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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.
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
74 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. [ ca. 22 ] . . ⲉ̣ⲕ̣ⲟⲩⲙⲉⲛⲟⲥ ⲉⲙ- | |
| 4 | 2. [ ca. 20 ]ⲥ̣ⲟ ⲙ̅ⲫⲟ ⲉⲙⲡⲓⲱⲧ | |
| 5 | 3. [ . . . . . . . . . . . ] . . . . ⲟⲩⲛⲏ ⲭⲉⲣ̣ⲉ̣ ⲧⲏⲥⲕⲩⲛⲏ ⲉⲙⲡⲓⲱⲧ ⧸ⲙⲛ ⲡϣⲏⲣⲉ ⲙⲛ ⲡⲛⲉⲙⲁ ⲧ̣ ⧹ ⲙⲛ | draft · guess[...] (inhabited world?) of |
| 6 | 4. ⲛⲩⲧϣⲟⲟⲡ ⲉⲛϩⲏⲧⲥⲉ ⲭⲉⲣⲉ ⲉⲥ̣ϣⲁϥⲉ ⲛⲛⲁⲣⲭⲏⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲟⲥ | draft · low[...] the face of the Father |
| 7 | 5. ⲉⲧⲧⲁϩⲉⲣⲁⲧⲟⲩ ⲉⲡⲉⲟⲟⲩ ⲉⲙ[ⲡ]ⲓ̈ⲱⲧ ⲭⲉⲣⲉ ⲛⲁⲣⲭⲏ ⲙⲛ | draft · medium[...] Hail, the tabernacle of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, and |
| 8 | 6. ⲛⲏⲕⲝⲟⲥⲓⲁ ⲙⲛ ⲉⲛϭⲟⲙ [ⲉ]ⲧϩⲉⲙ ⲡϫⲓ̈ⲥⲉ ⲭⲉⲣⲉ ⲧⲩⲕ- | draft · highthose who are in it. Hail, the seven archangels |
| 9 | 7. ⲗⲉⲥⲓⲁ ⲛ̅ⲛⲉϣⲉⲣⲉⲡ ⲙⲉⲥⲉ̣ ⲛⲛⲉⲧϣⲟⲟⲡ ⲉⲛϩⲏⲧⲥⲉ | draft · highwho stand at the glory of the Father. Hail, the rulers and |
| 10 | 8. ⲭⲉⲣⲉ ⲉⲛⲧⲩⲛⲁⲙⲉⲥ ⲭⲉⲣⲉ ⲛⲩⲭⲉⲣⲟⲩⲃⲉⲛ ⲭⲉⲣⲉ ⲉⲛⲥⲩⲣⲁ- | draft · highthe authorities and the powers that are in the height. Hail, the church |
| 11 | 9. ⲡⲫⲉⲛ ⲭⲉⲣⲉ ⲉⲡϫⲟⲩⲧⲁⲃⲧⲉ ⲙ̅ⲡⲣⲉⲥⲃⲏⲧⲏⲣⲟⲥ ⲉⲛⲧⲩⲕ- | draft · highof the first-born and those who are in it. |
| 12 | 10. ⲗⲉⲥⲓⲁ ⲧ̅ϩⲉⲛ ⲛⲏⲡⲉⲩⲉ ⲙⲛ ⲛⲟⲩⲛ ⲛⲓⲙ ⲉⲧϣⲟⲟⲡ ⲉⲛϩⲏ̣ⲧⲉⲥ | draft · highHail, the powers. Hail, the Cherubim. Hail, the Sera- |
| 13 | 11. ⲭⲉⲣⲉ ⲉⲧⲡⲁⲣⲁⲇⲓⲥⲱⲥ ⲙⲛ ⲛⲟⲩⲟ̣ⲛ ⲛⲓⲙ ⲉⲧϣⲟⲟⲡ ⲛ̅ϩⲏⲧⲥ̅ ⲭⲉⲣⲉ̣ | draft · highphim. Hail, the twenty-four elders of the church |
| 14 | 12. ⲉⲡⲡⲣⲏ ⲉⲧⲧⲉⲣ ⲟⲩⲉⲓⲛ ⲭⲉⲣⲉ ⲉⲧⲙ̣ⲏ̣ⲧ̣ⲥⲩⲛⲟⲟⲥ ⲉⲛⲧⲏⲛⲁ- | draft · highin the heavens, and everyone who is in them. |
| 15 | 13. ⲙⲓ̈ⲥ ⲧ̅ⲕⲱⲧⲉ ⲉⲣⲟϥ ⲭⲉⲣⲉ ⲉⲡⲟϩⲉ ⲙⲛ ⲛⲏⲥⲓⲟⲩ ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ ⲭⲉⲣⲉ | draft · highHail, paradise and everyone who is in it. Hail, |
| 16 | 14. ⲡⲙⲏⲧⲥⲩⲛⲟⲟⲥ ⲉⲛⲁⲣⲭⲱⲛ ⲉⲧⲧⲏϣ̣ ⲛ̅ⲉⲩⲛⲟⲟⲩⲉ ⲛⲧⲩϣⲏ | draft · mediumthe sun that gives light. Hail, the council of the pow- |
| 17 | 15. ⲭⲉⲣⲉ ⲡⲙⲏⲧⲥⲩⲛⲟⲟⲥ ⲉⲛⲁⲣⲭⲱⲛ ⲉⲧⲧⲏϣ ⲉⲛⲛⲉⲩⲛⲟⲩⲉ ⲙ̅ⲡⲉ- | draft · highers that surround it. Hail, the moon and all the stars. Hail, |
| 18 | 16. ϩⲟⲟⲩ ⲭⲉⲣⲉ ϩⲱⲣⲙⲟⲥⲉⲏⲗ ⲡⲛⲟϭ ⲉⲛⲁⲣⲭⲱⲛ ⲉϥⲥⲱⲩϩⲉ ⲉⲛ- | draft · highthe council of rulers appointed over the hours of the night. |
| 19 | 17. ⲛⲁ⧹ⲧ⧸ⲡⲉ ⲙⲛ ⲛⲁⲡⲕⲁϩ ⲡⲁⲓ ⲉϣⲁⲣⲉⲛⲁⲡⲉⲩ ⲥⲱⲧⲉⲙ ⲉⲧⲉϥⲥⲉⲙⲏ | draft · highHail, the council of rulers appointed over the hours of the |
| 20 | 18. ⲥⲩⲏⲧⲟⲩⲛⲏ ⲉⲛⲥⲱϥ ⲧⲓⲛⲟⲩ ⲧⲉ̣ⲥⲟⲡ̅ⲥ̅ ⲙ̅ⲙⲟⲕ ⲙ̅ⲡⲟⲟⲩ ⲁⲩⲱ | draft · highday. Hail, Hōrmoseēl, the great ruler, who gathers |
| 21 | 19. ⲧⲓⲡⲁⲣⲁⲅⲁⲗⲉ ⲉⲙⲟⲕ ϩⲟⲣⲙⲟⲥⲉⲏⲗ ⲡⲁⲡⲓ⧹ϩ⧸ⲣⲟⲟⲩ ⲉⲧϩⲟⲗⲉϭ | draft · highthose of heaven and those of earth, this one whose voice those of heaven hear, |
| 22 | 20. ⲉⲧⲛⲟⲧⲉⲙ ⧹ⲉⲛ⧸ⲑⲉ ⲙⲫⲓⲗⲉⲙⲟⲛ ⲡⲁⲧⲉⲥⲙⲏ ⲉⲧϩⲟⲗⲟϭ ϫⲉⲕⲁⲁⲥ | draft · low(and) the (?) after him. I pray you today and |
| 23 | 21. ⲉⲕⲁⲉⲓ̈ ϣⲁⲣⲟⲓ ⲉⲙⲡⲟⲟⲩ ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲇⲇ ⲛ̅ⲉⲅⲁϩⲉⲣⲁⲧ ϩⲉϫⲉ- | draft · highI beseech you, Hormoseēl, he of the sweet voices, |
| 24 | 22. ⲛ ⲡⲓⲁⲡⲟⲧ ⲉⲧⲕⲏ ⲉⲣⲁⲓ ⲉⲙⲡⲁⲙⲧⲟⲩ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲛⲉⲅⲙⲁϩⲉϥ ⲛⲁⲓ̈ | draft · mediumpleasant like Philemon, whose voice is sweet: that |
| 25 | 23. ⲉⲛϩⲉⲣⲟⲟⲩ ⲉϥϩⲟⲗⲉϭ ⲉϥⲛⲟⲧⲉ[ⲙ] ⲉϥ̣ⲃ̣[ⲏⲕ] ⲉ̣ⲣ̣ⲁⲓ ⲉϥⲛⲏⲩ ⲉⲡⲉ- | draft · highyou come to me today, I NN, and stand upon |
| 26 | 24. ⲥⲏⲧ ⲉϥⲕⲱⲧⲉ ⲛ̅ⲑⲉ ⲛⲟⲩⲧ̣ⲣ̣[ⲟ]ⲭ̣ⲟⲥ ⲉϥⲙⲏϩ ⲉⲛⲛⲟⲩⲉⲗⲗⲉ ⲛⲓⲙ | draft · highthis cup which lies before me, and fill it for me |
| 27 | 25. ⲉϥϩⲟⲗⲉϭ ⲉϥⲥⲱⲕ ⲑⲉ ⲛⲟⲩⲧⲏⲩ̣ ⲛⲁⲧⲑⲟⲗ ⲛⲁⲧⲑⲉⲙⲛⲉϥⲉ | draft · mediumwith voices sweet, pleasant, sharp (?), going up, coming |
| 28 | 26. ⲛⲁⲧⲛⲉϫ ⲑⲁⲃ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ϩⲁⲉⲓⲟ ϩⲁ̣ⲉⲓ ϫ ⲧⲉⲱⲣⲉⲕ ⧹ⲉⲣⲟⲕ⧸ ⲛ̅ⲧⲟⲩ- | draft · mediumdown, turning like a wheel, full of every melody (?), |
| 29 | 27. ⲛⲁⲙ ⲙ̅ⲡⲓⲱⲧ ⲧⲓⲱⲣⲉⲕ ⲉⲣⲟ̣ⲕ ⲧⲁⲡⲉ ⲉⲙⲡϣⲏⲣⲉ | draft · lowsweet, drawing like a wind, unfailing (?), untiring (?), |
| 30 | 28. ⲧⲓⲱⲣⲉ ⲉⲣⲟⲕ ⲉⲙⲧⲉⲃⲟ ⲉⲙⲡⲉⲛⲉⲩⲙⲁ ⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ | draft · lowthat cannot be thrown off. Haio, haio! For I adjure you by the |
| 31 | 29. ϫⲉ ϫ̣ⲕⲁⲁⲥ ⲉⲕⲩⲕⲱ ⲉⲛⲥⲱⲕ ⲛ̅ⲧⲟⲡⲟⲥ ⲛⲓⲙ ⲉⲛ̅ⲛⲉ- | draft · highright hand of the Father; I adjure you by the head of the Son; |
| 32 | 30. ⲕⲕⲉ ϣⲁⲣⲟⲓ ⲉⲡⲉⲧⲟⲡⲟⲥ ⲡⲁⲓ ⲉⲓϣⲟⲟⲡ ⲉⲛϩⲏⲧϥ̅ ⲁⲛⲟ̣ⲕ̣ | draft · mediumI adjure you by the purity (?) of the Holy Spirit, |
| 33 | 31. ⲇⲇ ⲛⲉⲕϫⲱⲕ ⲛⲁⲓ ⲉⲃ[ⲟ]ⲗ̣ ⲉ̣ⲙ̣ⲡ̣ⲟⲩⲱϣ ⲉⲙⲡⲁϩⲏⲧ̣ | draft · lowthat you leave (?) (and) draw every place, and |
| 34 | 32. ⲙⲛ ⲛⲁⲡⲟⲩⲗⲉⲅⲓⲁ ⲉⲛⲡ̣[ⲁ]ⲗ̣[ⲁ]ⲥ ϩⲛ̅ ⲟⲩⲧⲁⲭⲏ ⲧⲁⲭⲏ | draft · highcome to me to this place in which I am, I |
| 35 | 33. ϩⲁⲉⲓⲟ ϫⲉ ⲧⲓⲱⲣⲉⲕ ⲧⲟⲩⲛⲁⲙ ⲉⲙⲡϣⲏⲣⲉ ⲧⲁⲓ ⲉⲧ- | draft · highNN, and fulfil for me the desire of my heart |
| 36 | 34. ⲧⲁⲙⲁϩⲧⲉ ⲉⲙⲡⲥⲁϣⲉϥ ⲉⲛⲥⲓⲟ̣ⲩⲉ ⲉⲣⲉⲙⲏⲧⲥⲏⲛⲟⲟⲥ | draft · lowand my (request?) quickly, quickly, quickly. |
| 37 | 35. ⲉⲛⲥⲓⲟⲩ ⲟ ⲛⲛⲟⲩⲕⲗⲟⲙ ⲉⲛϫ̣ⲉ̣ⲛ ⲧⲉϥⲁⲡⲉ | draft · highHaio! For I adjure you by the right hand of the Son, this one who |
| 38 | Verso | |
| 39 | → | |
| 40 | Left of figure | |
| 41 | 1. ⲥⲏⲛⲟϥ [tableau 1] | |
| 42 | 2. ⲉⲛϭⲉ- [tableau 1] | |
| 43 | 3. ⲣⲟⲡⲉ [tableau 1] | draft · mediumblood |
| 44 | 4. ⲉⲛⲗⲉ- [tableau 1] | draft · mediumof a do- |
| 45 | 5. ⲩⲕⲱⲛ [tableau 1] | draft · mediumve, |
| 46 | 6. ⲥⲧⲏⲣⲉⲝ [tableau 1] | draft · lowwhite (?) |
| 47 | 7. ⲛⲁⲡⲟⲩⲕⲁ- [tableau 1] | draft · low(continued) |
| 48 | 8. ⲗⲁⲙⲱⲛ [tableau 1] | draft · lowstorax, |
| 49 | 9. ⲙⲁⲥⲭⲉ [tableau 1] | draft · guessof (?) ... (reed?) |
| 50 | 10. ϩⲟⲉⲓⲧ [tableau 1] | draft · guess(continued) |
| 51 | 11. ⲕⲟϣ [tableau 1] | draft · guess(?) |
| 52 | 12. ⲗⲉⲩ̣ⲕ̣ⲱⲛ [tableau 1] | draft · guess(?) |
| 53 | Right of figure: | draft · lowwhite (?) |
| 54 | [tableau 1] | |
| 55 | 13. [tableau 1] ⲉⲕⲥⲁⲓ ⲉⲛ- | |
| 56 | 14. [tableau 1] ⲛⲁⲓ | |
| 57 | 15. [tableau 1] ⲉⲛϫⲉⲛ [ⲧ-] | draft · mediumyou write |
| 58 | 16. [tableau 1] ⲃⲁⲥⲓⲥ ⲉⲙⲡ̣ⲁ̣- | draft · mediumthese |
| 59 | 17. [tableau 1] ⲁⲡⲟⲧ ⲛⲁ̣ⲧⲧⲱⲉϣⲉⲙ | draft · mediumupon the |
| 60 | 18. [tableau 1] ⲉϥⲓⲱ ⲗ̣ⲉ̣ⲩⲕⲱⲛ | draft · mediumbase of the |
| 61 | 19. [tableau 1] ⲉⲣⲏ̣ⲡ ⧹ⲗⲉ⧸ⲕⲱⲛ | draft · lowcup, unbroken (?) |
| 62 | 20. [tableau 1] ⲙⲟⲩ ⲧⲱⲃ [tableau 2] | draft · lowit being washed (?), white |
| 63 | 21. [tableau 1] ⲕⲁⲓⲣⲉ ⲕⲁ [tableau 2] | draft · lowwine, white |
| 64 | 22. [tableau 1] ϭⲉⲙⲟϥ ⲕⲁ [tableau 2] | draft · guess(?) |
| 65 | 23. [tableau 1] ⲡⲁⲓ ⲡ̣ⲉ̣ ϭⲱ̣ⲣ̣ⲉ̣ϫ | draft · guess(?) |
| 66 | 24. [tableau 1] ⲉⲛⲡⲁⲡⲟⲧ | draft · guess(?) |
| 67 | Further right: | draft · lowof the cup. |
| 68 | [tableau 1] | |
| 69 | 25. ⲁϣⲧⲟϥ ⲉⲡⲉⲕ- | |
| 70 | 26. ⲙⲟⲧⲉ | |
| 71 | At 180 degrees below ll. 25-26, different hand (?): | draft · lowneck. |
| 72 | [tableau 2] | |
| 73 | 27. ⲟⲩⲫⲓⲁⲗⲉ ⲛ̇ⲕⲁⲙ . . Ϟ̣ ⲕⲟⲩϣⲧ | |
| 74 | 28. ⲛ̣ⲁⲗⲁⲩ |
Provenance
- title
- Spell for good singing voice
- dialect
- sahidic
- source
- Kyprianos text 329 (Good singing/speaking voice (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 17 PCM I 17 P. CtYBR inv. 1791 · Ro ll. 1-35 - Vo ll. 1-28; copy dated 701 – 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
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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/T0329 Spell for good singing voice.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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L0 witness
English
Cite as:
Spell for good singing voice. Kyprianos text 329 (Good singing/speaking voice (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 17 PCM I 17 P. CtYBR inv. 1791 · Ro ll. 1-35 - Vo ll. 1-28; copy dated 701 – 800 CE. Layers as published by the Kemetic project (Yousef Hanna), 2026: Coptic · Cairene · Kemetic, /doc/magic/kyprianos-coptic-magical-texts/t0329-spell-for-good-singing-voice.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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