Curse — Coptic · Cairene

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Source: Kyprianos text 225 (Curse (magical, formulary) 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 27 PCM I 27 P. Heid. Inv. Kopt. 679 P. Baden 5 142 P. Bad. V 142 · Ro ll. 1-24, Vo ll. 1-9; 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.

ref	L0 witness	English
1	Recto
2	1. ⲛⲉⲃϣⲱⲡ ⲛⲉⲃϯ : ⲛⲉϥⲁⲡ̣ⲱⲕⲣ̅ⲥ : ⲛⲧⲁⲃⲥⲙ̣ⲓ̣-
3	2. ⲛⲓ ⲛⲁⲃ : ⲉⲓⲙ̣ⲏϯ ⲟⲩⲃⲁⲥⲑⲁ : ⲉⲥⲕⲱϯ ⲉⲣⲟϥ ·
4	3. ϩⲓ ϣⲟϥ ϩⲓ ⲙⲟⲥϯ : ϩⲓ ⲑⲁⲗⲟ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ : ϩⲓ ⲕ̣ⲟ̣ϯ̣ ⲉⲡ̣ⲁ-
5	4. ϩⲟⲩ : ϩⲓ ϫⲟⲣⲓ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲛⲓⲙ ∴ ϯ̅ⲣ ⲉⲣⲟⲧⲛ : ⲙⲡⲟⲩ
6	5. ⲛⲓⲁⲛⲅⲉⲗⲟⲥ : ⲛϫⲟⲣⲓ : ⲛ̣ⲛ̣ⲉⲧⲁϩⲉⲣⲟⲧⲟⲩ ⲉⲣⲟ̣ⲕ̣ ·
7	6. ⲛⲟⲩⲟⲉⲓϣ ⲛⲓⲙ :· ⲉⲧⲉ ⲛⲁⲓ ⲛⲉ ⲛⲉⲩⲣⲁⲛ: ⲓ̅ⲟ̅ϩ̅ⲁ̅ⲩ̅ :·	draft · guesshis (?) ..., his (?) ..., his ...; may he not be able
8	7. ⲗ̅ⲱ̅ϩ̅ⲉ̅ⲡ̅ ⲁⲭ̅ⲁ̅ⲃⲁ̅ ⲟ̅ⲩ̅ⲁ̅ⲥ̅ⲏ̅ⲗ̅ ⲁ̅ⲕ̅ⲁ̅ⲗ̅ⲁ̅ⲧ̅ⲁ̅ ⲕ̅ⲁ̅ⲥ̅ⲓ̅ⲥ̅ :·	draft · guess(to rest?) unless a (bastha?) surrounds him,
9	8. ⲕⲉ̅ⲣ̅ⲓⲁ ⲁ̅ⲭ̅ⲁ̅ⲣ̅ⲁ̅ϩ̅ ∴ ⲥ̅ⲁ̅ⲗ̅ⲁ̅ⲛ̅ⲓ ⲡ̅ⲁ̅ⲡ̅ⲗ̅ⲓ̅ⲛ̅ ⋮ ⲧ̅ⲟⲧ̅ⲛ	draft · lowwith swelling (?), with hatred, with casting out, with turning back-
10	9. ⲛ̣ⲉⲧⲛⲁϣⲱⲡⲓ ⋮ ⲙ̇ⲛ̇ : ⲗ̅ⲗ̅ ⋮ ⲧⲉⲧ̇ⲛ̇:ⲃⲓ ⲧⲉⲭⲁⲣⲓⲥ	draft · lowward, with every (?) outburst. I adjure you by the
11	10. [ⲉ]ⲡⲉⲃϩⲁ : ⲧⲉⲕϯ ⲛⲁⲃ ⲉⲧⲉⲭⲁⲣⲓⲥ ⲉⲡⲉⲃⲙⲁ ⲛϩⲉ-	draft · mediumangels of strength who stand by you
12	11. ⲙ̣ⲁⲁⲥ ∴ ϩⲓ ϣⲟϥ ϩⲓ ⲙⲁ̣ⲥϯ · ϩⲓ ⲑⲗⲁ ⲉⲃⲟ̣ⲗ̣ ϩ̣ⲓ̣ ⲕⲟϯ	draft · highat all times, whose names are these: Iōhau,
13	12. ⲉ̣ⲡⲁϩⲟⲩ :· ⲛⲉⲗⲟⲟⲩ ⲛⲣ̣ⲱ̅ⲙⲓ̣ · ⲉⲛⲓⲃⲓ̣ ⲛ̣[ⲱ]ⲛ̣ⲁϩ :·	draft · mediumLōhep, Achaba, Ouasēl, Akalata, Kasis,
14	13. ⲛϩⲏⲧϥ ⲛⲉϣ ϭⲱϣⲧ ⲉⲣⲟϥ : ⲉⲡϩⲁ̣ ⲛⲓⲙ :	draft · mediumKeria, Acharah, Salani, Paplin. You
15	14. ⲁⲓⲁⲓⲁ ⲧⲁⲭⲏ ⲧⲁⲭⲏ : ⲁⲃϫⲟⲕ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ :—	draft · lowwho will be with NN, you shall take away the favour
16	——————————————————————————	draft · lowfrom his face; you shall give him (?) favour in his dwelling-place
17	15. ⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲡⲓⲍ̅ ⲙⲛ ⲛⲓⲫ̅ⲩ̅ ⲉⲩⲃⲉϯ ⲥⲁⲡⲟⲩ ⲃⲁⲧⲟⲩ ⲛⲉϩ	draft · lowwith swelling, with hatred, with casting out, with turning
18	16. ⲉⲡϩⲁ ⲡⲉⲕϫⲁϫⲓ : ⲧⲁⲙⲥⲟⲩ ⲉⲡⲣⲁ : ⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲟⲛ :—	draft · lowbackward. The people who live
19	17. ⲧⲁⲃ ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲉⲩⲧⲟⲩⲱⲧ ⲙⲟⲩⲗ̣ⲁ ⲛⲁⲧⲕⲟϩ⧹ⲧ⧸:	draft · mediumin it, may they not be able to look at him, at any face.
20	18. ⲟⲩⲁϩϥ : ⲉⲡⲣ̣ⲁ ⲛⲟ̣ⲩ̣ⲁⲗⲧ̣ⲓ̣ⲕⲉⲟⲛⲟⲥ ⲕⲉ̣ϯ ⲉⲡⲓⲏⲃ⧹ⲧ⧸	draft · mediumAiaia, quickly, quickly! It is finished.
21	19. ⲟⲩⲑⲗⲁ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲡⲓ : ⲟⲩϣⲟϥ ⲡⲓ : ⲟⲩⲡⲟⲣϫ ⲡⲓ ⋮ ⲕⲁ̅ⲧⲁ
22	20. ϯϩⲉ : ⲧⲁⲁϥ ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲉⲥⲛⲛⲩ ⲛⲧⲟⲩⲟⲧ ⲙⲟⲩⲗⲁ	draft · lowWrite the seven and the phylacteries (?) with (?) ... brambles (?) (and) oil
23	21. ⲡⲁⲛⲉ ⲡⲉⲩⲥⲁⲓ ⲉⲛⲉⲣⲉⲩ : ⲗⲉⲙⲗⲟⲙⲟⲩ · ⲉⲩ-	draft · mediumupon the face of your enemy; bury it at the door. Write again:
24	22. ⲧⲁⲓⲥⲓ ⲕⲟⲟⲥ :· ϫⲁ⧹ϩ⧸ ⲡⲉⲩϩⲁ : ϣⲣⲟ : ⲡⲛⲉϩ ⲉⲧ-	draft · lowput (it) into a statue of wax, unburnt;
25	23. ⲃⲉϯ : ⲉⲡϩⲁ : ⲑ̅ⲩ̅ : ⲅ ⲉⲑⲟⲟⲩ ⲁⲃϫⲱⲕ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ :—	draft · guessplace it at the door of a (?) ... put it at the east (?)
26	——————————————————————————	draft · lowIt is a casting out; it is a swelling; it is a separation. In the same
27	24. ⲝⲟ̅ⲁ̅ⲥ̅ⲁ̅ⲗ̅ ⲥⲁ̅ⲁ̅ⲃ̅ⲉ̅ⲗ̅ ⲥ̅ⲟ̅ⲩ̅ⲭ̣̅	draft · lowmanner: put it into two statues of wax
28	25. . ⲁⲁϩ	draft · guess... their backs to one another (?) ... being
29	[tableau 1]	draft · guess(is ...) upon the face. Fumigant (?); three days (?). It is finished.
30	26. ⲥ̅ⲟ̅ⲩ̅ⲭ̅	draft · mediumXoasal, Saabel, Souch
31	Verso
32	1. [tableau 2] ⲝ̅ⲟ̅ⲁ̅ⲥ̅ⲁ̅ⲗ̅
33	2. [tableau 2] ⲓ̅ⲁ̅ⲁ̅ϩ	draft · mediumSouch
34	3. [tableau 2] ⲥⲁⲁ̅ⲃⲉⲗ
35	4. [tableau 2] ⲥ̅ⲟ̅ⲩ̅ⲭ̅
36	5. [ll.1-4] (at 90 degrees) ⲥ̅ⲟ̅ⲩ̅ⲗ̅ⲓ̅ⲁ̅ⲥ̅ⲁ̅ⲣ̣̅
37	[tableau 2]	draft · mediumXoasal
38	6. ⲉ̣ . . . ϫ̣ⲉ̣ . . . ⲥ̣ⲙ̣ . :̣ ⲉ̣ⲥⲛⲟⲩϫ ⲛϩⲏⲧ .	draft · mediumIaah
39	7. ⲉ̣ⲃⲟⲗ ⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲛⲁⲓ ⲙⲟⲩⲣⲟⲩ ⲉⲡ̣ⲟ̣ⲟ̣	draft · mediumSaabel
40	8. [kharaktēres: ΒΗΤ ΒΗΘ ΑΒΗ]	draft · mediumSouch
41	9. ⲑⲁⲙⲟ . . . ⲏⲙ :	draft · mediumSouliasar

Provenance

title: Curse
dialect: mixed
source: Kyprianos text 225 (Curse (magical, formulary) 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 27 PCM I 27 P. Heid. Inv. Kopt. 679 P. Baden 5 142 P. Bad. V 142 · Ro ll. 1-24, Vo ll. 1-9; 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/T0225 Curse.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.
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Curse. Kyprianos text 225 (Curse (magical, formulary) 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 27 PCM I 27 P. Heid. Inv. Kopt. 679 P. Baden 5 142 P. Bad. V 142 · Ro ll. 1-24, Vo ll. 1-9; copy dated 901 – 1100 CE. Layers as published by the Kemetic project (Yousef Hanna), 2026: Coptic · Cairene · Kemetic, /doc/magic/kyprianos-coptic-magical-texts/t0225-curse.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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L0.5 transliteration
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L1 Cairene
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L2 Kemetic
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English
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