Charm for sleep — Coptic · Cairene

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Source: Kyprianos text 179 (Sleep (healing, 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 9 PCM I 9 Berlin P. 5565 BKU 1 22 BKU I 22 P. Berol. 5565 · Ro ll. 1-13; copy dated 501 – 800 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

Full provenance and citation

The text

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English: 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	front
2	↓
3	1. ⲁϥⲃⲟⲩⲣⲉ ⲁϥⲃ̣ⲟ̣ⲩ̣ⲣⲉ ⲉⲓ̣̈ⲥ ⲡ̣ⲁ̣ⲡⲁⲧ ⲛ͞ⲛⲟ̣ⲩⲃ ⲛ̅ⲧⲟⲟ⧹ⲧ⧸ⲕ ⲉⲓ̣ϫⲟⲟⲩⲕ ⲙ̅ⲡ̅ⲁϩⲱ̣ⲃ̣ ⲕⲛⲁ̅ⲉ̅ⲓ̈ ⲁⲉⲓ̣ ⲉ̣ⲡϣⲱⲧ̣
4	2. ⲕⲛⲁⲙ̅ⲙ̅ⲟⲩ̣ϩ̣ⲥ ⲉⲧⲃⲉ ⲡ̣ⲁⲓ̈ ⲉⲕϫⲟⲟⲩⲧ ⲉⲡⲙⲟⲟⲩ ⲧⲁⲡⲁⲅⲕⲱϥ ⲁⲡⲣ̅ⲉⲓⲟ̣ ⲧⲁⲉⲓⲛ ⲡϥ̅ⲗ̅ⲩϩϩⲉ
5	3. ⲙ̅ⲡ̅ⲉ ⲙ̅ⲡ̅ⲉⲓ̈ϫⲟⲟⲩⲕ̣ ⲛ͞ⲥⲁ ⲛⲁⲓ̈ ⲙ̅ⲡ̅ⲉⲓ̈ϩⲁⲃⲕ ⲛ̅ⲥ̅ⲁ ⲛⲓⲕⲟⲟⲩⲉ ⲉⲓ̣ⲓ̣ⲁϫⲟⲩ̣ⲕ ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲉⲛⲓⲙ
6	4. ⲡϣⲏ ⲛ̅ⲛⲓⲙ ϫⲉ ⲉⲕⲁⲛⲧ ⲕⲓⲧⲉ ⲁϫⲱϥ ⲙⲛ̅ ⲡⲫⲓⲛⲏⲃ ϣⲁⲛⲧⲉⲡⲣⲏ ⲙ̅ⲡ̅ⲭⲟⲩⲥⲓ ⲉⲓ̈ ⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ̈
7	5. ϫⲉ ⲡⲣⲁⲛ ⲙ̅ⲙ̅ⲏⲧ ⲡⲁⲡⲗⲏⲩ ⲡⲉ ⲁϫⲉ ⲉⲥⲥⲉ ⲧⲉ 〚ⲧⲃ︦〛 : ⲥⲃ̅ⲑⲱ ⲧⲉ ⲧⲁⲓ̈ ⲧⲁⲓ̈ⲥⲛⲧⲉ ⲛ̅ⲥ̅ⲱⲛⲉ
8	6. ⲉⲧⲙⲟⲟⲩⲕ ⲛ̅ϩ̅ⲏⲧ ⲉⲧⲗ̣ⲩ̣ⲡ̣ⲉ ⲛϩⲏⲧ ⲉⲧⲁ⧹ϣ⧸ϣⲉ ⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ̈ ϩⲁ ⲧⲡⲉ ⲙⲛ ⲡⲕⲁϩ ⲉⲧϩⲙ̅ ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲛ	draft · lowAfboure, Afboure (?): behold, my cup of gold is in your hand; I send you on my business; you will go to the well;
9	7. ϫⲉ ⲉⲓ̈⧹ⲥ⧸ ϩⲱⲣ ⲡϣⲏⲣⲉ ⧹ⲉ̣⧸ⲛ̅ⲛⲉⲥ̣ⲥⲉ ϩ̣ϥ̣ [vacat] ⲛ̅ⲁ̣ϭ̣ⲛ̣̅ⲟⲩ ⲉ̣ⲓ⧹ⲥ⧸ⲉ ⲥⲟⲩⲟⲩⲉ ⲙ́ⲙⲟϥ̣ ⲁϩⲣⲱ ⲧⲁ ⲧⲥ. ⧹ⲧⲥ̣̣..ⲉ̣⧸	draft · guessyou will fill it; for this reason you are sent to the water; I will […] at the […] and bring the […]
10	8. ⲉⲥⲕⲱⲧⲉ ⲁⲡⲣⲏ ⲉϫⲁⲗⲁⲩ ⧹ⲕⲱⲧⲉ ⲁⲡⲟϩ⧸ ⲛ̣̅ⲧⲙⲏⲧⲉ ⲛ̅ⲧ̣ⲡⲉ · ⲉⲧⲕⲛ̅ⲙⲟⲩⲧ ⲛ́ⲧⲙⲏ̣ⲧ̣ⲉ ⲛ̅ⲧ̅ⲡⲉ ⲉⲥⲥⲉ	draft · mediumI have not sent you for these, I have not sent you for the others; I send you to NN
11	9. ⲙⲛ ⲥⲃ̣̅ⲑⲱ ⲧⲉⲥ⧹ⲉ⧸ⲛ̣ⲧⲉ ⲛ [vacat] ⲥⲱⲛⲉ ⲉⲧⲙⲟⲟⲩⲕϩ ⲛ̅ϩ̣ⲏⲧ ⲉⲧⲗⲩⲡⲏ ⲛϩⲏⲧ	draft · lowson of NN, that you bring sleep upon him and slumber, until the sun of the morning rises;
12	10. ⲉⲧϩⲙ̣̅ ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲛ ϫⲉ ⲛ́ⲧⲟⲕ ⲡⲉ ⲁⲝ ⲛ́ⲧⲟⲕ ⲡⲉ ⲁⲃⲣⲁⲍⲁⲭ ⲡⲁⲅⲅⲓ̈ⲗⲟⲥ	draft · lowfor the ten names (?) […] is […]: Esse is […], Sbtho is […]; these two sisters
13	11. ⲉⲧϩⲙ̣ⲙⲟⲟⲥ ϩⲓϫⲙ̣̅ ⲡ̣ϣⲏⲛ ⲙ́ⲡⲡⲁⲣⲁⲇⲓⲥⲟⲥ ⲉⲧⲁϩϩⲉⲛ ⲧⲕⲓⲧⲉ ϫⲛ ⲁⲃⲧⲓⲙⲉⲗ-	draft · mediumwho are grieved of heart, who are sorrowful of heart, who cry up to heaven and the earth, who are in the abyss:
14	12. ⲗ̣ⲉⲭ ⲛ̅ⲥϩⲃⲩⲧⲏ ⲛ̅ⲣ̣ⲙⲡⲉ ⲉⲕⲁⲉⲓⲛ ⲧⲕⲓⲧⲉ ⲉϫⲛ̅ ⲛⲓⲙ ⲡϣⲏ ⲛⲓ̣ⲙ	draft · guess'For behold, Horus the son of Esse […] cannot […]; behold, Isis […] him […]
13.	ⲉⲧⲏ ⲉⲧⲏ 〚. .〛 ⲧⲁⲭⲏ ⲧⲁⲭⲏ	draft · lowgoing around the sun […], going around the moon in the middle of heaven, […] in the middle of heaven.' Esse

Provenance

title: Charm for sleep
dialect: sahidic
source: Kyprianos text 179 (Sleep (healing, 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 9 PCM I 9 Berlin P. 5565 BKU 1 22 BKU I 22 P. Berol. 5565 · Ro ll. 1-13; copy dated 501 – 800 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/T0179 Charm for sleep.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 · 8 model drafts (marked “draft”)

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Charm for sleep. Kyprianos text 179 (Sleep (healing, 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 9 PCM I 9 Berlin P. 5565 BKU 1 22 BKU I 22 P. Berol. 5565 · Ro ll. 1-13; copy dated 501 – 800 CE. Layers as published by the Kemetic project (Yousef Hanna), 2026: Coptic · Cairene · Kemetic, /doc/magic/kyprianos-coptic-magical-texts/t0179-charm-for-sleep.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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