Source and licence
share: attributionfayumicSource: Kyprianos text 478 (Healing/protection (magical, applied)), 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) Vienna, Nationalbibliothek K 00078 Pap formerly AN 195 P. Vindob. K 78 · Ro ll. 1-29; copy dated 301 – 500 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
10 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. ⳨ ⲡⲁⲛⲧⲓⲅⲣⲁⲫⲟⲛ̣ ⲓ̣̅ⲥ̣̅ ⲡⲭ̣̅ⲣ̣̅ⲥ̣̅ ⲡ̣ϣ̣ⲉ̣ ⲙ̣ⲫ̣̅ϯ̣̅ : ⲉⲧⲁⲛ̣ϩ · ⲉⲃⲥ̣ϩⲉⲓ ⲛⲁ̣ⲩ̣ⲅ̣ⲁ̣ⲣⲟ̣ⲥ ⲡⲣⲁ | |
| 2 | 2. ⲛⲉⲇⲉⲥⲥⲁ ⲭⲁⲓⲣⲉ : ⲛⲁⲓⲉⲧⲕ ⲁ̣ⲩ̣ⲱ̣ ⲡⲉⲧⲛⲁⲛⲟ̣ⲩ̣ⲃ ⲛⲉϣⲱⲡⲓ ⲙⲁⲕ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲛ̣ⲁ- | |
| 3 | 3. ⲓⲉⲧⲥ ⲉⲧⲉⲕⲡⲟⲗⲓⲥ ⲧⲉⲓ ⲉⲧⲉⲡⲉⲥ̣ⲗⲉⲛ ⲡⲉ ⲉⲇⲉⲥⲥⲁ · ⲉⲡⲓⲇⲏ ⲙ̣ⲡⲉⲕⲛⲉⲩ | draft · high+ Copy (of the letter) of Jesus Christ, the Son of the living God, which he wrote to Abgar, the king |
| 4 | 4. ⲉ̣ⲗ̣ⲁ̣ⲓ̣̅ ⲁⲕⲉⲗⲡⲓⲥⲧⲉⲩⲓⲛ ⲕⲛ̣ⲁ̣ϫ̣ⲓ̣ ⲕⲁⲧⲁ ⲧⲉⲕⲡⲓⲥⲧⲓⲥ : ⲕⲁⲧⲁ ⲕⲁⲧⲁ ⲧⲉⲕ- | draft · highof Edessa: Greetings. Blessed are you, and it will go well with you, and bless- |
| 5 | 5. [ⲡⲣⲟϩⲉⲣⲉⲥⲓⲥ] ⲉ̣[ⲧ]ⲛ̣ⲁⲛⲟⲩⲥ : ⲛⲉⲕϣⲱⲛⲓ ⲥⲉⲛⲉⲧⲉⲗϭⲁⲩ : ⲁⲩⲱ ⲉϣϫⲉ ⲁⲕⲣ̣- | draft · highed is your city, this whose name is Edessa. Since you have not seen |
| 6 | 6. [ⲉⲗ ⲛⲁⲃⲓ ϩⲱⲥ ⲗⲱⲙⲓ ⲥ]ⲉ̣ⲛ̣ⲉⲕⲉⲩ ⲛⲉⲕ ⲉⲃⲁⲗ : ⲁⲩⲱ ⲉⲇⲉⲥⲥⲁ : ⲉⲥⲉϣⲱ̣ⲡⲓ | draft · highme and have believed, you will receive according to your faith, according to your |
| 7 | 7. [ⲉⲥⲥⲙⲁⲙⲉⲧ ϣⲁ ⲉⲛⲉϩ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲡⲉⲁⲩ ⲛ]ⲧ̣ⲉ ̣ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲓ ⲁϣⲉⲓ ⲙⲡⲉⲕⲗⲁⲟⲥ ⲁⲩⲱ | draft · medium[good intention]: your sicknesses will be healed; and if you have |
| 8 | 8. [ⲧⲡⲓⲥⲧⲓⲥ ⲙⲛ ⲧⲁⲅⲁⲡⲏ ⲛⲉⲉⲗ ⲟⲩⲁⲉⲓⲛ ϩⲛ ⲛ]ⲉ̣ⲕⲡⲗⲁⲧⲓⲁ · ⲁⲛⲁⲕ ⲡⲉ · ⲓ̅ⲥ̅ : | draft · medium[sinned as a man], they will be forgiven you; and Edessa will be |
| 9 | 9. [ⲁⲛⲁⲕ ⲉⲧϩⲱⲛ ⲁⲛⲁⲕ ⲉⲧⲥⲉϫⲓ ⲉⲃⲁⲗ ϫⲉ ⲁⲕⲙ]ⲉ̣ⲗ̣ⲓⲧ ⲉⲙⲁⲧⲉ · ϯ- | draft · medium[blessed forever, and the glory] of God will increase in your people, and |
| 10 | 10. [ⲛⲉⲕⲱ ⲙⲡⲉⲕⲗⲉⲛ ⲉⲩⲉⲗ ⲡⲙⲏⲟⲩⲓ ϣⲁ ⲉⲛⲉϩ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲟⲩϯⲙⲏ] ⲙ̣ⲛ ⲟⲩⲥⲙⲟ⧹ⲩ⧸ | draft · medium[faith and love will shine in] your streets. I am Jesus, |
Provenance
- title
- 1st Letter of Jesus to Abgar
- dialect
- fayumic
- source
- Kyprianos text 478 (Healing/protection (magical, applied)), 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) Vienna, Nationalbibliothek K 00078 Pap formerly AN 195 P. Vindob. K 78 · Ro ll. 1-29; copy dated 301 – 500 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/T0478 1st Letter of Jesus to Abgar.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 · 8 model drafts (marked “draft”)
L0 witness
English
Cite as:
1st Letter of Jesus to Abgar. Kyprianos text 478 (Healing/protection (magical, applied)), 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) Vienna, Nationalbibliothek K 00078 Pap formerly AN 195 P. Vindob. K 78 · Ro ll. 1-29; copy dated 301 – 500 CE. Layers as published by the Kemetic project (Yousef Hanna), 2026: Coptic · Cairene · Kemetic, /doc/magic/kyprianos-coptic-magical-texts/t0478-1st-letter-of-jesus-to-abgar.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.