Love spell invoking the sun and moon

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Source: Kyprianos text 677 (Love spell (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) P. Mich. Inv. 1294 · Ro ll. 1-21-Vo ll. 1-12; 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.

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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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.

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21. ⲭⲏⲣⲉ ⲡⲣⲏ̣ ⲭⲏⲣⲉ ⲡⲟ̣̅ϩ̅draft · highHail, sun! Hail, moon!
32. ⲡⲉ’ⲧⲉⲡⲓⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲟⲥ ⲥⲛⲁ̅ⲩ̅draft · mediumand the two angels
43. ⲁϩⲁⲉⲣⲁⲧⲟⲩ ⲉⲣⲟⲩ ⲉⲧⲁ-draft · mediumwho stand by them, hold-
54. ⲙ︦ⲁϩⲧⲉ’ ⲛⲛⲉ[ⲩ]ⲡ̣ⲓⲝⲓⲟⲛdraft · lowing their tablets (?),
65. ⲉⲧⲧⲟⲩⲛ ⲁϩϩ̣ⲣⲁⲓ̈ ϩⲁ ⲛϩⲏⲃⲥdraft · lowwho lift up the lamps
76. ⲙ̅ⲡ̅ⲣ̅ⲏ̅ ⲛⲧⲟⲟⲩ ⲉ̣ⲧⲟⲩⲛⲁϫⲱ̣draft · mediumof the sun: it is they who will say
87. ⲛⲛⲉⲩⲣⲁⲛ̣ ⲁϩϩ̣[ⲣ]ⲁⲓ̈ ⲁϫⲛ ⲡⲓⲛ̣ⲉ̣[ϩ]draft · mediumtheir names over this oil
98. ϩⲁ̣’ [ⲛ]ⲇͅⲇͅ ϫⲉ ⲥⲁⲙ̣ⲉⲣⲉ ⲇͅⲇͅdraft · mediumfor N.N., so that she will love N.N.:
109. ⲁⲃⲣⲁⲭ ⲁⲃⲣⲁⲭ ⲁⲃⲣⲁ̅ⲏⲗdraft · mediumAbrach, Abrach, Abraēl,
1110. ⲁⲃⲣⲁⲏⲗ ⲁⲗⲙⲁⲑⲧⲓⲡⲟⲩdraft · mediumAbraēl, Almathtipou —
1211. ⲛⲣⲁⲛ ⲙ̣ⲙ̣ⲏⲧ̣ ϩ̣ⲛ ⲛⲁⲓ ⲥⲉⲛ[ⲁ-]draft · mediumten names; by these they will
1312. ϫⲟⲟϥ ⲙ̅ⲡ̅ⲣ̅ⲏ ϫⲉ̣ ⲙ̅ⲡⲣⲡⲓⲣⲉdraft · mediumsay it to the sun: Do not shine
1413. ϩⲛ ⲧⲉⲕⲕⲛⲡⲓ̣[ⲣ]ⲉ̣ ⲥⲉⲛⲁϫ . .draft · lowin your shining; they will say
1514. ⲙ̅ⲡⲟ̣ϩ̣ ϫ̣ⲉ̣ [ⲙⲡ]ⲣ̣ϯ ⲡ̣[ⲉ]ⲕ̣[ⲟ-]draft · mediumto the moon: Do not give your
1615. ⲩ̣[ⲁⲉⲓⲛ ⲇͅⲇͅ ϫⲉ ⲉⲥⲁⲉⲓ] ⲉ̣ⲣ̣[ⲁⲧϥ]draft · lowlight [to N.N. until she comes] to
1716. ⲛ̣ⲇͅⲇͅ ϫ̣ⲉ̣ ⲛ̣[ⲧⲟ]ⲕ̣ ⲡ̣ⲉ̣ ⲁⲃⲣ[ⲁⲭ]draft · mediumN.N. For you are Abrach,
1817. ⲛⲧⲟⲕ ⲡⲉⲉⲓ ⲁⲃ̣ⲣⲁⲏⲗ ⲛⲧⲟⲕdraft · mediumyou are Abraēl, you
1918. ⲡⲉ ⲁⲛⲁⲏⲗ ⲁ[ⲃ]ⲓ̣ⲛⲁⲑⲁⲑdraft · mediumare Anaēl, Abinathath,
2019. ⲡ̣ⲉⲉ̣ⲧ̣ⲉⲡϣ[ⲁ]ϣ̣ⲧ ⲛ̣ⲁⲙ̣ⲛ̣-draft · lowthe one who is the bolt of Amen-
2120. [ⲧⲉ ⲛ]ⲧ[ⲟ]ⲟϥ̅ [ϯⲧⲁ]ⲣ̣ⲕⲟ ⲙⲙⲱⲧ̅ⲛ̅draft · mediumte. [I] adjure you
2221. [ⲙⲡⲣ]ⲁ̣ⲛ̣ [ⲙⲙⲏⲧ] ⲛ̣ⲓⲙdraft · mediumby [the ten] names
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241. ⲙ̣̅ⲡⲉⲧϩⲙⲟⲟⲥ ϩⲓ̣ϫ̣ⲛ̣ ⲡⲉ⧹ϥ⧸ⲑⲣⲟⲛⲟⲥdraft · highof the one who sits upon his throne
252. ⲙ̅ⲡⲉϥⲉⲟⲟⲩ ϫ̣ⲉⲕⲁⲥ ⲉⲣϣⲁⲛ-draft · highof his glory, so that when
263. ⲡⲓⲛⲉϩ ⲧⲁϩⲟ̣ ⲧⲥⲁⲣⲝ ⲛⲇͅⲇͅ ⟦ . . ⟧draft · mediumthis oil touches the flesh of N.N.,
274. ⲉⲁⲙ̅ⲉⲣⲉ ⲛⲇͅⲇͅ ϩⲛ ⲟⲩⲱϣ ⲉⲛⲁ-draft · mediumshe will love N.N. with a desire that is
285. ϣⲱϥ ϩⲙ ⲡ̣ⲉⲕⲣ̣ⲁⲛ ⲙ̅ⲙⲏⲧdraft · mediumgreat, by your ten names:
296. ⲁⲃⲣⲓⲁⲙ ⲁ̣ⲇ̣ⲱⲛ̣ⲁⲉⲓ ⲉⲓⲗⲱⲉⲓdraft · mediumAbriam, Adōnai, Eilōei,
307. ⲁⲑ̣ⲁⲑⲁⲏ̣[ⲗ]ⲏⲗ ⲁⲃⲁⲁⲃⲁdraft · mediumAthathaēl[.]ēl, Abaaba,
318. ⲃⲉⲧ̣ⲁ̣ⲉ̣ⲓ̣ ⲡ̣ⲉ̣ⲓⲱⲧ ⲁⲗⲫⲁ ⲱdraft · mediumBetaei, the Father, Alpha, Ō:
329. ϩ̣ⲁ ⲇͅⲇͅ ϫⲉ ⲉⲥⲁⲉⲓ ⲏⲇⲏ ⲏⲇⲏdraft · mediumto N.N., so that she comes, now, now,
3310. ⲁdraft · lowa
3411. ⲧⲁⲭⲩ ⲧ[ⲁⲭ]ⲩ̣ ϩⲛ ⲡ̣ⲉⲕⲣⲁⲛdraft · highquickly, quickly, in your name,
3512. ⲉⲓⲁⲱ ⲥⲁⲃⲁ̣ⲱ̣ⲑ ⳨draft · highIaō Sabaōth. (Cross)

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title
Love spell invoking the sun and moon
dialect
sahidic
source
Kyprianos text 677 (Love spell (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) P. Mich. Inv. 1294 · Ro ll. 1-21-Vo ll. 1-12; copy dated 501 – 700 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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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/T0677 Love spell invoking the sun and moon.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.
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Love spell invoking the sun and moon. Kyprianos text 677 (Love spell (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) P. Mich. Inv. 1294 · Ro ll. 1-21-Vo ll. 1-12; copy dated 501 – 700 CE. Layers as published by the Kemetic project (Yousef Hanna), 2026: Coptic · Cairene · Kemetic, /doc/magic/kyprianos-coptic-magical-texts/t0677-love-spell-invoking-the-sun-and-moon.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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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
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English
Quoted translations where they exist, credited; otherwise model drafts, marked as drafts.