Curse to make a woman bleed — Coptic · Cairene

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Source: Kyprianos text 610 (Curse to cause uterine bleeding (magical, formulary)), 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 3 PCM I 3 P. Mich. Inv. 1190 · Ro col. 1 ll. 1-34; copy dated 401 – 600 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

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The text

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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.

ref	L0 witness	English
1	Recto Column 1
2	→
3	1. ⳨
4	2. ϯⲉⲡⲓ̈ⲕⲁⲗⲉ ⲙⲟⲕ ⲁⲑⲣⲁⲕ ⲡⲛⲟϫ
5	3. ⲛⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲟⲥ ⲉⲧⲁϩⲉⲣⲁⲑϥ ⲛⲥⲁ ⧹ⲩ⧸ⲟⲩ-	draft · high(Cross)
6	4. ⲛⲁⲙ̅ ⲙ̅ⲡⲣⲏ ⸗ ⲡⲉⲧⲉⲣⲉⲛⲉⲕⲝⲟⲩ⧹ⲥ⧸ⲓⲁ ⲧⲏ-	draft · highI invoke you, Athrak, the great
7	5. ⲣⲟⲩ ⲙⲡⲣⲏ ‧ ⲉⲩϩⲏⲡⲟⲧⲁⲥⲉ ⲛⲁϥ ϫⲉⲓ̈-	draft · highangel who stands at the right
8	6. ϣⲁⲛⲥⲁⲧⲕ ⲉⲡⲛⲟⲩⲛ ⸗ ⲉⲕⲉⲙⲟⲟⲩⲧϥ	draft · mediumhand of the sun, the one to whom all the authorities
9	7. ⲡ̅ϩⲁⲧ ϫⲉⲕⲉⲙⲟⲟⲩⲧϥ : ⲡⲗⲁⲓ̈ⲛ ϫⲉ-	draft · mediumof the sun are subject: that if I
10	8. ⲕⲉⲟⲩⲟⲗⲡϥ ⸗ ⲡⲉⲛⲓ̈ⲡⲉ ⲉⲕⲉ⟦ⲟ̣⟧ⲃⲟⲗ-	draft · mediumcast you into the abyss, you will kill it;
11	9. ⲉⲃ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ · ⲡⲱⲛⲉ ⲉⲕⲉⲡⲟϭϥ ⸗ ⲙ-	draft · lowthe silver (?), you will kill it; the plank (?), you
12	10. ⲟⲟⲩ ⲛⲛⲑⲁⲗⲗⲁⲥ ⸗ ⲉⲕⲉⲧⲣⲉⲩϣ-	draft · mediumwill break it; the iron, you will melt
13	11. ⲟⲟⲩⲉ ⸗ ⲛⲧⲟⲟⲩ ⲛⲕⲧⲉⲣⲉ[ⲩ]ⲕ̣ⲓ̈ⲙ ·	draft · mediumit; the stone, you will split it; the
14	12. ⲙⲡⲉⲧⲣⲁ · ⲉⲕⲉⲧⲣⲉⲩⲃⲱⲗ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ :	draft · mediumwaters of the sea, you will make them dry up;
15	13. ⲟⲩⲥⲓⲙⲉ · ⲥⲉⲧ · ⲉⲕⲉⲡϩⲱ ⲙⲡⲉⲥⲡⲓ̈-	draft · mediumthe mountains, you will make them shake;
16	14. ⲣ ⲛⲟⲩⲛⲁⲙ ⸗ ⲛⲕⲓⲛⲉ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲙⲡⲉ-	draft · mediumthe rock, you will make them dissolve:
17	15. ϣⲏⲣⲉ : ⲛⲉⲓ̈ⲉⲇⲓ̣ ⲙⲟⲕ ⲛⲁⲓ̣̈ ⲁ̣ⲛ̣ ⲟⲩ-	draft · lowa woman — Set (?) — you will strike her right
18	16. ⲇⲉ ⲛ̣ⲉ̣ⲕ̣ⲟⲟⲩⲉ ⲁⲗⲗ[ⲁ ca. 6 ]	draft · mediumside and move out the
19	17. ⲕ̣[ ca. 6 ⲥ]ⲁ̣ⲃ̅ⲁ̅ⲱ̅ⲑ̅[ ca. 7 ]	draft · lowchild. I would not have invoked you for these, nor
20	18. [ ca. 10 ]ⲉ̣ ⸗ ⲧ̣[ ca. 10 ]	draft · lowfor others, but [...]
21	19. [ ca. 10 ]ⲡ̣ⲁⲓ̣ .[ ca. 11 ]	draft · medium[...] Sabaōth [...]
22	20. [ ca. 10 ]ⲟ̣ⲩⲏⲛ ⲉ[ ca. 7 ]	draft · guess[...]
23	21. . [ ca. 7 ]ⲙ̣ⲏ̣ⲧⲣⲁ : ⲉⲡⲉ̣ⲥ̣ⲥ̣ⲡ̣[ⲓ]ⲣ̣ : ⲉⲕ-	draft · guess[...]
24	22. ⲟⲩⲛ̣ⲓ̣ⲥ̣ ϫⲓ̈ⲛ ⲥϩ[ⲟ]ⲟⲩ ⲛϭⲱⲥ : ⲉⲡⲉⲍⲏ-	draft · guess[...]
25	23. ⲧ · ⲉⲓ̈ⲃ ⲛⲉⲥⲟⲩⲉ̣ⲣ̣ⲏⲧⲉ : ⲛⲕⲓ̈ⲛⲉ ⲉⲃ-	draft · low[...] womb: to her side; you
26	24. ⲟⲗ ϩⲁⲣⲟⲥ : ⲛⲟⲩⲥⲛⲟϥ : ⲉⲃϫϩⲁⲙ	draft · guess[...] from [...] down
27	25. ⲙⲛ ⲟⲩⲙⲟ‧ⲟⲩ : ⲉⲃⲟⲕⲉⲙ · ⲉϫⲉⲛ ⲡ-	draft · mediumto the nails of her feet; moving out
28	26. ⲉⲍⲡⲓⲣ ⲛⲟⲩⲛⲁⲙ : ϣⲁ ⲡⲉ̣ⲥⲡⲓⲣ : ⲛ-	draft · mediumfrom under her a blood that is unclean
29	27. ⲉϩⲃⲟⲩ̣ⲣ : ⲉⲕⲉⲧⲣⲉⲃϩⲉⲣⲟϣ : ⲉⲣⲟⲥ :	draft · mediumand a water that is black, upon her
30	28. ⲛⲧⲉ ⲛⲟⲩⲱⲛⲉ ⲛⲥⲓⲕⲉ : ⲉⲃⲉⲍⲱ-	draft · mediumright side, to her left side;
31	29. ⲕ ϩⲁⲣⲟⲥ : ⲛⲑⲉ ⲛⲧⲁⲣⲭⲏ ⲙⲡⲉϥ-	draft · lowyou will make it heavy upon her,
32	30. ⲧⲟⲟⲩ ⲛⲓⲉⲣⲟ : ⲓ̈ⲇⲉ ⲙⲁⲕⲟⲥ : ⲓ̈ⲇⲉ	draft · lowlike millstones grinding
33	31. ⲫⲁⲣⲙⲁⲅⲟⲥ : ⲓⲇⲉ ⲡⲟⲩⲣⲁⲛⲓⲟⲛ	draft · lowunder her; like the source of its
34	32. ⲓ̈ⲇⲉ ⲕⲁⲧⲁⲡⲧⲟⲛⲓⲟⲛ : ⲓ̈ⲇⲉ ϫⲓϭ	draft · mediumfour rivers. Whether magician, whether
35	33. ⲛⲣⲱⲙⲉ ϭⲉⲙϭⲟⲙ ⲉⲱⲗ ⲙⲡ-	draft · mediumsorcerer, whether heavenly (being),
36	34. ⲓⲥⲛ̅ⲟ̅ϥ̅ : ⲉⲧ⧹ϩ⧸ⲁ ⲛⲓⲙ ⲇͅ ⲉⲙⲓⲧⲉ ⲁⲛⲟ⧹ⲕ⧸	draft · mediumwhether subterranean (being), whether the hand
37	Translation	draft · lowthis blood — whoever (it be) — except me.
38	Recto Column 1
39	[1] ⳨
40	[2] I invoke you Athrak, the great [3] angel who stands at the right [4] side of the sun, he to whom all the authorities [5] of the sun are subject, for if I [6] sent you to the abyss, you would destroy it; [7] silver, that you would destroy it; steel, that you would [8] break it; iron, you would melt [9] it; stone, you would break it; [10] the waters of the seas, you would make them [11] go dry; the mountains, you make them move; [12] the rocks, you would make them dissolve; [13] a pregnant woman, you would tear open her [14] right side and you would bring out the [15] child. It is not these things that I ask you, [16] nor other things, but […] [17] […] Sabaoth […] [18-20] […] [21] […] womb to her side, [22] opening from the crown of her head down [23] to the nails of her feet, may (?) you draw out [24] from under her polluted blood [25] and darkened water from [26] her right side to her left side. [27] May you cause it to weigh upon her [28] like a millstone! May it flow [29] under her like the source of the [30] four rivers! Neither magician nor [31] sorcerer nor heavenly ⟨being⟩ [32] nor underworld ⟨being⟩ nor ⟨the⟩ hand [33] of man will be able to contain this [34] blood which is under NN ⟨child of⟩ NN, except me!	draft · high(Cross)

Provenance

title: Curse to make a woman bleed
dialect: sahidic
source: Kyprianos text 610 (Curse to cause uterine bleeding (magical, formulary)), 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 3 PCM I 3 P. Mich. Inv. 1190 · Ro col. 1 ll. 1-34; copy dated 401 – 600 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: 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/T0610 Curse to make a woman bleed.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 · 34 model drafts (marked “draft”)

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Curse to make a woman bleed. Kyprianos text 610 (Curse to cause uterine bleeding (magical, formulary)), 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 3 PCM I 3 P. Mich. Inv. 1190 · Ro col. 1 ll. 1-34; copy dated 401 – 600 CE. Layers as published by the Kemetic project (Yousef Hanna), 2026: Coptic · Cairene · Kemetic, /doc/magic/kyprianos-coptic-magical-texts/t0610-curse-to-make-a-woman-bleed.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.

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