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share: attributionmixedSource: Kyprianos text 174 (Curse against business (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 30 PCM I 30 P. Heid. Inv. Kopt. 408 P. Heid. Kopt. 4 · Ro ll. 1-21; copy dated 901 – 1100 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
26 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 | Inside tableau: | |
| 2 | (kharaktēres: Ͻ+ΣΧΧΩ complex) | |
| 3 | ⲁ̅ⲣ̅ⲡ̅ⲁⲭ | |
| 4 | 1. [tableau 1] ϭⲓⲛⲉⲣϩⲱⲃ ⲥⲛⲁⲃ ⲉ- | |
| 5 | 2. [tableau 1] ϣ̣ⲣⲱ ⲡⲓ̅ⲛ̅ⲁⲝ ⲛⲁ̅ⲗ̅ⲉ̅ⲥ̅ⲟ̅ⲩ̣̅- | draft · mediumArpach |
| 6 | 3. [tableau 1] ⲉⲛⲓ ⲓ̣ⲁⲁⲩ ⲉⲃⲁⲗ ⲙⲙⲁⲩ | |
| 7 | 4. [tableau 1] ⲥ̣ⲓⲁⲩⲛⲓ̈ ⲡⲁⲧϥ ̣ⲉⲡⲣⲁ̣ | draft · guess(For) doing business (?): two […] |
| 8 | 5. [tableau 1] ⲡⲅ̅ ⲉⲑⲁⲩ ⲁϥϫⲱⲕ | draft · guess[…], the tablet of […] |
| 9 | 6. (kharaktēres: ΗΣΛΑΝϫ) ⲉⲃⲁⲗ | draft · guess[…] put them out there |
| 10 | ———————————————————————— | draft · guess[…] […] |
| 11 | 7. ⲁϥⲉⲭⲥⲱⲙⲱⲗⲱⲕⲉ ⲛϭ̣ⲓ ⲥⲱⲗⲱⲙ̣ⲱ̣ⲛ ⲁϥⲓ̈ ⲛⲁϥ ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲉϭⲓ [[ⲭ̣]] | draft · lowthe three evil […]. It is finished |
| 12 | 8. ⲭ̅ⲟ̅ⲩ̅ⲃ̅ⲓ̅ⲛ̅ ϩ̅ⲁ̅ⲣ̅ⲡ̅ⲁ̅ⲕ̣̅ ⲡ̣[ⲉϫ]ⲉ̣ ̅ⲥ̅ⲱ̅ⲗ̅ⲱ̅ : ⲛⲁϥ ϫⲉ ⲟⲩ ⲡⲉ ⲡⲉⲕϩⲱⲃ | draft · low(characters) |
| 13 | 9. ⲡⲉϫⲁϥ ⲛⲁϥ ϫⲉ ⲡ̣[ⲁ]ϩ̣[ⲱⲃ ⲡⲉ ⲟⲩ]ⲧ̅ⲁⲕⲁ ⲙⲡⲓⲉⲣ̣ ⲟⲩⲡⲉⲧⲛⲁⲛ̣[ⲟⲩϥ] | |
| 14 | 10. [ⲉ]ⲛⲏϩ ⲉⲣⲉⲛⲉⲡⲉⲑⲁⲩ ⲧ̣[ⲏⲣⲟ]ⲩ̣ ⲟⲩⲉϩ ⲛⲥⲱⲓ̈ : ⲟⲩⲁⲛⲁⲩⲣⲏϣ | draft · lowSolomon […]; there came in to him […] |
| 15 | 11. [ϣ]ⲁ̣ⲓϥ ⲟⲩⲙⲉⲧϩ[ . . ]ⲏ ϣⲁⲓ̣ⲧⲁⲕⲁⲥ ⲟⲩⲁⲗⲙⲉⲣⲉ̣ ϣⲁⲓ̈- | draft · mediumChoubin Harpak. Solomon said to him: 'What is your work?' |
| 16 | 12. [ϣⲁ]ⲃⲉϥ ⲟⲩϣⲁⲗⲁⲩ ϣⲁ[ⲓⲧ]ⲁ̣ⲕⲁϥ ⲟ̣ⲩϭⲱⲙ ϣⲁⲓⲧⲁⲕⲁϥ ⲧⲉϫ[ . ? ]- | draft · mediumHe said to him: 'My work is a destruction; I have never done any good; |
| 17 | 13. [ . . . . ] . [ . . ] . . . . . . ϣ̣ⲁ̣ⲧⲁⲕⲁϥ ⲟⲩⲁⲡⲱⲑⲏⲕⲉ ϣⲁⲓ̈[ⲧⲁⲕ-] | draft · mediumall evils follow me: a […] |
| 18 | 14. [ⲁⲥ ± 13 ] ⲉⲡⲉⲥⲣⲁ ⲟⲩⲥⲁⲙⲉⲧ ϣⲁⲓ̈ⲧⲁⲕ̣ⲁⲥ ⲟⲩⲁ̣- | draft · lowI carry it off; a […] I destroy it; a […] I |
| 19 | 15. [ ± 16 ] ⲛ̣ⲡⲣⲟⲙⲉ ϩⲱⲃ ⲛⲓⲙ ⲉⲑⲁⲩ ϣⲁⲉⲓⲛⲧϥ̣ | draft · lowchange it; a […] I destroy it; a vineyard I destroy it; […] |
| 20 | 16. [ ± 16 ] ϭ̣ⲁ̣ⲙ ⲉ̅ⲥ̅ⲁ̅ⲛ̅ⲁ̅ ⲡⲛⲁϭ ⲧⲁⲛⲁϭ ⲉϭⲁⲙ | draft · medium[…] I destroy it; a storehouse I [destroy] |
| 21 | 17. [ ± 16 ⲭ]ⲟ̅ⲩ̅ⲃ̅ⲓ̅ⲛ ⲁ̅ⲣ̅ⲡ̅ⲁ̅ⲭ̅ ⲡ̣ⲉ ⲡⲁⲣⲁⲛ ⲱ̅ⲣ̅ⲛ̅ⲉ̅ⲑ̅ⲁ̅ⲩ̅ | draft · low[it …] its […]; a […] I destroy it; a […] |
| 22 | 18. [ⲡⲉ ⲡⲁⲣⲁⲛ ± 9 ] : ⲡⲉ ⲡⲁⲣⲁⲛ ⲁ̅ⲣ̅ ⲡ̅ⲉ̅ ⲡ̅ⲁ̅ⲣ̅ⲁⲛ ⲱ̅ⲣ̅ ⲡⲉ ⲡ̅- | draft · low[…] of man; every evil work I bring it |
| 23 | 19. [ⲁⲣⲁⲛ ± 11 ϩ]ⲱⲃ ⲛⲓⲙ ⲑⲁⲩ ⲉⲧⲉⲕⲉϯ ⲙⲙⲁⲩ ⲙⲙⲁⲓ̈ ϣⲁⲓ̈- | draft · low[…] power; Esana, the great one, great in power; |
| 24 | 20. [ ± 14 ⲥⲱ]ⲧⲙ ⲉⲣⲁⲓ̈ ⲥ̅ⲁ̅ⲛ̣ⲁ̅ⲧ̅ⲁ̅ⲏ̅ⲗ̅ ⲙ̣ⲛ ⲥ̣̅ⲉ̅ⲧ̅ⲣ̅ⲁ̅ⲕ̅ | draft · medium[…]choubin Arpach is my name; Ornethau |
| 25 | 21. [ ± 16 ] ⲁ̅ⲓ̅̈ ⲁ̅ⲓ̅ⲁ̅ ⲧ̅ⲁ̅ⲭ̅ⲏ̅ ⲧ̅ⲁ̅ⲭ̅ⲏ̅ | draft · medium[is my name; …] is my name; Ar is my name; Or is my |
| 26 | ———————————————————··——— | draft · low[name; …] every evil work that you will give me, I |
Provenance
- title
- Curse to destroy a business (?)
- dialect
- mixed
- source
- Kyprianos text 174 (Curse against business (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 30 PCM I 30 P. Heid. Inv. Kopt. 408 P. Heid. Kopt. 4 · Ro ll. 1-21; copy dated 901 – 1100 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/T0174 Curse to destroy a business (-).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 · 20 model drafts (marked “draft”)
L0 witness
English
Cite as:
Curse to destroy a business (?). Kyprianos text 174 (Curse against business (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 30 PCM I 30 P. Heid. Inv. Kopt. 408 P. Heid. Kopt. 4 · Ro ll. 1-21; copy dated 901 – 1100 CE. Layers as published by the Kemetic project (Yousef Hanna), 2026: Coptic · Cairene · Kemetic, /doc/magic/kyprianos-coptic-magical-texts/t0174-curse-to-destroy-a-business.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.