Separation Spell

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Source: Kyprianos text 188 (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 · Ro ll. 1-40; 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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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.

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2 · — · — · · — · · — —
31. [ . ? ] . . . ⲛ̣ⲉ̣ⲱ̣ⲡⲉⲣ̣ⲉⲏⲗ
42. [ . ? ]ⲡⲉⲣϩⲓⲛⲉⲃ · ⲃⲉⲗⲥⲟ
53. [ . ? ]ϫ̣ⲗ ⲡⲉϫ̈ⲱⲱⲣ ϯ ⲙⲟⲥϯ
64. [ . ?] ⲡⲱⲣⲉϫ ϯ ϫⲱⲱⲣ ⲉⲃⲟⲗdraft · low[…] Neopereel,
75. ϯ ⲙⲉⲧⲁⲧⲥⲙⲟⲩ ϯ ⲙⲉⲧ-draft · low[…]perhineb, Belso,
86. ⲟⲩⲁϩⲥ ϩⲓⲧ̈ⲉ ⲧⲙⲉϯ ⲇ̅ͅⲇ̅ͅdraft · low[…]jl, Pejoor: give hatred,
97. ⲩ̅ⲥ̅ ⲇ̅ⲇ̅ ⲉⲃⲙⲉⲥⲧⲱⲱⲥdraft · medium[give] separation, give scattering,
108. ⲉⲛⲑⲉ ⲣⲉⲇⲓ̈ⲁⲃⲱⲗⲱⲥdraft · mediumgive unblessedness, give
119. ⲙⲁⲥϯ ⲙⲟⲩⲇⲓⲕⲏⲱⲥdraft · low[…] between NN
1210. ⲁⲩⲱ ⲉⲕⲡⲱⲣⲉϫ ⲉⲛⲙⲟⲟⲩdraft · mediumson of NN, hating her
1311. ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲉⲛ̇ⲛⲉⲩⲉⲣⲉⲩ ⲉⲛ̇ⲑ ⲛ̅-draft · lowlike a slanderer;
1412. ⲓⲱⲥⲏⲫ · ⲙⲛ⧹ⲉ⧸ⲃⲥⲛⲏⲩ ⲉⲕ-draft · guesshatred […]
1513. ⲡⲱⲣⲉϫ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲛⲓⲙ ⲩ̅ⲥ̅ ⲙⲛdraft · mediumand separate them
1614. ⲇ̅ͅⲇ̅ͅ ⲉⲛⲑⲉ ⲛⲡⲇⲓ̈ⲁⲃⲱⲗ-draft · mediumfrom each other like
1715. ⲱⲥ ⲉⲛⲧⲁϥ̅ⲡ̅ⲁⲣϫⲉⲃdraft · mediumJoseph and his brothers; sep-
1816. ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲉⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲙⲛ ⲛ-draft · medium-arate NN son of NN and
1917. [[ⲡ]]ⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲟⲥ ⲉⲕⲉⲧⲟⲩⲛ-draft · mediumNN like the devil
2018. ⲟⲩⲥ ϩⲓϫⲱϥ ⲛⲟⲩⲭⲓⲙⲟⲛdraft · low(NN) like the devil who was separated
2119. ⲉⲛⲑⲉ ⲛⲛⲉⲓⲟⲩⲇⲁⲓ ⲉⲙ̈-draft · mediumfrom God and the
2220. ⲙⲡⲓⲟⲩⲁⲉⲓϣ ⲉⲕϣⲱⲃdraft · lowangels, you shall raise
2321. ⲉⲡⲉϥⲏⲓ ⲉⲑ ⲛ̅ⲡⲁⲓ̈ⲩⲟⲩ-draft · lowup against him a storm,
2422. ⲧⲁⲥ ⲧⲉⲕϫⲱⲣ ⲉⲃⲟⲗdraft · lowin the manner of the Jews at
2523. ⲉⲛⲡⲉⲧⲉⲛⲧⲉⲃ ⲉⲛ-draft · lowthat time, you (turning?)
2624. ⲑ ⲛⲡϣⲁⲉⲓϣ ⲉⲙⲡⲁⲥ-draft · guessagainst his house [...]
2725. ⲉⲃⲏⲥ ⲉⲕⲓⲛ ⲉϫⲱϥdraft · low[...] you scatter (it) abroad
2826. ϩⲉⲛϩⲓⲥⲉ ⲙⲛ ϩⲛⲉⲙ-draft · guess[...]
2927. ⲕⲁϩ ⲉⲙⲉϩⲁⲟⲩ ⲧⲉ . . ⲩ̅draft · guess[...] of the (?) ... of the impious
3028. ⲉⲛ ⲉⲛⲡⲉⲃⲱⲛⲁϩ̅ ⲁ[ . . ]draft · lowone, bringing upon him
3129. ⲙⲁⲣⲉⲡⲁϣⲗⲏⲗ ⲉⲓ ⲉ-draft · mediumsufferings and griefs,
3230. ϩⲣⲁⲓ ϣⲁⲣⲁⲕ ⲧⲁⲙⲓ-draft · guess[...] (fullness?) [...]
3331. [ . ? ] . ⲛ̣ⲓⲁ ⲉⲓ ⲡⲉⲕⲉ[ⲙ]ⲧⲟdraft · low[...] of his life [...]
3432. ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲉⲓⲥ ⲓ̈ⲏⲓϩⲥϫⲟ̣[…]draft · highLet my prayer come
3533. ⲡⲉⲗϩⲱⲃ ⲉⲛⲧⲉ̈[…]draft · mediumup to you, (and) my
3634. ⲙⲛ ⲛⲉⲥⲁϩ[…]draft · low[...] come before you.
3735. ⲁⲓ⧹ⲟ⧸ ⲁⲓ⧹ⲟ⧸ ⲧⲁ⧹ⲭ⧸ⲏ ⲧⲁⲭⲏdraft · lowBehold, Iēihsjo[...]
38——— · · ——— · · · ——— · ·draft · guess(this?) matter which [...]
3936. ⲅⲣ ⲙⲟⲩ ⲛⲉϭⲉⲓ̈ⲓ ⲥⲛⲉ̣ϥdraft · guessand the [...]
4037. ⲙϭⲱⲗϭⲉ̅ⲗ̅ⲱ̅ ϫⲱⲱⲙⲉdraft · highAt once, at once, quickly, quickly.
4138. ⲛⲁⲛⲙ̅ⲟ̅ⲩ̅ϭⲱ ϣⲩ̅ ⲉ̅ⲑ̅ⲱ̅ .
4239. ⲉⲁⲁⲃ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲙⲙⲟⲟⲩ ⲛⲉ[ . . ]draft · guessWrite with water (?) of (?) blood
4340. ⲡⲁϩⲧⲏϥ ⲡⲣ̅ⲟ̅ ⲧⲁⲙⲉ⧹ⲥ⧸ϥdraft · guessof (?) ... (on) a papyrus sheet
44Inside tableau:draft · lowwash them off with water [...]
45Above leftmost figure:
46ϣⲁⲣϣⲁⲣ
47Inside body of rightmost figure:
48ⲟⲩⲙⲁ-
49ⲥϯ̣ ⲟⲩ-
50ϫⲱⲣ
51ⲉⲃⲟⲗdraft · lowa place
52Below rightmost figure:draft · lowscattering
53ⲉϥϣⲱϥ
54ⲡⲁⲡⲉ̣ϩⲁⲩ

Provenance

L0 witness

title
Separation Spell
dialect
mixed
source
Kyprianos text 188 (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 · Ro ll. 1-40; 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
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/T0188 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.
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0 quoted · 0 quoted with the alignment not cross-checked · 40 model drafts (marked “draft”)

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Separation Spell. Kyprianos text 188 (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 · Ro ll. 1-40; copy dated 901 – 1100 CE. Layers as published by the Kemetic project (Yousef Hanna), 2026: Coptic · Cairene · Kemetic, /doc/magic/kyprianos-coptic-magical-texts/t0188-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.

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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.