Source and licence
share: attributionsahidicSource: 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
The text
35 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 | → | |
| 2 | 1. ⲭⲏⲣⲉ ⲡⲣⲏ̣ ⲭⲏⲣⲉ ⲡⲟ̣̅ϩ̅ | draft · highHail, sun! Hail, moon! |
| 3 | 2. ⲡⲉ’ⲧⲉⲡⲓⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲟⲥ ⲥⲛⲁ̅ⲩ̅ | draft · mediumand the two angels |
| 4 | 3. ⲁϩⲁⲉⲣⲁⲧⲟⲩ ⲉⲣⲟⲩ ⲉⲧⲁ- | draft · mediumwho stand by them, hold- |
| 5 | 4. ⲙ︦ⲁϩⲧⲉ’ ⲛⲛⲉ[ⲩ]ⲡ̣ⲓⲝⲓⲟⲛ | draft · lowing their tablets (?), |
| 6 | 5. ⲉⲧⲧⲟⲩⲛ ⲁϩϩ̣ⲣⲁⲓ̈ ϩⲁ ⲛϩⲏⲃⲥ | draft · lowwho lift up the lamps |
| 7 | 6. ⲙ̅ⲡ̅ⲣ̅ⲏ̅ ⲛⲧⲟⲟⲩ ⲉ̣ⲧⲟⲩⲛⲁϫⲱ̣ | draft · mediumof the sun: it is they who will say |
| 8 | 7. ⲛⲛⲉⲩⲣⲁⲛ̣ ⲁϩϩ̣[ⲣ]ⲁⲓ̈ ⲁϫⲛ ⲡⲓⲛ̣ⲉ̣[ϩ] | draft · mediumtheir names over this oil |
| 9 | 8. ϩⲁ̣’ [ⲛ]ⲇͅⲇͅ ϫⲉ ⲥⲁⲙ̣ⲉⲣⲉ ⲇͅⲇͅ | draft · mediumfor N.N., so that she will love N.N.: |
| 10 | 9. ⲁⲃⲣⲁⲭ ⲁⲃⲣⲁⲭ ⲁⲃⲣⲁ̅ⲏⲗ | draft · mediumAbrach, Abrach, Abraēl, |
| 11 | 10. ⲁⲃⲣⲁⲏⲗ ⲁⲗⲙⲁⲑⲧⲓⲡⲟⲩ | draft · mediumAbraēl, Almathtipou — |
| 12 | 11. ⲛⲣⲁⲛ ⲙ̣ⲙ̣ⲏⲧ̣ ϩ̣ⲛ ⲛⲁⲓ ⲥⲉⲛ[ⲁ-] | draft · mediumten names; by these they will |
| 13 | 12. ϫⲟⲟϥ ⲙ̅ⲡ̅ⲣ̅ⲏ ϫⲉ̣ ⲙ̅ⲡⲣⲡⲓⲣⲉ | draft · mediumsay it to the sun: Do not shine |
| 14 | 13. ϩⲛ ⲧⲉⲕⲕⲛⲡⲓ̣[ⲣ]ⲉ̣ ⲥⲉⲛⲁϫ . . | draft · lowin your shining; they will say |
| 15 | 14. ⲙ̅ⲡⲟ̣ϩ̣ ϫ̣ⲉ̣ [ⲙⲡ]ⲣ̣ϯ ⲡ̣[ⲉ]ⲕ̣[ⲟ-] | draft · mediumto the moon: Do not give your |
| 16 | 15. ⲩ̣[ⲁⲉⲓⲛ ⲇͅⲇͅ ϫⲉ ⲉⲥⲁⲉⲓ] ⲉ̣ⲣ̣[ⲁⲧϥ] | draft · lowlight [to N.N. until she comes] to |
| 17 | 16. ⲛ̣ⲇͅⲇͅ ϫ̣ⲉ̣ ⲛ̣[ⲧⲟ]ⲕ̣ ⲡ̣ⲉ̣ ⲁⲃⲣ[ⲁⲭ] | draft · mediumN.N. For you are Abrach, |
| 18 | 17. ⲛⲧⲟⲕ ⲡⲉⲉⲓ ⲁⲃ̣ⲣⲁⲏⲗ ⲛⲧⲟⲕ | draft · mediumyou are Abraēl, you |
| 19 | 18. ⲡⲉ ⲁⲛⲁⲏⲗ ⲁ[ⲃ]ⲓ̣ⲛⲁⲑⲁⲑ | draft · mediumare Anaēl, Abinathath, |
| 20 | 19. ⲡ̣ⲉⲉ̣ⲧ̣ⲉⲡϣ[ⲁ]ϣ̣ⲧ ⲛ̣ⲁⲙ̣ⲛ̣- | draft · lowthe one who is the bolt of Amen- |
| 21 | 20. [ⲧⲉ ⲛ]ⲧ[ⲟ]ⲟϥ̅ [ϯⲧⲁ]ⲣ̣ⲕⲟ ⲙⲙⲱⲧ̅ⲛ̅ | draft · mediumte. [I] adjure you |
| 22 | 21. [ⲙⲡⲣ]ⲁ̣ⲛ̣ [ⲙⲙⲏⲧ] ⲛ̣ⲓⲙ | draft · mediumby [the ten] names |
| 23 | ↓ | |
| 24 | 1. ⲙ̣̅ⲡⲉⲧϩⲙⲟⲟⲥ ϩⲓ̣ϫ̣ⲛ̣ ⲡⲉ⧹ϥ⧸ⲑⲣⲟⲛⲟⲥ | draft · highof the one who sits upon his throne |
| 25 | 2. ⲙ̅ⲡⲉϥⲉⲟⲟⲩ ϫ̣ⲉⲕⲁⲥ ⲉⲣϣⲁⲛ- | draft · highof his glory, so that when |
| 26 | 3. ⲡⲓⲛⲉϩ ⲧⲁϩⲟ̣ ⲧⲥⲁⲣⲝ ⲛⲇͅⲇͅ ⟦ . . ⟧ | draft · mediumthis oil touches the flesh of N.N., |
| 27 | 4. ⲉⲁⲙ̅ⲉⲣⲉ ⲛⲇͅⲇͅ ϩⲛ ⲟⲩⲱϣ ⲉⲛⲁ- | draft · mediumshe will love N.N. with a desire that is |
| 28 | 5. ϣⲱϥ ϩⲙ ⲡ̣ⲉⲕⲣ̣ⲁⲛ ⲙ̅ⲙⲏⲧ | draft · mediumgreat, by your ten names: |
| 29 | 6. ⲁⲃⲣⲓⲁⲙ ⲁ̣ⲇ̣ⲱⲛ̣ⲁⲉⲓ ⲉⲓⲗⲱⲉⲓ | draft · mediumAbriam, Adōnai, Eilōei, |
| 30 | 7. ⲁⲑ̣ⲁⲑⲁⲏ̣[ⲗ]ⲏⲗ ⲁⲃⲁⲁⲃⲁ | draft · mediumAthathaēl[.]ēl, Abaaba, |
| 31 | 8. ⲃⲉⲧ̣ⲁ̣ⲉ̣ⲓ̣ ⲡ̣ⲉ̣ⲓⲱⲧ ⲁⲗⲫⲁ ⲱ | draft · mediumBetaei, the Father, Alpha, Ō: |
| 32 | 9. ϩ̣ⲁ ⲇͅⲇͅ ϫⲉ ⲉⲥⲁⲉⲓ ⲏⲇⲏ ⲏⲇⲏ | draft · mediumto N.N., so that she comes, now, now, |
| 33 | 10. ⲁ | draft · lowa |
| 34 | 11. ⲧⲁⲭⲩ ⲧ[ⲁⲭ]ⲩ̣ ϩⲛ ⲡ̣ⲉⲕⲣⲁⲛ | draft · highquickly, quickly, in your name, |
| 35 | 12. ⲉⲓⲁⲱ ⲥⲁⲃⲁ̣ⲱ̣ⲑ ⳨ | draft · highIaō Sabaōth. (Cross) |
Provenance
- 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
- 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/T0677 Love spell invoking the sun and moon.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 · 33 model drafts (marked “draft”)
L0 witness
English
Cite as:
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.
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.