Source and licence
share: attributionmixedSource: Kyprianos text 300 (Love spell (magical, formulary, erotic)), 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) Berlin P. 8320 BKU I 2 BKU 1 2 P. Berol. 8320 · Ro ll. 1-9; copy dated 651 – 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
The text
11 lines · a line number is a link to itselfEnglish: 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 | → | |
| 3 | 1. (h1) ϣⲟⲩⲣⲓ̈ⲛ ϣⲁ̣ⲩⲣⲁⲛ ϣⲟⲩⲧⲁⲃⲁⲛ ϣⲟⲩⲧⲁⲃⲉⲛⲉⲓ̈ ⲃⲟⲛⲏⲥⲏ ϣⲁⲣⲥⲁⲃⲉⲛⲉⲣ̣[ . . . . ] | |
| 4 | 2. ⲥⲁⲧⲁⲛⲁⲥ ⲡⲇⲓ̈ⲁⲃⲟⲗⲟⲥ ⲡⲉⲛⲧⲁⲃϫⲁϩϫ ⲛⲡⲉϥϭⲉⲣⲟϥ ⲉⲡⲕⲁϩ ⲉϩ̣[ⲟⲩⲛ] | |
| 5 | 3. ⲉⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲉⲧⲟⲛⲁϩ ϫⲉ ⲁⲛⲕ ⲟⲩⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ϩⲱ ⲧⲓ̈ⲥⲉⲡⲥ̅ⲡ̅ ⲁⲩⲱ [ⲧ]ⲓ̈ⲡⲁⲣⲁⲕ̣[ⲁⲗⲉⲓ] | |
| 6 | 4. ⲛⲙⲟⲧⲉⲛ ⧹ⲧⲏⲣⲧⲉⲛ⧸ ⲛⲡⲟⲟⲩ ϫⲉⲕⲁⲁⲥ ⲉⲧⲉⲧⲛⲉⲉⲓ̈ ⲛⲁⲓ̈ ⲉ̣ϩ̣ⲣ̣ⲁ̣ⲓ̈ ⲉϫ[ⲛ . . . ] . . [ . . . . . ] | draft · mediumShourin, Shauran, Shoutaban, Shoutabenei, Bonēsē, Sharsabener[...] |
| 7 | 5. ⲛⲁⲓ̈ ⲉⲧϣⲟⲟⲡ ϩⲛ ⲛⲁ̣ϭⲓ̈ϫ ⲛⲡⲟⲟⲩ ϫⲉ ϩⲉⲛ ⲧⲉⲩⲛ̣ⲟⲩ ⲉⲓ̈ⲛⲁⲧⲁⲁⲩ ⲛⲓⲙ [ⲛ-] | draft · lowSatanas the devil, who gnashed his (?) upon the earth against |
| 8 | 6. ⲥⲟⲩⲱⲙ ⲏ ⲥⲱ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲛϩⲏⲧⲟⲩ ⲉⲧⲉⲧⲛⲉⲙⲟⲩⲣ ⲛⲡⲉⲥϩⲏⲧ ⲙⲛⲧⲉ[ⲥⲥⲁ-] | draft · highthe living God, saying: 'I too am a god.' I pray and I beseech |
| 9 | 7. ⲣⲉⲝ ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲉⲣⲟⲓ̈ ϣⲁ ⲓ̈ⲛⲉϩ ⲟⲩⲟⲉⲓ̈ϣ ⲁⲓⲱ ⲁⲓ̈ⲱ ϩⲛ ⲧϭ̣ⲟ̣ⲙ ⲛ̣ⲙ̣[ⲁⲥ-] | draft · highyou all today, that you come to me upon [...] |
| 10 | 8. ⲕⲗⲓ̅ⲛ ⲙⲁⲥⲕⲗⲓ̈ⲛⲉⲙⲁⲥ ⲙ̣ⲁ̣ⲥⲕⲗⲓ̈ⲛⲁⲩⲱⲑ ⲁⲓⲱ ⲁⲓ[ⲱ . ? ] | draft · highthese which are in my hands today, so that in the hour I give them to NN |
| 11 | 9. + ⲟⲩⲃⲟⲧⲉ ⲛ[ⲙⲥⲑⲏ]ⲧ ⲟⲩⲥⲛⲟϥ ⲛⲧⲏⲏ⧹ⲃ⧸ⲉ | draft · highto eat or drink from them, you bind her heart and her |
Provenance
- title
- Love spell invoking devil
- dialect
- mixed
- source
- Kyprianos text 300 (Love spell (magical, formulary, erotic)), 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) Berlin P. 8320 BKU I 2 BKU 1 2 P. Berol. 8320 · Ro ll. 1-9; copy dated 651 – 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
- share
- 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/T0300 Love spell invoking devil.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 · 6 model drafts (marked “draft”)
L0 witness
English
Cite as:
Love spell invoking devil. Kyprianos text 300 (Love spell (magical, formulary, erotic)), 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) Berlin P. 8320 BKU I 2 BKU 1 2 P. Berol. 8320 · Ro ll. 1-9; copy dated 651 – 800 CE. Layers as published by the Kemetic project (Yousef Hanna), 2026: Coptic · Cairene · Kemetic, /doc/magic/kyprianos-coptic-magical-texts/t0300-love-spell-invoking-devil.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
The text as its witness or edition has it, original spelling; its dialect is a description and is never standardized.
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).
Standardized Greco-Bohairic spelling and grammar, generated by code from the layer above under the rulings of the project.
The Kemetic alphabet, generated by code from L1.
Quoted translations where they exist, credited; otherwise model drafts, marked as drafts.