Love spell invoking oil

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Source: Kyprianos text 343 (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) PCM 1 8 PCM I 8 P. Mich. Inv. 4932f · Ro ll. 1-20, Vo ll. 1-10; copy dated 501 – 700 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.

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31. ⳨ ⲡⲛⲉϩ ⲡⲛⲉϩ ⲡⲛⲉϩ • ⲡⲛⲉϩ ⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ1. ⳨ ⲡ̀ⲛⲉϩ ⲡ̀ⲛⲉϩ ⲡ̀ⲛⲉϩ: ⲡ̀ⲛⲉϩ ⲉⲑⲟⲩⲁⲃ1. ⳨ p̀neh p̀neh p̀neh: p̀neh eθouab
42. ⲡⲛⲉϩ ⲉⲧϩⲁⲧⲉ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ϩⲁ ⲡⲉⲑⲣⲟⲛⲟⲥ ⲛⲓⲁⲱ2. Ⲡ̀ⲛⲉϩ ⲉⲧϧⲁϯ ⲉ̀ⲃⲟⲗ ϧⲁ ⲡⲓⲑ̀ⲣⲟⲛⲟⲥ ⲛ̀ⲓⲁⲱ2. P̀neh etxati èvol xa piθ̀ronos ǹiaō
53. ⲥⲁⲃⲁ[vacat]ⲱⲑ • ⲡⲛⲉϩ ⲛ̅ⲧⲁⲏⲥⲉ ⲧⲁϩⲥϥ ⲛⲕⲉ-3. Ⲥⲁⲃⲁ[…]ⲱⲑ: ⲡ̀ⲛⲉϩ ⲛ̅ⲧⲁⲏⲥⲉ ⲑⲁϩⲥϥ ⲛ̀ⲕⲉ-3. Saba[…]ōθ: p̀neh ntayse θahsf ǹke-draft · high+ Oil, oil, oil; holy oil;
64. ⲉⲥ ⲛⲉⲩⲥⲓⲣ • ϯⲙⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲉⲣⲟⲕ ⲡⲛⲉϩ • ⲡⲣⲏ ⲙⲛ̣4. Ⲉⲥ ⲛⲉⲩⲥⲓⲣ: ϯⲙⲟⲩϯ ⲉ̀ⲣⲟⲕ ⲡ̀ⲛⲉϩ: ⲡ̀ⲣⲏ ⲛⲉⲙ4. Es nevsir: timouti èrok p̀neh: p̀ry nemdraft · highoil that flows forth from under the throne of Iao
75. ⲡⲟⲟϩ • ⲙⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲉⲣⲟⲕ • ⲛⲥⲓⲟⲩ ⲛⲧⲡⲉ ⲙⲟⲩⲧⲉ5. Ⲡⲓⲟϩ: ⲙⲟⲩϯ ⲉ̀ⲣⲟⲕ: ⲛ̀ⲥⲓⲟⲩ ⲛ̀ⲧ̀ⲫⲉ ⲙⲟⲩϯ5. Pioh: mouti èrok: ǹsiou ǹt̀fe moutidraft · highSabaoth; oil with which Isis anointed the bo-
86. ⲉⲣⲟⲕ • ⲛ̅ⲣⲉϥⲡⲱϣⲛ ⲙⲡⲣⲏ ⲙⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲉⲣⲟⲕ6. Ⲉ̀ⲣⲟⲕ: ⲛ̀ⲣⲉϥⲡⲱϣⲛ ⲛ̀ⲡ̀ⲣⲏ ⲙⲟⲩϯ ⲉ̀ⲣⲟⲕ6. Èrok: ǹrefpōṡn ǹp̀ry mouti èrokdraft · highnes of Osiris. I call you, oil; the sun and
97. ϯⲟⲩⲱϣ ⲉϫⲟⲟⲩⲕ ⲉⲕⲉⲃⲱⲕ • ⲧⲁⲛⲧⲕ ⲛⲅ-7. Ϯⲟⲩⲱϣ ⲉ̀ϫⲟⲟⲩⲕ ⲉⲕⲉ̀ⲃⲱⲕ: ⲧⲁⲛⲧⲕ ⲛ̀ⲧⲉⲕ-7. Tiouōṡ ègoouk ekèvōk: tantk ǹtek-draft · highthe moon call you; the stars of heaven call
108. ⲉⲓⲛⲉ ⲇͅⲇͅ ⲉⲣⲁⲧ ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲇͅⲇͅ ⲛⲅⲧⲣⲉⲡⲁⲙⲏ̣8. Ⲓ̀ⲛⲓ ⲇͅⲇͅ ⲉ̀ⲣⲁⲧ ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲇͅⲇͅ ⲛⲅⲧⲣⲉⲡⲁⲙⲏ̣8. Ìni ḋḋ èrat anok ḋḋ nġtrepamydraft · mediumyou; the servants of the sun call you.
119. ϣ̣ⲱ̣[ⲡⲉ] ϩⲙ ⲡⲉⲥϩⲏⲧ ⲛ̅ⲧⲉⲡⲱⲥ ϣⲱⲡⲉ ϩⲙ ⲡⲱⲓ9. Ϣⲱⲡⲓ ϧⲉⲛ ⲡⲉⲥϩⲏⲧ ⲛ̅ⲧⲉⲡⲱⲥ ϣⲱⲡⲓ ϧⲉⲛ ⲡⲱⲓ9. Ṡōpi xen pes·hyt ntepōs ṡōpi xen pōidraft · lowI want to send you, that you go; I send you (?) and
1210. [ⲛⲑⲉ] ⲛⲟⲩⲥⲱⲛ ⲙⲛ ⲟⲩⲥⲱⲛⲉ • ⲙⲛ̅ ⲟⲩⲗⲁⲃⲟⲓ10. ⲛⲑⲉ ⲛ̀ⲟⲩⲥⲱⲛ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲟⲩⲥⲱⲛⲓ: ⲛⲉⲙ ⲟⲩⲗⲁⲃⲟⲓ10. nθe ǹousōn nem ousōni: nem oulavoidraft · mediumbring N. to me, N., and make my love
1311. [ⲉⲥⲟⲩ]ⲱϣ ⲉϯ ϫⲓ ⲛⲉⲥϣⲏⲣⲉ • ⲁⲓⲟ ⲁⲓⲟ ϯ-11. Ⲉⲥⲟⲩⲱϣ ⲉ̀ϯ ϭⲓ ⲛⲉⲥϣⲏⲣⲓ: ⲁⲓⲟ ⲁⲓⲟ ϯ-11. Esouōṡ èti ċi nesṡyri: aio aio ti-draft · highbe in her heart and hers be in mine,
1412. [ⲧⲁⲣ]ⲕⲁ ⲙⲙⲟⲕ ⲡⲉⲧⲉⲣⲉϫⲱϥ ϩⲛ ⲧⲡⲉ12. ⲧⲁⲣⲕⲁ ⲙ̀ⲙⲟⲕ ⲡⲉⲧⲉⲣⲉϫⲱϥ ϧⲉⲛ ⲧ̀ⲫⲉ12. tarka m̀mok peteregōf xen t̀fedraft · medium[like] a brother and a sister, and a lioness
1513. ⲉⲣⲉⲣⲁⲧϥ ϩⲙ ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲛ ⲉⲣⲉϩⲏ ⲙⲙⲟϥ ⲟ ⲛϩⲁ13. Ⲉ̀ⲣⲉ ⲣⲁⲧϥ ϧⲉⲛ ⲫ̀ⲛⲟⲩⲛ ⲉⲣⲉϩⲏ ⲙ̀ⲙⲟϥ ⲟⲓ ⲛϩⲁ13. Ère ratf xen f̀noun erehy m̀mof oi nhadraft · medium[wish]ing to give birth to her young. Aio, Aio, I
1614. ⲛⲉⲥⲟⲟⲩ ⲉⲣⲉⲡⲁϩⲟⲩ ⲙⲙⲟϥ ⲟ ⲛϩⲁ ⲇⲣⲁⲕⲱ̅14. Ⲛ̀ⲉⲥⲱⲟⲩ ⲉⲣⲉⲡⲁϩⲟⲩ ⲙ̀ⲙⲟϥ ⲟⲓ ⲛϩⲁ ⲇⲣⲁⲕⲱ̅14. Ǹesōou erepahou m̀mof oi nha ḋrakōdraft · highadjure you, the one whose head is in heaven,
1715. ⲡⲉⲧⲉⲣⲉⲧⲡⲉ ⲧⲏ ⲛ̅ⲕⲁ’ⲕⲓ ⲛⲓⲙ ⲁϣⲉ ⲛⲥ̣ⲟ̣ⲕ̣15. Ⲡⲉ̀ⲧⲉ ⲧ̀ⲫⲉ ⲧⲏ ⲉⲛⲭⲁⲓ’ⲕⲓ ⲛⲓⲙ ⲁϣⲉ ⲛⲥ̣ⲟ̣ⲕ̣15. Pète t̀fe ty enkai’ki nim aṡe nsokdraft · mediumwhose feet are in the abyss, whose front is like
1816. ⲉⲣⲉⲡⲣⲓⲕⲉ ⲛⲉ[ . ] . [ ca. 17 ]16. ⲉⲣⲉⲡⲣⲓⲕⲉ ⲛⲉ[…]. […]16. ereprike ne[…]. […]draft · lowsheep, whose back is like a dragon,
1917. ⲛ̣ⲉϩⲓⲟⲙⲉ ⲉⲧ[ ca. 18 ]17. Ⲛ̀ϩⲓⲟⲙⲓ ⲉⲧ[…]17. Ǹhiomi et[…]draft · guessthe one whom heaven ... every darkness ... drawn
2018. [ . ]. ⲥ ⲉⲧϩⲓϫ[ⲛ ca. 17 ]18. […]. Ⲥ ⲉⲧϩⲓϫⲛ ca. 1718. […]. S et·hign ca. 17draft · guessthe ... [...]
2119. [ . . ]ⲭⲟⲩⲃⲁ . [ ca. 18 ]19. […]ⲭⲟⲩⲃⲁ. […]19. […]kouva. […]draft · lowthe women who [...]
2220. [ . . . . ] . . [ ca. 20 ]20. [ . . . . ] . . [ ca. 20 ]20. [ . . . . ] . . [ ca. 20 ]draft · low[...] who are upon [...]
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261. ⧸⳨⧹ ϯⲛⲁⲡⲟⲣⲕϥ ⲟⲩⲡⲉⲛⲓⲡⲉ ϯⲛⲁⲃⲟⲗϥ1. ⧸⳨⧹ ϯⲛⲁⲡⲟⲣⲕϥ ⲟⲩⲡⲉⲛⲓⲡⲉ ϯⲛⲁⲃⲟⲗϥ1. ⧸⳨⧹ tinaporkf oupenipe tinavolf
272. ⲉⲃⲟⲗ • ⲙⲡⲱⲣ ⲡⲁϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ • ⲙⲡⲣⲧⲁⲁⲧ2. Ⲉ̀ⲃⲟⲗ: ⲛ̀ⲡⲱⲣ ⲡⲁϭⲟⲓⲥ: ⲙ̀ⲡⲉⲣⲧⲁⲁⲧ2. Èvol: ǹpōr paċois: m̀pertaat
283. ⲉⲧⲟ̣ⲟ̣ⲧϥ ⲛ̅ⲇⲓⲙⲉⲗⲟⲩⲭⲟⲥ ⲡⲉⲧϩⲣⲁⲓ3. Ⲉⲧⲟⲧϥ ⲛ̀ⲇⲓⲙⲉⲗⲟⲩⲭⲟⲥ ⲡⲉⲧϩⲣⲁⲓ3. Etotf ǹḋimeloukos pet·hraidraft · low+ I will uproot it ... iron (?); I will loose it
294. ⲉϫⲛ̅ ⲧⲕⲣⲓⲥⲓⲥ • ⲁⲗⲗⲁ ϯⲟⲩⲱϣ ⲉⲧ-4. Ⲉ̀ϫⲉⲛ ⲧ̀ⲕ̀ⲣⲓⲥⲓⲥ: ⲁⲗⲗⲁ ϯⲟⲩⲱϣ ⲉⲧ-4. Èjen t̀k̀risis: alla tiouōṡ et-draft · mediumforth. Do not, my lord, do not give me
305. ⲣⲉⲕⲃⲱⲕ ⲉⲡⲉⲥⲏⲧ ⲉⲁⲙⲛⲧⲉ ⲛ̅ⲅ̅ⲡⲱ-5. ⲣⲉⲕⲃⲱⲕ ⲉ̀ⲡⲉⲥⲏⲧ ⲉ̀ⲁ̀ⲙⲉⲛϯ ⲛ̀ⲧⲉⲕⲫⲱ-5. rekvōk èpesyt èàmenti ǹtekfō-draft · mediuminto the hands of Dimelouchos, who is
316. ⲣ̅ⲕ̅ ⲛⲙⲙⲉⲉⲩⲉ ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ ⲙⲡⲇⲓⲁⲃⲟⲗⲟⲥ6. Ⲁⲓⲕ ⲛ̀ⲛ̀ⲙⲉⲩⲓ ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ ⲛ̀ⲡ̀ⲇⲓⲁⲃⲟⲗⲟⲥ6. Aik ǹǹmevi tyrou ǹp̀diabolosdraft · highover the judgment; but I want you
327. ⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ̈ ⲉϫ̅ⲛ̅ ⲙⲉϣⲉ ⲛⲓⲙ̅ ⲡⲇͅⲇͅ •7. Ⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ ⲉ̀ϫⲉⲛ ⲙⲉϣⲉ ⲛⲓⲉⲙ ⲡⲇͅⲇͅ:7. Ehrai èjen meṡe niem pḋḋ:draft · highto go down to Amente and up-
338. ⲛ̅ⲅ̅ⲧⲣⲉⲡⲁⲙⲉ ϣⲱⲡⲉ ϩⲙ ⲡⲉⲥϩ̣[ⲏⲧ]8. ⲛ̅ⲅ̅ⲧⲣⲉⲡⲁⲙⲉ ϣⲱⲡⲓ ϧⲉⲛ ⲡⲉⲥϩⲏⲧ8. nġtrepame ṡōpi xen pes·hytdraft · highroot all the thoughts of the devil
349. ⲛ̅ⲧⲉⲡⲱⲥ ϣⲱⲡⲉ ϩⲙ ⲡⲱⲓ̈ ϫⲉ ⲁⲛ[ⲟⲕ]9. ⲛ̅ⲧⲉⲡⲱⲥ ϣⲱⲡⲓ ϧⲉⲛ ⲡⲱⲓ ϫⲉ ⲁⲛⲟⲕ9. ntepōs ṡōpi xen pōi je anokdraft · lowfrom upon N. (?)
3510. ⲡ̣[ⲉ]ⲧⲙⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲛⲧⲟⲕ ⲡⲉⲧⲉⲣⲉ ⲡⲟⲩⲱϣ10. Ⲡⲉⲧⲙⲟⲩϯ ⲛ̀ⲑⲟⲕ ⲡⲉ̀ⲧⲉ ⲡ̀ⲟⲩⲱϣ10. Petmouti ǹθok pète p̀ouōṡdraft · highand make my love be in [her] heart
36_____________________________________________________________________________________________draft · highand hers be in mine; for I

Provenance

L0 witness

title
Love spell invoking oil
dialect
mixed
source
Kyprianos text 343 (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) PCM 1 8 PCM I 8 P. Mich. Inv. 4932f · Ro ll. 1-20, Vo ll. 1-10; copy dated 501 – 700 CE
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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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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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Magic/Kyprianos Coptic magical texts/T0343 Love spell invoking oil.kyprianos.L0.txt

L1 Cairene

title
Love spell invoking oil — Cairene
dialect
bohairic
source
generated from T0343 Love spell invoking oil.kyprianos.L0.txt (Kyprianos text 343 (Love spell (magical, formulary, erotic)), edited text from corpus/incoming/kyprianos-coptic-magic/Ky)
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CC BY-SA 4.0
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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.
generated by
tools/segment_sahidic.py segment() (SC-9 c) then tools/sahidic_to_cairene.py (route D, C3a 2026-09-24; tier c, ROUTE-2 2026-09-26) then tools/cairene.py from_witness dialect=bohairic on the intermediate (L1 = Cairene(N_B(D(N_S(L0)))), RI-038; word division church); Sahidic N stage counts: editorial_lacuna=5 l1_morphs_unsplit=1 n_morphs_fallback=1 numeral=1 numeral_single_ambiguous=2 stroke_kept=6 tokens=110
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Magic/Kyprianos Coptic magical texts/T0343 Love spell invoking oil.kyprianos.L1.txt

L2 Kemetic

title
Love spell invoking oil — Kemetic
dialect
bohairic
source
generated from T0343 Love spell invoking oil.kyprianos.L1.txt
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CC BY-SA 4.0
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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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tools/coptic_to_kemetic.py convert() on the L1 text (letter rules of DECISIONS.md 2026-09-08)
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Magic/Kyprianos Coptic magical texts/T0343 Love spell invoking oil.kyprianos.L2.txt

English

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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0 quoted · 0 quoted with the alignment not cross-checked · 28 model drafts (marked “draft”)

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Love spell invoking oil. Kyprianos text 343 (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) PCM 1 8 PCM I 8 P. Mich. Inv. 4932f · Ro ll. 1-20, Vo ll. 1-10; copy dated 501 – 700 CE. Layers as published by the Kemetic project (Yousef Hanna), 2026: Coptic · Cairene · Kemetic, /doc/magic/kyprianos-coptic-magical-texts/t0343-love-spell-invoking-oil.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

L0 witness
The text as its witness or edition has it, original spelling; its dialect is a description and is never standardized.
L0.5 transliteration
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).
L1 Cairene
Standardized Greco-Bohairic spelling and grammar, generated by code from the layer above under the rulings of the project.
L2 Kemetic
The Kemetic alphabet, generated by code from L1.
English
Quoted translations where they exist, credited; otherwise model drafts, marked as drafts.