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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
26 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 | Verso | |
| 2 | → | |
| 3 | 1. // ⲉⲧⲃⲉ ⲟⲩⲙⲏ ⲛ̇ⲥⲓ̅ⲙⲉ ⲟⲩⲇ̣ⲏⲣⲁⲛⲟⲥ ⲉϥⲛ̇ϣ̅ⲧ ⲕⲁⲗⲱⲥ · | |
| 4 | 2. ⲉⲕⲥϩⲁⲓ̅ ⲛ̇ⲛⲁⲓ̅ ⲉⲩⲡⲉⲧⲁⲗⲱⲛ̇ ⲛ̇ⲕⲁⲥⲓ̅ⲧⲏⲣⲛ : ⲑⲩ ⲅ̣̅ ⲁⲥⲡⲁⲣⲧⲟⲛ | |
| 5 | 3. ⲟⲩⲥⲃⲏⲧⲉ ⲛⲧⲉⲣⲱϥ ⲛⲟⲩϩⲧⲟ [ⲛ]ⲕⲁⲙⲏ ⲧⲏⲣϥ̅ · ⲙ̇ⲛ ⲟⲩϭⲓⲛϭⲗⲱ ⲉⲕ- | draft · mediumFor a love of a woman, a (?) which is very good. |
| 6 | 4. ⲧⲱⲙⲉⲥ̇ ⲙ̇ⲙⲟⲥ ⲉⲡⲣⲟ ⲛ̇ⲧⲉⲥⲓ̅ⲙⲉ ⲕⲛ̣ⲁⲛⲁⲩ̇ ⲉⲧⲉϥϭⲟⲙ ϩⲛ ⲟⲩⲧⲁⲭⲏ // | draft · lowYou write these on a leaf of tin. Fumigant (?): three (?), asparton (?), |
| 7 | 5. / ⲉⲣⲓⲃⲓⲉⲧⲓ̇ⲟⲇⲩ̣ⲑϥ̅ⲫⲟⲣⲁⲣⲉ̣ⲑ⧹ⲁ̣⧸ ⲑ̣ⲧ̣ⲗⲟⲁⲡⲟⲁⲉ (kharaktēres: complex ΒΧ✴︎Δ complex ☒) | draft · lowa knife (?) whose edge is of a horse wholly black, and a bat, and you |
| 8 | 6. (kharaktēres: complex ΕΖ+) . ⲇ̣ⲓ̣ⲕⲱⲛ ⲁⲁ̣ⲁ̣ⲁⲁⲁⲁ ⲉⲉⲉⲉⲉⲉⲉ ⲏⲏⲏⲏⲏⲏⲏ | draft · mediumbury it at the door of the woman; you will see its power quickly. |
| 9 | 7. ⲓⲓⲓⲓⲓⲓⲓ ⲟⲟⲟⲟⲟⲟⲟ ⲩⲩⲩⲩⲩⲩ̣ⲩ ⲱⲱⲱⲱⲱⲱⲱ ⲁⲉⲏⲓⲟⲩ ⲧⲁⲉⲛⲓ̣ /̣/̣ | draft · medium(magical letters and signs) |
| 10 | [tableau 1] | draft · medium(magical signs) ... aaaaaaa eeeeeee ēēēēēēē |
| 11 | 8. ⲧⲓ̅ⲱⲣⲕ ⲉⲣⲱⲧⲛ̇ ⲛ̅ⲛⲉⲧⲛ̇ⲣⲁⲛ ⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ ⲙ̇ⲛ ⲛⲉⲧⲛ̇ⲑⲉⲥⲓ⧹ⲁ⧸ | draft · mediumiiiiiii ooooooo uuuuuuu ōōōōōōō aeēiou (?) |
| 12 | 9. ⲙⲛ ⲛⲉⲧⲛ̇ⲫⲏⲗⲁⲕⲧⲏⲣⲓ̇ⲟⲛ ⲙⲛ̇ ⲛⲉⲧⲛ̣ⲑ̣ⲣⲟⲛⲟⲥ ⲉⲧⲉⲧⲛϩⲙⲟⲟⲥ | |
| 13 | 10. ϩⲓ̇ϫⲟⲟⲩ ⲙⲛ̇ ⲛⲉⲧⲛ̇ⲥⲧⲱⲗⲏ ⲉⲧϭⲟⲗⲉ ⲙⲙⲱⲧⲛ̇ ⲙ̇ⲛ̇ ⲛ̣̇ⲉⲧⲛ̅- | draft · mediumI adjure you by all your holy names and your positions |
| 14 | 11. ⲥⲧⲏⲗⲏ ⲉⲧϫⲏⲕ ⲉⲃⲟ̣ⲗ̣ [ⲙⲛ̇ ⲛⲉⲧⲛ̇]ⲧ̣[ⲟ]ⲡ̣ⲟ̣ⲥ̣ ⲉ̣ⲧ̣ⲛ̣̇ⲧⲛ̇ϣⲟⲟⲡ ⲛ̇ϩⲏⲧⲟ̣[ⲩ] | draft · highand your phylacteries and your thrones on which you sit |
| 15 | 12. ⲧⲓⲱⲣ̅ⲕ ⲉⲣⲱⲧⲛ ⲛⲛⲁⲓ̅ ⲧⲏⲣ̣ⲟ̣ⲩ ⲉⲧⲃⲉ ⲟⲩⲙⲏ ⲛ̇ϩⲏⲧ ⲙⲛ ⲟⲩⲗⲏⲡⲉ̣ | draft · highand your robes that clothe you and your |
| 16 | 13. ⲙⲛ ⲟⲩⲗⲓⲃⲉ ⲛϩⲏⲧ̇ ϩⲛ̇ ⲡϩ[ⲏ]ⲧ̣ ⲛⲇ/ⲇ/ ϩⲛ̇ ⲟⲩⲧⲁⲭⲏ ⲧⲓ̅ⲱⲣ̅ⲕ ⲛ̅ⲛⲉ- | draft · highpillars that are complete, [and your] places in which you are. |
| 17 | 14. ⲧⲛ̇⧹ⲧ⧸ⲛⲟϭ ⲛϭⲟⲙ̇ ⲛ̣̇ⲧⲉⲃ̣[ⲉ]ⲣ̣ⲥⲉⲃⲟⲩⲣ ⲡⲣⲣⲱ ⲛⲛ̅ⲇⲏⲙⲟⲛⲓ̅ⲟⲛ̣ | draft · mediumI adjure you all these for a love of heart and a grieving |
| 18 | 15. . . . ⲡ̣ⲟ̣ⲩ̣ϫⲁⲓ̣̇ ⲛ̣̇ϩⲟⲩ . . . . ⲙ̣̇ⲛⲧ̣ⲣⲙ̣ⲛ̣̇ϩ̣ⲏⲧ̣ ⲧ̣ⲓ̣ⲱⲣⲕ ⲉⲣⲱⲧⲛ̣ | draft · highand a madness of heart in the heart of NN quickly. I adjure your |
| 19 | 16. ⲛⲛⲁⲓ ⲧⲏ̇ⲣⲟⲩ ⲙ̇ⲡⲉⲣⲕⲁⲁⲥ ⲉⲟⲩⲱⲙ̇ ⲟⲩⲇⲉ [ ca. 10 ] | draft · lowgreat powers, of (Ber)sebour (?), the king of the demons, |
| 20 | 17. ⲟⲩⲇⲉ ϩⲉⲙⲟⲟⲥ ϣⲁⲛ̅ⲧⲉ̣ⲥⲉⲣ ⲑⲉ ⲛ̅ⲛⲓⲟⲩϩⲱⲱⲣ ⲛⲕ̣[ⲁⲙⲉ] | draft · low[...] the salvation of [...] ... I adjure you |
| 21 | 18. ⲉⲧⲗⲟⲃⲉ ⲛ̅ⲥⲁ ⲛ̇ⲉⲩϣ[ⲏ]ⲣⲉ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲛ̇ⲑⲉ ⲛ̣̇ⲟⲩⲧⲉⲗⲧⲓ̇ⲗ̣ [ nothing lost ? ] | draft · highall these: do not let her eat, nor [...] |
| 22 | Recto | draft · mediumthat rave after their young, and like a drop |
| 23 | ↓ | |
| 24 | 1. / ⲙ̇ⲙⲟⲟⲩ ⲉⲥⲁϣⲉ ⲛ̇ⲥⲁ ⲟⲩⲕⲁ̣ⲧⲟⲥ ⲛ̇ⲑⲉ ⲛ̣ⲟⲩϩⲟ́ϥ ⲉⲥⲁϣⲉ ⲛ̅[ . . . ] | |
| 25 | 2. ⲯⲩⲭⲏ ⲛⲇͅⲇͅ ϣⲁⲛ̇ⲧⲉⲥⲉⲓ ϣⲁ ⲛⲓ̅ⲙ ⲇ/ ϩⲛ̇ ⲟⲩⲧⲁⲭⲏ . ⲙ̣ⲛ̣ [ . . . ] | |
| 26 | 3. ⲧⲓ̣̈ⲑⲏⲙ . ⲥⲉⲑ [ . . ] . [ . . . . . ] . [ . ? ] | draft · lowof water running after a (?), like a serpent running after [...] |
Provenance
- title
- Love spell
- dialect
- sahidic
- source
- Kyprianos text 330 (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) PCM 1 17 PCM I 17 P. CtYBR inv. 1791 · Vo ll. 1-18, Ro ll. 1-3; 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
- 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/T0330 Love spell.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 · 18 model drafts (marked “draft”)
L0 witness
English
Cite as:
Love spell. Kyprianos text 330 (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) PCM 1 17 PCM I 17 P. CtYBR inv. 1791 · Vo ll. 1-18, Ro ll. 1-3; copy dated 701 – 800 CE. Layers as published by the Kemetic project (Yousef Hanna), 2026: Coptic · Cairene · Kemetic, /doc/magic/kyprianos-coptic-magical-texts/t0330-love-spell.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.