Curse — Coptic · Cairene

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Source: Kyprianos text 232 (Magical (formulary, curse)), 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 22 PCM I 22 P. Heid. Inv. Kopt. 681 P. Baden 5 139 P. Bad. V 139 Formerly P. Heid. Inv. Kopt. 1681 · Ro ll. 41-63; copy dated 951 – 1000 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	—————————————————————
2	27. ⲁ̅ⲣ̅ⲓ̅ⲱ̅ : ⲁ̅ⲣ̅ⲓ̅ⲛ̅ⲁ̅ ⸗ ⲁ̅ⲣ̅ⲱ̅ⲙ̅ⲁ̅ : ⲁ̅ⲣ̅ⲱ̅ⲙ̅ⲁ̅ⲛ̅ⲁ̅ⲏ̅ⲗ̅ : ⲁ̅ⲣ̅ⲁ̅ⲥ̅ⲁ̅ -
3	28. ⲁ̅ⲣ̅ⲱ̅ⲙ̅ⲁ̅ⲱ̅ : ⲑ̅ⲁ̅ⲣ̅ⲙ̅ⲁ̅ⲱ̅ⲑ ⸗ ⲙ̅ⲁ̅ⲣ̅ⲙ̅ⲁ̅ⲣ̅ⲓ̅ⲱ̅ⲑ̅ ⸗ ϫⲉ ϯ
4	Captions for figures: ⲃⲱⲕ, ⲃⲁⲣⲟⲩⲭ,
5	Text inside figures: ⲱ, ⲟⲩⲭⲟⲩⲙⲁⲣ, ⲩⲩ
6	[tableau 1]	draft · mediumArōmaō, Tharmaōth, Marmariōth: that I
7	29. ⲡϣⲁϩ ⲉⲛⲉⲧⲁⲁⲩ ⲡ̇-	draft · mediumCaptions for figures: Bōk, Barouch,
8	30. ϭⲱⲛⲧ ⸗ ⲉⲡϣⲁ̅ⲣ̅ⲃ̅ⲁ̅ ⸗ ⲡⲙⲁⲥⲧⲓ ⲛ̇ⲡⲉⲑ̅-	draft · mediumText inside figures: Ō, Ouchoumar, UU
9	31. ⲗⲁ ⲃⲁⲗ · ⲱ̅ⲑ̅ⲱ̅ⲣ̅ ⸗ ⲡ̣̅ⲅ̣̅ ⲛ̅ⲁ̅ⲅ̅ⲅ̅ⲉ̅ⲗ̅ⲱ̅ⲥ̅ ⲷ
10	32. ⲙⲙⲁⲥϯ : ϩⲓ ϯⲧ̅ⲱ̅ⲛ̅ ⸗ ϩⲓ ⲃ̅ⲁ̅ⲥ̅ⲑ̅ⲁ̅ ⸗ ⲉⲡϩⲁ ⲇ̅ⲇ̅⸗
11	33. ϫⲉⲕⲁⲥ ϩⲛ ⲧⲉⲩⲛⲟⲩ ⲛϣⲁⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲛ̇ⲛⲉ⸗ⲧⲉⲛ
12	34. ⲣⲁⲛ ⸗ ⲙⲛ ⲛⲉⲧⲉⲛⲥ̅ⲱ̅ϯ̅ⲟ̅ⲩ̅ⲛ̅ ⸗ ⲙⲛ ⲛⲉ-	draft · low(cast?) the flame of ... the
13	35. ⲧⲉⲛⲫ̅ⲩ̅ ⲷ ⲉⲡⲃⲓⲧ ⸗ ⲡϭⲁⲗⲉϩ : ⲧⲁⲥⲁϩ-	draft · guesswrath, the ... (Sharba), the whip of the (curse?),
14	36. ϯ ϩⲁⲣⲁⲥ : ϣⲁⲛⲧⲉⲥϫⲱⲣ : ⲕⲉϫⲱⲣ =	draft · guess[...] Ōthōr, the 83 (?) angels,
15	37. ⲉⲡϩⲁ ⲇ̅ⲇ̅ ⲙ̇ⲡⲉⲙⲧⲁ ⲉⲃⲁⲗ · ⲙⲡⲕⲉⲛ̅ⲟ̅ⲥ̅	draft · lowhatred, with strife, with (bastha?), upon the face of NN,
16	38. ⲧⲏⲣϥ ⸗ ⲛⲁ̅ⲇ̅ⲁ̅ⲙ ⸗ ⲙⲛ : ⲛⲉϣⲏⲣⲉ ⲧⲏⲣⲟ⧹ⲩ⧸	draft · mediumso that in the hour that I write your
17	39. ⲛⲥ̅ⲱ̅ⲏ̅ ⸗ ⲛⲉⲕⲟⲩⲓ ⲙ̇ⲛ ⲛⲉⲛⲟϭ	draft · lownames and your (seals?) and your
18	40. ⲛⲉⲁⲣⲭ̅ⲏ̅ ⲙⲛ ⲛ̅ⲉ̅ⲝⲟⲩⲥⲓⲁ · ⲙ̇ ⲛⲉⲣⲟ ⲙ̅ⲛ̅	draft · lowphylacteries upon the (pot?) of the lame one (?), I kindle
19	41. ⲛⲉⲣⲉϥϯ ϩⲁⲡ ϫⲉ ϩⲛ ⲧⲉⲩⲛⲟⲩ : ϣⲁⲩ-	draft · low(fire) under it until it splits; (so) scatter
20	42. ⲛⲁⲩ · ⲉⲡϩⲁ ⲇ̅ⲇ̅ ⸗ ⲉⲩ̇ⲙⲉⲥⲧⲱⲱϥ · ⲙⲛ	draft · mediumthe face of NN before the (race)
21	43. ⲡⲉⲥϣⲁϫⲉ ⲛⲉⲡⲉⲥϩⲁ ϫⲓ ⲭⲁⲣⲓⲥ : ⲟⲩ-	draft · mediumentire of Adam and all the children
22	44. ⲧⲉ ⲡⲉⲥϩⲱⲃ · ⲛⲉϥⲥⲁⲩⲧⲉⲛ : ϣⲁ ⲛ-	draft · mediumof Eve (?), the small and the great,
23	45. ⲛⲉϩ : ϩⲛ ⲟⲩⲁⲉⲓϣ ⲛⲓⲙ ⲁ̅ⲓ̅ⲟ̅ ⲧ̅ⲁ̅ⲭ̅ⲏ̅	draft · highthe rulers and the authorities, the kings and
24	—————————————————————	draft · highthe judges, so that in the hour they
25	46. ⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲡϣⲣⲱ : ⲉⲡⲃⲓⲧ : ⲟⲩϭⲁⲗⲉϩⲧ ⸗	draft · mediumsee the face of NN they may hate him; and
26	47. ⲛⲕⲱⲧ ⲥⲁⲡⲉϩⲟⲩ : ⲟⲩⲁϩ : ϩⲓϫⲉⲛ ⲅ̅	draft · low(may) his word (not ...), nor his face receive favour, nor
27	48. ⲛⲧⲱⲃⲓ : ⲛⲁⲙⲓ : ⲥⲁϩϯ ϩⲁⲣⲁⲥ̣ ⲧⲁⲙⲥ	draft · lowhis work (prosper?), nor his (?) for
28	49. ϩⲓ ⲟⲩϩⲓⲣ ⲉ̅ⲥ̅⳨ⲟ̅ⲥ̅ ⲑ̅ⲩ̅ ⲕⲁ̅ⲥ̅ ϫ̅ⲁ̅ⲉ̅ⲓ̅ⲧ̅ ⲷ	draft · mediumever, at every time. At once, quickly.
29	50. ⲟⲩⲱϣⲉ ⲡⲕⲱϩⲧ · ⲁϥϫⲟⲕ ⲉⲃⲁⲗ
30	—————————————————————	draft · guessWrite the (?) upon the (pot?), a lame (?)

Provenance

title: Curse
dialect: mixed
source: Kyprianos text 232 (Magical (formulary, curse)), 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 22 PCM I 22 P. Heid. Inv. Kopt. 681 P. Baden 5 139 P. Bad. V 139 Formerly P. Heid. Inv. Kopt. 1681 · Ro ll. 41-63; copy dated 951 – 1000 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/T0232 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.
lines: 0 quoted · 0 quoted with the alignment not cross-checked · 21 model drafts (marked “draft”)

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Curse. Kyprianos text 232 (Magical (formulary, curse)), 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 22 PCM I 22 P. Heid. Inv. Kopt. 681 P. Baden 5 139 P. Bad. V 139 Formerly P. Heid. Inv. Kopt. 1681 · Ro ll. 41-63; copy dated 951 – 1000 CE. Layers as published by the Kemetic project (Yousef Hanna), 2026: Coptic · Cairene · Kemetic, /doc/magic/kyprianos-coptic-magical-texts/t0232-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
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.