Separation Spell

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Source: Kyprianos text 185 (Separation spell (curse, 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 31 PCM I 31 P. Heid. Inv. Kopt. 1030 P. Heid. Äg. Slg. inv. Kopt. 1030 · Vo ll. 1-20; 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

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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.

refL0 witnessEnglish
1Verso
2 · · —---— · ——— · —---— ·
3 · · —---— … ——— · …
41. ⲡⲣⲓⲙⲡⲣⲓⲙ ⲡϣⲏ̣[ⲣⲉ ⲛ]
52. ⲕⲛⲱⲫⲟⲥ ⲡⲣⲉϥⲙ[ⲁⲥϯ]
63. ⲡⲣⲉϥϯⲧⲱⲛ ⲡⲣⲉϥ-
74. ϯ ⲃⲁⲧⲥϩⲁ ⲧⲟⲟⲩⲛ ϯ̣draft · mediumPrimprim, son [of]
85. ⲧⲟⲩⲧⲱⲛ ϯ ⲙⲓϣⲉ ϯ ⲃⲁⲧ⧹ⲥ⧸draft · mediumdarkness, the hat[er],
96. ϩⲁ ⲉⲧⲙⲉϯ ⲇ̅ͅⲇ̅ͅ ⲉϥⲙⲉⲥ̣-draft · mediumthe maker of strife, the
107. ⲧⲱⲟⲥ ⲉⲛⲑⲏ ⲛⲟⲩ̈ⲣⲓ̈ⲣ ⲙⲛdraft · lowgiver of […]: arise, give
118. ⲟⲩϩⲁⲣ̇ ⲉⲛⲑⲉ ⲛⲙⲧⲁⲡⲗⲁ-draft · lowdispute, give quarrel, give […]
129. ⲟⲥ ⲙⲛⲓⲟⲩⲇⲁⲓ̈ ⲙⲓⲉⲥⲧ ⲓ̅ⲥ̅draft · mediumbetween NN, hating
1310. ⲉⲕⲉϯ ⲙⲁⲥϯ ⲙⲛ ⲟⲩⲡ-draft · mediumher like a pig and
1411. ⲱⲣⲉϫ ⲉⲧⲙⲉϯ ⲙⲇ̅ⲇ̅draft · mediuma dog, like the peo-
1512. ⲩ̅ⲥ̅ ⲇͅⲇͅ ⲙⲛ ⲟⲩⲃⲁⲥⲧϩⲁdraft · medium-ple of the Jews hate Jesus;
1613. ⲛⲉⲃϩⲁ ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ ⲁⲓ⧹ⲟ⧸ ⲁⲓ⧹ⲟ⧸draft · mediumgive hatred and a sep-
1714. ⲧⲁⲭ⧹ⲏ⧸ ⲧⲁⲭ⧹ⲏ⧸ — · — · —draft · medium-aration between NN
18——— · ——— · ——— · ———draft · lowson of NN, and a […]
1915. ⲅ̅ⲣ̅ ⲥⲛⲟϥ ⲉϣⲣⲱ ⲉⲩⲡⲓ-draft · lowof all his […]. Aio, aio,
2016. ⲛⲁⲕⲉⲥ ⲓⲥⲟⲩⲉⲛ ⲙⲟ⧹ⲟ⧸ⲩdraft · highquickly, quickly.
2117. ⲛⲁⲟⲩⲉⲛ ⲑⲁⲟⲩ ⲑ̅ⲩ̅ ⲅ̣
2218. ⲉⲑⲟⲟⲩ ⲅⲣ ⲉⲩϫⲱⲱⲙⲉ ·draft · guess[…] blood of […] on a
2319. ⲛⲁⲩⲭⲟⲥ ⲧⲁⲙⲥⲉϥ ϩⲉ ⲡⲣ⧹ⲟ⧸draft · guesstablet […] water
2420. ⲉⲣⲉ☾ ϫⲁϫⲉϥdraft · guess[…] […] 3
25[tableau]draft · low[…]; bury it at the door,
26Text in tableau:
27Above two leftmost figures:
28ⲡ̣̅ⲣ̣̅ⲓ̣̅ⲙ̣̅ ⲡ̅ⲣ̅ⲓ̅ⲙ̅
29In two leftmost figures’ bodies:
30ϯ ⲙⲁ-
31ⲥϯ
32ϯ ⲙ-draft · mediumgive ha-
33ⲉⲥϯdraft · medium-tred
34Above rightmost figure:draft · mediumgive ha-
35ⲣ̅ⲟ̅ⲩ̅ⲭ̅
36In rightmost figure’s body:
37ϯ ⲙ̣ⲁ̣-
38ⲥϯ

Provenance

L0 witness

title
Separation Spell
dialect
mixed
source
Kyprianos text 185 (Separation spell (curse, 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 31 PCM I 31 P. Heid. Inv. Kopt. 1030 P. Heid. Äg. Slg. inv. Kopt. 1030 · Vo ll. 1-20; 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
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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/T0185 Separation Spell.kyprianos.L0.txt

English

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 · 21 model drafts (marked “draft”)

Cite as:

Separation Spell. Kyprianos text 185 (Separation spell (curse, 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 31 PCM I 31 P. Heid. Inv. Kopt. 1030 P. Heid. Äg. Slg. inv. Kopt. 1030 · Vo ll. 1-20; copy dated 901 – 1100 CE. Layers as published by the Kemetic project (Yousef Hanna), 2026: Coptic · Cairene · Kemetic, /doc/magic/kyprianos-coptic-magical-texts/t0185-separation-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.