⲧⲉⲧⲟⲣ[ⲅ]ⲏ ⲙ̅ⲡⲛ̣ⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲧⲉϩⲟ ⲡϫⲟⲣ | draft · mediumreach them; let the wrath of God reach Pjor |
| 10 | 9. ⲙⲛ̣̅ ⲧϥ̅ⲥϩⲓⲙⲉ ⲙⲛ̅ ⲡⲉⲧϣⲟⲟⲡ ⲛⲁϥ ⲧⲏⲣ̅ϥ̅ | draft · highand his wife and all that belongs to him; |
| 11 | 10. ⲧⲉⲟⲩⲛⲟϭ ⲛ̅ⲑⲗⲓⲯⲓⲥ ⲙ̣ⲛ̅ ⲟⲩⲛⲁϭ ⲛ̣̅ⲁϣϭⲁⲡ | draft · mediumlet a great affliction and a great outcry |
| 12 | 11. ϣⲱ̣ⲡⲉ ϩⲓϫⲛ̅ ⲡϥ̅ⲏⲓ̈ ⲙⲛ̅ ⲧϥ̅ⲥϩⲓⲙⲉ | draft · highcome upon his house and his wife; |
| 13 | 12. ⲛ̣ⲑ̣ⲉ ⲉ[ⲧ]ϣⲉ̣ ⲛ̣ⲉ̣ⲧ̣ⲛ̣̅ϭⲓϫ ⲁϫⲱ[ⲟⲩ ⲧ]ⲉ̣ⲧϭ̣ⲓϫ ⲉⲧϫⲟⲟⲣ | draft · lowas is fitting, (let) your hands (be) upon [them], the strong hand |
| 14 | 13. ⲙ̣ⲛ̅ ⲡ̣ϭ̣ⲃ̣ⲁ̣ⲓ̣ ⲉⲧ̣ϫⲁⲥⲉ ⲉⲓ ⲉϫⲱⲟⲩ ϩⲓ ⲟⲩⲥⲟⲡ | draft · mediumand the high arm, come upon them at once, |
| 15 | 14. ⲛ̅ⲧⲟϥ̣ ⲙⲛ̅ ⲧϥ̅ⲥ̣ϩⲓⲙⲉ ⲙ̅ⲙⲁⲣⲧⲩ̣ⲣⲟⲥ ⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ | draft · highhim and his wife, holy martyrs; |
| 16 | 15. ⲁⲧⲉⲧⲛⲁϭ̣ⲉⲡⲏ ⲧⲉⲧⲛ̅ⲣ̅ ⲡⲁϩⲉⲡ ⲛⲉⲙⲉⲩ | draft · mediumhurry and judge my case with them; |
| 17 | 16. [ⲁⲩⲁⲛ]ⲁ̣ⲩ ⲉ̣ⲛⲉⲧⲛ̣̅ϭⲟⲙ ⲙⲛ̅ ⲉⲧⲛ̅ϣⲡⲏⲣⲉ | draft · low[let them see] your powers and your wonders, |
| 18 | 17. [ⲙ̅ⲙⲁⲣⲧⲩ]ⲣⲟⲥ ⲉⲧ̣[ⲟ]ⲩⲁ̣ⲁⲃ ⲁ̣ⲧ̣ⲉⲧⲛⲁ̣ⲣ̅ ⲡⲁϩⲉⲡ | draft · mediumholy [martyrs]; judge my case |
| 19 | 18. [ⲛⲉⲙⲉⲩ] ⲧⲉⲡ[ⲉ]ⲩ̣ⲛ̅ⲕⲟ ⲗⲟϫⲉ | draft · guess[with them] […] |
Provenance
- title
- Applied curse for Theodora against Pjor and his wife
- dialect
- mixed
- source
- Kyprianos text 53 (Curse (magical, applied, prayer for justice)), 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) P. Mich. Inv. 1523 · Ro ll. 1-18; copy dated 301 – 500 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
- share
- attribution
- 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/T0053 Applied curse for Theodora against Pjor and his wife.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.
- lines
- 0 quoted · 0 quoted with the alignment not cross-checked · 18 model drafts (marked “draft”)
L0 witness
English
Cite as:
Applied curse for Theodora against Pjor and his wife. Kyprianos text 53 (Curse (magical, applied, prayer for justice)), 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) P. Mich. Inv. 1523 · Ro ll. 1-18; copy dated 301 – 500 CE. Layers as published by the Kemetic project (Yousef Hanna), 2026: Coptic · Cairene · Kemetic, /doc/magic/kyprianos-coptic-magical-texts/t0053-applied-curse-for-theodora-against-pjor-and-his-wife.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.
What the layers are
The text as its witness or edition has it, original spelling; its dialect is a description and is never standardized.
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).
Standardized Greco-Bohairic spelling and grammar, generated by code from the layer above under the rulings of the project.
The Kemetic alphabet, generated by code from L1.
Quoted translations where they exist, credited; otherwise model drafts, marked as drafts.