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share: attributionmixedSource: Kyprianos text 342 (Love spell (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 20 PCM I 20 P. Donadoni · Ro ll. 1-16; copy dated 701 – 900 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
16 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 | 1. ⳨̣ ⲁⲉⲓ̈ⲙⲟⲟϣⲉ ϩⲓ̈ⲣⲉⲛ ⲉⲡⲉⲣⲉ ⲛⲁⲙⲉⲛⲧ̣ⲉ̣ ⲁ̣ⲓ̣̈ϩⲉ ⲟⲩⲥⲁⲓ̈ⲉ | |
| 2 | 2. ⲛⲁⲣⲁⲩ ⲛⲕⲁⲙ ϥⲁⲣ ⲉⲥϩⲙⲟⲟⲥ ϩⲉϫⲉ ⲟⲩϣⲱⲧⲉ ⲛⲱⲛⲉ | |
| 3 | 3. ⲉⲣⲉⲟⲩϥⲉⲥⲉⲕⲓ̈ⲛ ϩⲓ̈ϫⲱⲥ ⲉⲥⲥⲱⲕ ⲙⲟⲩ ⲉⲕⲁⲧⲉⲥ ⲛϩⲟ- | draft · low+ I was walking by the river (?) of the West; I found a beautiful |
| 4 | 4. ⲙⲉⲧ ⲉⲥ . . . ⲣϭ . ⲥ̣ ⲙⲡⲓ̈ⲛⲓ̈ⲡⲉ ⲙⲉϫⲁⲓ̈ ⲛⲁⲥ ϫⲉ ⲇⲥⲁ- | draft · medium[…] with black hair, sitting at a stone well, |
| 5 | 5. ⲓ̣̈ⲉ ⲇⲓ̈ ⲟⲩⲡⲉ ⲉⲣⲱ̣ⲓ̈ ⲙⲉϫ̣ⲁ̣ⲥ̣ ⲛ̣ⲁⲓ̈ ϫ̣ⲉ̣ ⲥ̣ⲁϩⲱ̣ⲕ ⲥⲁⲃⲁ- | draft · lowwith a [...] upon her, drawing water into a jar of bron- |
| 6 | 6. ⲣ̣ ⲙⲱ̣ⲓ̈ ⲡⲉⲥⲇⲱ̣ . . . ⲉⲛ̣ . ⲓ̣ . . . ϩ̣ⲓ̣ⲣ̣ⲉ̣ⲛ̣ ⲉ̣ⲡ̣ⲉⲣⲉ ⲛⲁⲙⲉ- | draft · lowze, she ... [...] of iron. I said to her: 'Beau- |
| 7 | 7. [ⲛⲧⲉ] ⲁⲓ̈ⲡⲱⲧ ⲥⲁⲃⲟⲣ ⲙⲟⲥ ⲁⲓ̈ϩⲓ̈ⲥⲉ ⲁⲓ̈ⲣⲓ̈ⲙⲉ ⲁⲓ̈ⲁϣⲁϩⲟⲙ ⲙⲉ- | draft · lowtiful one, give me a kiss.' She said to me: 'Take yourself away, ... |
| 8 | 8. [ϫⲉ] ⲏ̣ⲥⲉ ⲛⲁⲓ̈ ϫⲉ ⲁϩⲣⲟⲕ ⲕⲣⲓ̈ⲙⲉ ⲕⲁϣⲁϩⲟⲙ ϫⲉ ⲁϩⲣⲟⲓ̈ ⲁⲛ | draft · guess... [...] by the river (?) of the West.' |
| 9 | 9. [ⲧⲁⲣ]ⲓ̣̈ⲙⲉ ⲛⲇⲁⲓ̈ϭⲓ̈ⲛ ⲟⲩⲥⲁⲓ̈ⲉ ⲛⲥϩⲓ̈ⲙⲉ ⲉⲓ̈ⲟⲩⲱϣ ⲉⲇⲓ̈ ⲟⲩⲡ- | draft · lowI ran [...], I grew weary, I wept, I sighed. Isis |
| 10 | 10. [ⲉ ⲉ]ⲣ̣ⲱⲥ ⲙⲡⲉⲥⲇⲱ ⲡⲁϩⲉⲧ ⲙⲉϫⲁⲥ ϫⲉ ⲕⲁⲛ ⲙⲡⲉⲕϩⲉ | draft · mediumsaid to me: 'What is the matter with you, that you weep and sigh?' 'Why should I not |
| 11 | 11. [ⲉⲣⲱ]ⲓ̈ ⲙⲡⲉϩⲉ ⲡⲁⲣⲁⲛ ⲙⲡⲉⲕϩⲉ ⲡⲣⲁⲛ ⲙⲡⲉⲓ̈ϣⲟⲙⲉ- | draft · mediumweep? I found a beautiful woman; I wished to give a kiss |
| 12 | 12. [ⲧ] ⲛ̣ⲁⲛⲕⲉⲣⲟⲥ ⲕⲓ̈ⲣⲓ̈ⲉ ⲕⲓ̈ⲣⲓ̈ⲉ ⲡⲣⲟⲥⲕⲉⲉⲩⲛⲓ̈ ⲯ- | draft · lowto her; she did not give me her ... heart (?). She said: 'Even if you have not found |
| 13 | 13. [ . . ] . ⲉⲧⲛⲓ̈ⲛⲉ ⲉⲣⲁⲧ ⲇ ⲛⲓⲙ ⲇϣⲉ ⲛⲛⲓ̈ⲙ ⲇⲁϣⲱ- | draft · lowme, you have not found my name; if you have not found the name of these three |
| 14 | 14. [ⲡⲉ] ⲛ̣ⲉⲙⲁⲥ ⲇⲁⲛⲟⲩϫⲉ ⲛⲇⲁⲉⲡⲉⲑⲉⲙⲓ̈ ⲉⲣⲟⲥ ⲛⲥ- | draft · guessanchors (?) ... Kyrie, Kyrie, proskyni (?) ... |
| 15 | 15. [ . . ]ⲩ ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲉⲇ̣ⲉⲥ̣ⲟⲟⲇⲉ ⲡⲉϣϥⲉ ⲙ̣ⲟⲩⲧ ⲉⲩⲕⲱⲧⲉ | draft · low[...] ... to the feet of N. son of N., so that I may be |
| 16 | 16. [ⲉ]ⲣⲟⲥ ⲉⲡⲕⲱⲧⲉ ⲧⲁⲭⲉ ⲧⲁⲭⲉ | draft · lowwith her, and cast my desire upon her, and she |
Provenance
- title
- Love spell
- dialect
- mixed
- source
- Kyprianos text 342 (Love spell (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 20 PCM I 20 P. Donadoni · Ro ll. 1-16; copy dated 701 – 900 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/T0342 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 · 14 model drafts (marked “draft”)
L0 witness
English
Cite as:
Love spell. Kyprianos text 342 (Love spell (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 20 PCM I 20 P. Donadoni · Ro ll. 1-16; copy dated 701 – 900 CE. Layers as published by the Kemetic project (Yousef Hanna), 2026: Coptic · Cairene · Kemetic, /doc/magic/kyprianos-coptic-magical-texts/t0342-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.