Formula for sleep (or love spell ?) — Coptic · Cairene

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Source: Kyprianos text 74 (Sleep (?) (healing, magical, formulary) Love spell (?) (magical, formulary)), 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 6 PCM I 6 Hs. Schmidt 1 · Ro ll. 1-25; copy dated 501 – 700 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.

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ref	L0 witness	L1 Cairene	L2 Kemetic	English
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2	1. ⳨ ⲥⲱⲧⲙ ⲉϩⲱⲣ ⲉϥⲣⲓⲙⲉ · ⲥⲱⲧⲙ ⲉϩⲱⲣ	1. ⳨ ⲥⲱⲧⲉⲙ ⲉϩⲱⲣ ⲉϥⲣⲓⲙⲓ: ⲥⲱⲧⲉⲙ ⲉϩⲱⲣ	1. ⳨ sōtem ehōr efrimi: sōtem ehōr
3	2. ⲉϥⲁϣⲁϩⲟⲙ ϫⲉ ⲁⲓϩⲓⲥⲉ ⲟⲩⲟⲑ ⲉⲥⲁϣϥⲉ ⲛ̅-	2. Ⲉϥⲁϣⲁϩⲟⲙ ϫⲉ ⲁⲓϧⲓⲥⲓ ⲟⲩⲟⲑ ⲉ̀ϣⲁϣϥⲓ ⲛ-	2. Efaṡahom je aixisi ouoθ èṡaṡfi n-
4	3. ⲛⲟⲩⲥⲉ ϫⲓⲛ ⲉⲡϣⲟⲙⲧⲉ ⲙⲡⲉϩⲟⲟⲩ ϣⲁ ϫⲡ-	3. ⲛⲟⲩⲥⲉ ϫⲓⲛ ⲉ̀ⲡ̀ϣⲟⲙⲧⲉ ⲛ̀ⲡⲉ̀ϩⲟⲟⲩ ϣⲁ ⲁϫⲡ-	3. nouse jin èp̀ṡomte ǹpèhoou ṡa agp-
5	4. ϥⲧⲟ ⲛ̅ⲧⲉⲩϣⲏ ⲙⲡⲉⲟⲩⲉⲓ ⲙⲙⲟⲩ ϩⲓⲛⲏⲃ	4. Ϥ̀ⲧⲟⲓ ⲛ̀ⲧⲉⲩϣⲏ ⲙⲡⲉⲟⲩⲉⲓ ⲙ̀ⲙⲟⲟⲩ ϩⲓⲛⲏⲃ	4. F̀toi ǹtevṡy mpeouei m̀moou hinyb	draft · high(cross) Hear Horus weeping; hear Horus
6	5. ⲙⲡⲉⲓ̈ⲟⲩⲉⲓ ⲙⲙⲟⲩ ϫⲓ ⲣⲉⲕⲣⲓⲕⲉ · ⲁⲏⲥⲉ ⲧⲉϥ-	5. ⲙⲡⲉⲓ̈ⲟⲩⲉⲓ ⲙ̀ⲙⲟⲟⲩ ϭⲓ ⲣⲉⲕⲣⲓⲕⲉ: ⲁⲏⲥⲉ ⲧⲉϥ-	5. mpeiouei m̀moou ċi rekrike: ayse tef-	draft · lowsighing: 'I am suffering, […] seven
7	6. ⲙⲁⲁⲩ ⲣ̅ ⲟⲩⲱ ⲛⲁϥ ⲛ̅ϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲉⲡⲣ̅ⲡⲉ ⲛ̅ϩⲁⲃⲓⲛ ·	6. Ⲙⲁⲩ ⲉⲣ ⲟⲩⲱ ⲛⲁϥ ⲥⲁϧⲟⲩⲛ ⲉ̀ⲡⲉⲣⲫⲉⲓ ⲛ̀ϩⲁⲃⲓⲛ:	6. Mav er ouō naf saxoun èperfei ǹhabin:	draft · low[…] from the third hour of the day until
8	7. ⲉⲣⲉⲡⲉⲥϩⲟ ⲕⲉⲧ ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲉϫⲛ̅ ⲥⲁϣϥⲉ ⲛⲟⲩⲥⲉ	7. ⲉⲣⲉⲡⲉⲥϩⲟ ⲕⲉⲧ ⲉ̀ϧⲟⲩⲛ ⲉ̀ϫⲉⲛ ϣⲁϣϥⲓ ⲛⲟⲩⲥⲉ	7. erepes·ho ket èxoun èjen ṡaṡfi nouse	draft · mediumthe fourth of the night; not one of them has slept,
9	8. ⲉⲣⲉⲥⲁϣϥⲉ ⲛⲟⲩⲥⲉ ⲕⲏⲧ ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲉϫⲙ ⲡⲉⲥ-	8. Ⲉ̀ⲣⲉϣⲁϣϥⲓ ⲛⲟⲩⲥⲉ ⲕⲏⲧ ⲉ̀ϧⲟⲩⲛ ⲉ̀ϫⲉⲛ ⲡⲉⲥ-	8. Èreṡaṡfi nouse kyt èxoun èjen pes-	draft · mediumnot one of them has taken a nap.' Isis his
10	9. ϩⲟ · ϫⲉ ϩⲱⲣ ⲁϩⲣⲟⲕ ⲉⲕⲣⲓⲙⲉ ϩⲱⲣ ⧹ⲁ⧸ϩⲣⲟⲕ ⲉⲕ-	9. Ϩⲟ: ϫⲉ ϩⲱⲣ ⲁϩⲣⲟⲕ ⲉⲕⲣⲓⲙⲓ ϩⲱⲣ ⧹ⲁ⧸ϩⲣⲟⲕ ⲉⲕ-	9. Ho: je hōr ahrok ekrimi hōr ⧹a⧸hrok ek-	draft · mediummother answered him inside the temple of Habin (?),
11	10. ⲁϣⲁϩⲟⲙ ϫⲉ ⲛ̣̅ⲧⲉ̣ⲟⲩⲱϣ ⲧⲁⲣⲓⲙⲉ ⲁⲛ ⲛ̅ⲧⲉ-	10. Ⲁϣⲁϩⲟⲙ ϫⲉ ⲛ̣̅ⲧⲉ̣ⲟⲩⲱϣ ⲧⲁⲣⲓⲙⲓ ⲁⲛ ⲛ̀ⲧⲉ-	10. Aṡahom je nteouōṡ tarimi an ǹte-	draft · lowher face turned toward seven […],
12	11. ⲟⲩⲱϣ ⲧⲁⲁϣⲁϩⲟⲙ ⲁⲛ ϫⲓⲛ ⲉⲡϫⲡϣⲟⲙⲧⲉ	11. Ⲟⲩⲱϣ ⲧⲁⲁϣⲁϩⲟⲙ ⲁⲛ ϫⲓⲛ ⲉ̀ⲡⲁϫⲡϣⲟⲙⲧⲉ	11. Ouōṡ taaṡahom an jin èpagpṡomte	draft · lowthe seven […] turned toward her
13	12. ⲙⲡⲉϩⲟⲟⲩ ϣⲁ ϫⲡϥⲧⲟ ⲛ̅ⲧⲉⲩϣⲏ · ⲉⲓⲟⲩⲱⲑ	12. Ⲛ̀ⲡⲉ̀ϩⲟⲟⲩ ϣⲁ ϫⲡϥⲧⲟ ⲛ̀ⲧⲉⲩϣⲏ: ⲉⲓⲟⲩⲱⲑ	12. Ǹpèhoou ṡa gpfto ǹtevṡy: eiouōθ	draft · highface: 'Horus, why are you weeping? Horus, why are you
14	13. ⲉⲥⲁϣϥⲉ ⲛⲟⲩⲥⲉ ⲙⲡⲉⲟⲩⲉⲓ ⲙⲙⲟⲩ ϩⲓⲛⲏϥ	13. Ⲉ̀ϣⲁϣϥⲓ ⲛⲟⲩⲥⲉ ⲙⲡⲉⲟⲩⲉⲓ ⲙ̀ⲙⲟⲟⲩ ϩⲓⲛⲏϥ	13. Èṡaṡfi nouse mpeouei m̀moou hinyf	draft · mediumsighing?' 'Do you not want me to weep? Do you not
15	14. ⲙⲡⲉⲟⲩⲉⲓ ⲙⲙⲟⲩ ϫⲓ ⲣⲉⲕⲣⲓⲕⲉ · ⲕⲁⲉⲓ ⲙⲡⲉ̣[ⲕϭⲛⲧ]	14. ⲙⲡⲉⲟⲩⲉⲓ ⲙ̀ⲙⲟⲟⲩ ϭⲓ ⲣⲉⲕⲣⲓⲕⲉ: ⲕⲁⲉⲓ ⲙⲡⲉ̣ⲕϭⲛⲧ	14. mpeouei m̀moou ċi rekrike: kaei mpekċnt	draft · mediumwant me to sigh, from the third hour
16	15. ⲙⲡⲉⲕϭⲓⲛⲉ ⲙⲡⲁⲣⲁⲛ · ϫⲓ ⲛⲁⲕ ⲛⲟⲩⲁⲡⲟ[ⲧ ϩⲓ]	15. ⲙⲡⲉⲕϭⲓⲛⲉ ⲛ̀ⲡⲁⲣⲁⲛ: ϭⲓ ⲛⲁⲕ ⲛ̀ⲟⲩⲁ̀ⲫⲟⲧ ϩⲓ	15. mpekċine ǹparan: ċi nak ǹouàfot hi	draft · mediumof the day until the fourth of the night, while I am […]
17	16. ⲟⲩϣⲏⲙ ⲙⲟⲟⲩ · ⲉⲓⲉ ⲟⲩⲕⲟ[ⲩⲓ ⲛⲛⲓ-]	16. Ⲟⲩϣⲏⲙ ⲙⲟⲩ: ⲓⲉ ⲟⲩⲕⲟⲩϫⲓ ⲛ̀ⲛⲁⲓ-	16. Ouṡym mou: ie oukouji ǹnai-	draft · lowseven […]? Not one of them has slept,
18	17. ⲃⲉ ⲉⲓⲉ ⲛⲛⲓⲃⲉ ⲛ̅ⲣⲱⲕ ⲉⲓⲉ̣ ⲛⲛⲓϥⲉ ⲛ̅ϣ̣[ⲁⲛⲧⲕ]	17. ⲃⲉ ⲓⲉ ⲛⲛⲓⲃⲉ ⲛ̀ⲣⲱⲕ ⲓⲉ ⲛⲛⲓϥⲉ ⲛ̀ϣⲁⲧⲕ	17. ve ie nnive ǹrōk ie nnife ǹṡatk	draft · lownot one of them has taken a nap.' 'Leave off your [anger];
19	18. ⲛ̅ⲅ̅ⲙⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲉⲡⲉⲥⲏⲧ ⲉϫⲱⲟⲩ ϫ̣ⲉ ⲡⲕⲉ̅ⲭⲏ̣[ . . . . ]	18. Ⲛ̀ⲧⲉⲕⲙⲟⲩϯ ⲉ̀ⲡⲉⲥⲏⲧ ⲉ̀ϫⲱⲟⲩ ϫⲉ ⲡⲕⲉ̅ⲭⲏ̣[…]	18. Ǹtekmouti èpesyt ègōou je pkeky[…]	draft · low[…] my name. Take for yourself a cup [with]
20	19. ⲡⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲟⲥ ⲥⲛⲁⲩ ⲛⲧⲁⲩⲟⲩⲱϩ ⲉⲧⲟⲟⲧⲟⲩ ⲁⲩ[ϩⲓ-]	19. Ⲡ̀ⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲟⲥ ⲥ̀ⲛⲁⲩ ⲉⲧⲁⲩⲟⲩⲱϩ ⲉ̀ⲧⲟⲧⲟⲩ ⲁⲩϩⲓ-	19. P̀angelos s̀nav etavouōh ètotou avhi-	draft · lowa little water, either a little […]
21	20. ⲛⲏϥ ⲉϫⲛ ⲁϥⲧⲓⲙⲉⲗⲉⲭ ⲛ̅ϣⲃⲉ ⲥⲛⲟⲟⲥ̣ ⲉⲛ[ⲣⲟⲙⲡⲉ]	20. Ⲛⲱϥ ⲉ̀ϫⲉⲛ ⲁϥⲧⲓⲙⲉⲗⲉⲭ ⲛ̅ϣⲃⲉ ⲥⲛⲟⲟⲥ ⲉ̀ⲛ̀ⲣⲟⲙⲡⲓ	20. Nōf èjen aftimelex nṡve snoos èǹrompi	draft · guessor […] of […], or breath of […]
22	21. ⲟⲩⲱϩ ⲉⲧⲟⲟⲧⲧⲏⲩⲧⲛ ⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ ⲉϫⲙ̅ ⲇͅⲇͅ ⲛ̅ⲧⲉⲧ[ⲛ-]	21. Ⲟⲩⲱϩ ⲉⲧⲟⲧⲑⲏⲛⲟⲩ ⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ ⲉ̀ϫⲉⲛ ⲇͅⲇͅ ⲛ̀ⲧⲉⲧⲉⲛ-	21. Ouōh etotθynou ehrai èjen ḋḋ ǹteten-	draft · lowand call down upon them: The […]
23	22. ϩⲣⲟϣ ⲉϫⲛ̅ ⲧϥⲁⲡⲉ ⲛⲑⲉ ⲛⲟⲩⲕⲟⲧ ⲛ̅ⲥⲓⲕⲉ ⲉϫⲛ ⲛϥ-	22. Ϩⲣⲟϣ ⲉ̀ϫⲉⲛ ⲧϥⲁⲡⲉ ⲛⲑⲉ ⲛ̀ⲟⲩⲕⲟⲧ ⲛ̀ⲥⲓⲕⲉ ⲉ̀ϫⲉⲛ ⲛ̀ⲧⲉϥ-	22. Hroṡ èjen tfape nθe ǹoukot ǹsike èjen ǹtef-	draft · lowtwo angels who added and
24	23. ⲃⲁⲗ ⲛⲑⲉ ⲛⲟⲩϭⲟⲟⲩⲛⲉ ⲛϣⲱ ϣⲁⲛϯϫⲱⲕ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ	23. Ⲃⲁⲗ ⲛⲑⲉ ⲛ̀ⲟⲩϭⲟⲟⲩⲛⲉ ⲛϣⲱ ϣⲁⲛϯϫⲱⲕ ⲉ̀ⲃⲟⲗ	23. Val nθe ǹouċooune nṡō ṡantigōk èvol	draft · mediummade sleep fall upon Abimelech seventy-two [years]:
25	24. ⲙⲡⲁⲏⲧⲏⲙⲁ ⲧⲁⲉⲓⲣⲉ ⲙⲡⲟⲩⲱϣ ⲙⲡⲁϩⲏⲧ	24. Ⲛ̀ⲡⲁⲏⲧⲏⲙⲁ ⲧⲁⲓ̀ⲣⲓ ⲛ̀ⲡ̀ⲟⲩⲱϣ ⲛ̀ⲡⲁϩⲏⲧ	24. Ǹpaytyma taìri ǹp̀ouōṡ ǹpahyt	draft · mediumcome again down upon NN and
26	25. ⲉⲧⲓ ⲉⲧⲓ ⲧⲁⲭⲏ ⲧⲁⲭⲏ	25. Ⲉ̀ⲧⲓ ⲉ̀ⲧⲓ ⲧⲁⲭⲏ ⲧⲁⲭⲏ	25. Èti èti taṡy taṡy	draft · lowweigh heavy upon his head like a millstone (?), upon his

Provenance

title: Formula for sleep (or love spell ?)
dialect: sahidic
source: Kyprianos text 74 (Sleep (?) (healing, magical, formulary) Love spell (?) (magical, formulary)), 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 6 PCM I 6 Hs. Schmidt 1 · Ro ll. 1-25; copy dated 501 – 700 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/T0074 Formula for sleep (or love spell -).kyprianos.L0.txt
title: Formula for sleep (or love spell ?) — Cairene
dialect: bohairic
source: generated from T0074 Formula for sleep (or love spell -).kyprianos.L0.txt (Kyprianos text 74 (Sleep (?) (healing, magical, formulary) Love spell (?) (magical, formulary)), edited text from corpus)
licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
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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.
generated by: tools/segment_sahidic.py segment() (SC-9 c) then tools/sahidic_to_cairene.py (route D, C3a 2026-09-24; tier c, 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 numeral_single_ambiguous=2 stroke_kept=14 tokens=111
file: Magic/Kyprianos Coptic magical texts/T0074 Formula for sleep (or love spell -).kyprianos.L1.txt
title: Formula for sleep (or love spell ?) — Kemetic
dialect: bohairic
source: generated from T0074 Formula for sleep (or love spell -).kyprianos.L1.txt
licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
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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.
generated by: tools/coptic_to_kemetic.py convert() on the L1 text (letter rules of DECISIONS.md 2026-09-08)
file: Magic/Kyprianos Coptic magical texts/T0074 Formula for sleep (or love spell -).kyprianos.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: 0 quoted · 0 quoted with the alignment not cross-checked · 22 model drafts (marked “draft”)

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Formula for sleep (or love spell ?). Kyprianos text 74 (Sleep (?) (healing, magical, formulary) Love spell (?) (magical, formulary)), 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 6 PCM I 6 Hs. Schmidt 1 · Ro ll. 1-25; copy dated 501 – 700 CE. Layers as published by the Kemetic project (Yousef Hanna), 2026: Coptic · Cairene · Kemetic, /doc/magic/kyprianos-coptic-magical-texts/t0074-formula-for-sleep-or-love-spell.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

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.