Curse

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Source: Kyprianos text 554 (Curse (applied, magical)), 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) Asyut Tomb III S05/46 (Magical Bone) Richter Checklist 188 · Convex side ll.1-47; copy dated 601 – 1000 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

Full provenance and citation

The text

48 lines · a line number is a link to itself

English: 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.

refL0 witnessEnglish
1Convex
21. ⲕ̅ⲟ̣̅[ⲩⲭ]ⲟ̣̅ⲥ̣̅
32. ⲧ̅ⲣ̣̅ⲣ̣̅ⲫ̅[ . . ]draft · mediumKou[ch]os,
43. ⲕ̅ⲟ̅ⲙ̅ⲫ̣̅ⲫ̅[ . . ]draft · mediumTrrph[...],
54. ⲡ̅ⲥ̅ⲟ̣̅ⲫ̅ⲟ̣̅ⲙ̣ .̅ .draft · mediumKomphph[...],
65. ⲙ̅ⲉ̅ⲛ̅ ⲡ̅ⲗ̣̅ⲉ̣̅ⲙ̣̅ⲟ̣ⲥ̣draft · mediumPsophom[...],
76. ⲙ̅ⲏ̣̅ⲟ̅ⲗ̅ⲓ̣̅ⲁ̅ⲧ̅draft · mediumMen Plemos,
87. ⲛⲁⲙⲓ̣ ⲛⲁⲓ ⲛⲉdraft · mediumMeoliat:
98. ⲧⲥⲟ ⲉⲛⲧⲏⲛ̣ⲁ-draft · medium[...] these are
109. ⲙⲓⲥ ⲉⲙⲡⲙ̣ⲟ̣ⲩ̣draft · highthe six pow-
1110. ⲛ̣ⲁⲓ ⲉⲧⲓⲛ̣ⲉ̣draft · highers of death,
1211. ⲉⲛ̣ϣⲱ̣ⲛ̣ⲉ̣ ⲛ̣ⲓ̣ⲙ̣draft · highthese who bring
1312. ⲉϫ̣ⲉⲛ ⲉ̣ⲛ̣[ⲣ̣ⲱ]ⲙ̣[ⲉ]draft · highevery sickness
1413. ⲛ̣ⲓⲙ̣ ⲛ̣ⲁ̣[ⲓ . . . ]draft · highupon every [man],
1514. [ . ]ⲛ̣ [ⲉ]ⲙ̣ⲡ̣[ⲥⲓⲭⲏ]draft · mediumthese [who bring]
1615. . . . . ϩⲉ̣[ⲛ ⲥⲱ]draft · medium[every] soul
1716. ⲙ̣ⲉ̣ . . . . . ϩ .draft · medium... out of [every] bo-
1817. . . . . . ⲉⲧ . .draft · lowdy ... [...]
1918. . . ⲁ . . . . . . .draft · guess[...] ... [...]
2019. . . . . . . . . . .draft · guess[...]
2120. ⲙ̣ . . ⲉ̣ . . . ⲧ . .
2221. . ⲉ̣ⲥ̣ⲁ̣ⲕ̣ . . ⲧdraft · guess[...]
2322. ⲡ̣ⲉ . . . . ⲉ .draft · guess[...] ... [...]
2423. . . . . ⲉ . ⲧ .draft · guess[...]
2524. ⲧ[ⲓⲱ]ⲣ̣ⲕ̣ ⲉ̣ⲣⲟⲕ̣ ⲡ̣draft · guess[...]
2625. ⲉ̣ . . [ . . ] . [ . ] . ⲙⲉ̣draft · mediumI [ad]jure you ...
2726. . . . ϫ̣ . . .draft · guess[...]
2827. ⲉ̣ⲣ̣ⲟ̣ⲟ̣ⲩ̣ ⲙ̣ⲉ̣ⲛ̣draft · guess[...]
2928. ⲡ̣ϩ̣ⲱ̣ ⲉϥ̣ϣ̣ⲟ̣ⲃ̣ⲉ̣draft · lowthem and
3029. ⲉ̣ⲛ̣ⲧ̣ⲁⲕⲛⲁⲩdraft · lowthe ... being different
3130. ⲉ̣[ⲣ]ⲟ̣ⲟ̣ⲩ̣ ⲙⲉⲛ ⲡⲓⲉ-draft · mediumwhich you saw
3231. [ⲣⲟ] ⲉ̣ⲛ̣[ⲕ]ⲱ̣ϩ[ⲧ]draft · mediumthem, and the ri-
3332. ⲉ̣ⲛ̣ⲧ̣[ⲁⲕ]ⲛ̣ⲁ̣ⲩ̣draft · medium[ver] of fire
3433. ⲉⲣⲟ[ϥ] ⲉϥⲃ̣ⲓ̣draft · mediumwhich [you] saw
3534. ϩⲟⲟ̣ⲓⲙ̣ⲉ̣ ϩⲟ̣ⲓ̣ⲙ̣ⲉ̣draft · mediumcarrying
3635. ⲧ̣ⲓⲧⲁ̣ⲣ̣ⲕ̣ⲟ̣ ⲉⲙ-draft · mediumwaves upon waves.
3736. ⲙⲟⲕ̣ [ⲡ]ⲉ̣[ϥ]ⲙ̣ⲟ̣[ⲟⲩⲧ]draft · highI adjure
3837. ⲉ̣ⲛ̣ⲧ̣ⲉ̣ⲓⲕ̣ⲱ̣ⲥdraft · lowyou, the dead one (?)
3938. ⲉⲓⲛ̣ⲁ̣ⲕⲱ̣ ⲉ̣ⲙ̣ⲙⲟ̣-draft · lowof this burial,
4039. ⲥ̣ ϩⲁ ⲡⲉⲕⲥⲟⲓdraft · mediumwhich I will place
4140. ϫⲉ ⲛ̣ⲑⲉ ⲉⲛⲧⲁ̣[ⲕ-]draft · lowunder your back:
4241. [ϩ]ⲓⲥⲉ ⲉⲕⲁⲉ[ⲓⲛⲉ]draft · mediumjust as you
4342. ⲉⲙⲡⲉⲕϩⲓ̣[ⲥⲉ]draft · medium[suf]fered, you bring
4443. ⲉϫⲉ̣ⲛ̣ . [ . . . ?]draft · mediumyour suffering
4544. ⲉ̣ⲡ̣ⲟⲟⲩ . [ . . . ?]draft · lowupon [...]
4645. . . ϣ̣ ⲡⲉ[ . . ] . ϣ̣draft · lowtoday [...]
4746. . ⲁⲥⲁ . ⲉ̣ . . .draft · guess[...]
4847. ⲧ̣ⲁ̣ⲭⲏ̣draft · guess[...]

Provenance

L0 witness

title
Curse
dialect
sahidic
source
Kyprianos text 554 (Curse (applied, magical)), 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) Asyut Tomb III S05/46 (Magical Bone) Richter Checklist 188 · Convex side ll.1-47; copy dated 601 – 1000 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/T0554 Curse.kyprianos.L0.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.
lines
0 quoted · 0 quoted with the alignment not cross-checked · 45 model drafts (marked “draft”)

Cite as:

Curse. Kyprianos text 554 (Curse (applied, magical)), 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) Asyut Tomb III S05/46 (Magical Bone) Richter Checklist 188 · Convex side ll.1-47; copy dated 601 – 1000 CE. Layers as published by the Kemetic project (Yousef Hanna), 2026: Coptic · Cairene · Kemetic, /doc/magic/kyprianos-coptic-magical-texts/t0554-curse.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.