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share: attributionmixedSource: Kyprianos text 310 (Curse (magical, formulary, charm)), 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 29 PCM I 29 P. Heid. Inv. Kopt. 678 P. Baden V 138 P. Baden 5 138 P. Bad. V 138 P. Bad. 5 138 · Ro ll. 1-22; 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
The text
23 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 | 1. +̣ ⲓ̣̅ⲥ̣̅ ⲛⲉⲃⲙⲁⲁϣⲉ̣ ⲙ̇ⲛ ⲙⲓⲭⲁⲏⲗ ‧ ⲙ̣[ⲛ] | |
| 3 | 2. ⲅⲁⲃⲣⲓⲏⲗ ‧ ⲙ̇ⲛ ϩⲣⲁⲫⲁⲏⲗ ‧ ⲙⲛ ⲡⲓⲙ̣[ⲉⲧ-] | |
| 4 | 3. ⲓ̅ⲃ̅ ⲛ̅ⲁ̅ⲡⲱⲥⲧⲱⲗⲱⲥ ‧ ⲙⲛ ⲡⲓϫⲟⲩⲧⲁ̣[ϥⲧⲉ] | |
| 5 | 4. ⲛⲡ̇ⲣⲉⲥⲃⲏⲧⲉⲣⲟⲥ ‧ ϩⲓϫⲛ̇ ⲛ̇ⲣⲁ ⲙ̇ⲡ̇ⲡⲁ̣- | |
| 6 | 5. ⲣⲁϯⲥⲟⲥ ‧ ⲁⲃϭⲓⲛ ⲟⲩⲃⲏⲛⲧ ‧ ⲉⲃⲛ̇ⲕⲁⲧ | |
| 7 | 6. ⲉ̇ⲃⲁⲃϣ̇ ‧ ⲡⲁϫⲁⲃ ⲛⲁⲃ · 〚ⲡⲁϫⲁⲃ〛 ϫⲉ ⲁϩ- | |
| 8 | 7. ⲣⲁⲕ ‧ ⲡⲉϫⲁ ⲛⲁⲃ ϫⲉ ⲡⲁⲡ̅⳪ ⲓ̅ⲥ̅ ⲡⲉ ⲭ̅ⲥ̅ | draft · highJesus was walking with Michael and |
| 9 | 8. ⲛⲧⲁⲟⲩⲛⲟⲟⲩ ⲉ̇ⲣⲁⲕ ⲁⲓⲉⲣ ϩⲁϯ ‧ ⲡⲉϫⲁ- | draft · highGabriel and Raphael and the |
| 10 | 9. ⲁⲃ ⲛⲁⲃ ‧ ϫⲉ ⲙ̇ⲡⲱⲣ ⲙ̇ⲡⲉⲕⲉⲣ ϩⲁϯ | draft · hightwelve apostles and the twenty-four |
| 11 | 10. ⲁⲗⲗⲁ ⲧⲱⲛ ⲉⲕⲃⲱⲕ ‧ ⲉⲕⲗⲱⲕⲥ ‧ ⲛ̅ⲓ̅ⲙ̅ ⲇ̣̅ | draft · mediumelders upon the (mountains?) of para- |
| 12 | 11. ϯⲱⲣⲕ ⲉⲣⲁ ‧ ⲙ̇ⲡⲟⲟⲩ ⲧⲟⲩⲁϩⲓ ‧ ⲛ̇ϩⲩ̣ⲧ̣ | draft · mediumdise. He found a serpent lying (asleep), |
| 13 | 12. ⲧⲟⲩⲁϩⲓ ⲛ̇ⲥ̇ϩⲓⲙⲓ ‧ ⲙ̇ⲡ̇ⲣⲁⲛ ⲙ̇ⲡⲣⲁⲛ ⲙ- | draft · low(?). He said to it: 'What is the matter |
| 14 | 13. ⲡⲓⲱⲧ ⲙ̇ⲛ ⲡϣⲏⲣⲓ ⲙⲛ ⲡ̅ⲛ̅ⲁ̅ ⲉ̅ⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ ‧ | draft · mediumwith you?' It said to him: 'My Lord Jesus, the Christ, |
| 15 | 14. ϯⲱⲣⲕ ⲉⲣⲁⲕ̇ ⲡ̇ϯ ⲛⲓⲃⲧ ⲛ̣̇ⲧⲁⲩⲧⲁⲕⲥ ‧ | draft · lowwhen they sent you (?) to me, I became afraid.' He said |
| 16 | 15. ⲉ̇ⲡⲉⲭ̅ⲥ̅ ⲉ̇ⲧⲉ ⲛⲁⲓ̣ ⲛⲉ ⲛⲉⲩⲣⲁⲛ ‧ ⲥⲁⲧⲱⲣ | draft · highto it: 'Do not be afraid, |
| 17 | 16. ⲁⲣⲉⲧⲱ ⲧⲉⲛ̣ⲏ̣ⲧ ⲱⲧⲉⲣⲁ ⲣⲱⲧⲁⲥ ⲁⲩ- | draft · mediumbut rise, go, bite NN (daughter of) NN.' |
| 18 | 17.〚ⲉⲛⲧⲁⲥ̣〛⧹ⲧⲉⲣϫⲁⲧϥ ‧ ⲛ̇ⲑⲉ ⲛⲟⲩⲕⲱϩⲧ | draft · lowI adjure you today, the (?) of men, |
| 19 | 18. ⲉⲕϭⲁⲁϭⲓ ⲙ̇ⲙⲁϥ - ⲛ̣ⲑⲉ ⲛⲟⲩⲥⲧⲉⲗⲟⲩⲥ | draft · lowthe (?) of women, by the name of the |
| 20 | 19. ⲧ̣ⲣⲉⲓⲛⲓ ⲉⲣⲁⲃ ⲉ̇ϫⲓⲛ ⲡⲣⲏⲥ ⲙ̇ⲡ̇ⲕⲁϩ ⲙ̇- | draft · highFather and the Son and the Holy Spirit. |
| 21 | 20. ⲡⲉⲣⲡⲓⲥⲧⲉⲩ ⲉ̇ⲣⲟⲟⲩ ϣⲁⲛⲧⲁⲟⲩⲱϣ̣ ⲁⲛ̣ⲁ⧹ⲕ̣⧸ | draft · mediumI adjure you by the five nails (?) which they fixed |
| 22 | 21. ⲑ̣ⲩ . . ⲱ̅ⲁ̅ ⲕⲱⲕⲛⲥⲉ̇ ⲕⲗⲁⲙ ⲛⲁⲗⲁⲣⲱ- | draft · highinto Christ, whose names are these: Satōr, |
| 23 | 22. ⲱⲥ ⲙ̇ⲡⲁⲧⲉϥⲃⲱⲕ ϣⲁ ⲧⲉϥⲧⲉϥⲥⲓⲙⲓ | draft · highAretō, Tenēt, Ōtera, Rōtas: they |
Provenance
- title
- Curse including Jesus-serpent charm
- dialect
- mixed
- source
- Kyprianos text 310 (Curse (magical, formulary, charm)), 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 29 PCM I 29 P. Heid. Inv. Kopt. 678 P. Baden V 138 P. Baden 5 138 P. Bad. V 138 P. Bad. 5 138 · Ro ll. 1-22; 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/T0310 Curse including Jesus-serpent charm.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 · 16 model drafts (marked “draft”)
L0 witness
English
Cite as:
Curse including Jesus-serpent charm. Kyprianos text 310 (Curse (magical, formulary, charm)), 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 29 PCM I 29 P. Heid. Inv. Kopt. 678 P. Baden V 138 P. Baden 5 138 P. Bad. V 138 P. Bad. 5 138 · Ro ll. 1-22; copy dated 901 – 1100 CE. Layers as published by the Kemetic project (Yousef Hanna), 2026: Coptic · Cairene · Kemetic, /doc/magic/kyprianos-coptic-magical-texts/t0310-curse-including-jesus-serpent-charm.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.