Love spell — Coptic · Cairene

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Source: Kyprianos text 834 (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. 599 + 594 + 603 + 596 + 598 + 597 + 595 · p. 13 (P. Mich. Inv. 597 ro) ll. 7–16, p. 14 (P. Mich. Inv. 597 vo) ll. 1–2; 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

Full provenance and citation

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	p. 13 (P. Mich. Inv. 597 ro)
2	→
3	7. ⲛⲧⲟⲕ̅ ⲡⲉⲉⲓⲟⲩⲗ ⲡⲁⲡⲁⲧ̣ ⲡϫ̅ⲱ̅ ⲛⲛⲟⲩⲃ ⲛ̅ⲛⲏⲥⲉ ⲡⲁⲡⲟ-	draft · lowYou are the stag (?), my cup (?), the golden vessel of Isis, my cup
4	8. ⲧ ⲛϩⲁⲧ ⲛ̅ⲛ⟦ⲉ̣⟧⧹ⲟⲩ⧸ⲥⲓⲣⲉ ⲁⲙⲟⲩ ⲧⲁⲁⲓϫ ⲛϩⲃ⟦ⲃ̣⟧ⲟⲩⲣ ⲛⲧⲁ̣-	draft · mediumof silver of Osiris. Come to my left hand, so that I may
5	9. ⲧⲁⲁⲕ ⲁⲧⲟⲟϥ ⲧⲁϭⲓϫ ⲛ̅ⲛⲟⲩⲛⲁⲙ ⲛⲧⲁϫⲁⲟⲩⲕ ⲉⲡⲱ̅ⲛ̅ⲉ	draft · mediumgive you to my right hand, so that I may send you to the stone:
6	10. ⲕ︦ⲛ︦ⲁ︦ⲡⲟⲕϥ ⲡ︦ⲓ︦ⲛ︦ⲓⲡ︦ⲉ︦ ⲕⲁⲃⲟⲗϥ ⲁⲃ⧸ ⲑⲁⲗⲁⲥ̅ⲁ ⲛⲕⲡ︦ⲁ︦ϩ︦ⲥ︦	draft · lowyou will split it; the iron, you loosen it; [...] the sea, you dry (?) it;
7	11. ⲛϣ̅ⲱ̅ ⲧⲏ̅ⲣⲟ̅ⲩ ⲙⲡⲕⲁϩ ⲡⲟ̅ⲣⲕⲟ̅ⲩ ⲧⲏ︦ⲣⲟ̣̅ⲩ̣̅ ⲙ̅ⲛ ⲧⲉⲩⲛⲟⲩ-	draft · lowall the sands of the earth, uproot them all with their roots.
8	12. ⲛ̅ⲉ ⲉⲓϫⲁⲩ ⲙⲙⲟⲕ ⟦. .⟧ ⲁⲛ︦ ⲁ̅ⲛ̅ⲁ̅ⲓ̅ ϫⲉ ⲁⲣⲓⲥ⧹ⲩ⧸ⲟⲩ ⲁⲗⲗⲁ ⲉⲓ̣-	draft · mediumI am not sending you to these, to do them, but I
9	13. ⲉⲓϫⲁⲩ̣ ⲙⲙⲟⲕ ⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ ϫⲛ̣̅ ⟦ . . . ⟧ ⲡⲓⲁⲡⲟⲧ ⲛ̅ⲛⲏⲣⲡ	draft · mediumam sending you upon this cup of wine
10	14. ⲇͅⲇͅ ϫⲉ ⲛⲧⲓⲟⲩⲛⲟⲩ ⲉⲣⲉⲇͅⲇͅ ϩⲛ ⲧⲉⲥ̣ϭⲟⲙ ⲕⲁ̅ⲕⲱ̅ⲏ̅ⲗ̅	draft · lowN.N., so that in this hour N.N. (be) in her power (?). Kakōēl,
11	15. ⲡⲉⲛ︦ⲧⲁϥⲉⲓⲛⲉ ⲁϩ⟦.⟧ⲣⲁⲓ ⲛⲛⲟⲩϭⲟⲙ ⲙⲁ︦ⲣⲓⲱ︦ⲑ︦	draft · lowthe one who brought up powers; Mariōth,
12	16. ⲡⲉⲧⲉⲣⲉϫⲱϥ	draft · mediumthe one whose head
13	p. 14 (P. Mich. Inv. 597 vo)
14	↓
15	1. ⲙⲁⲣⲓ̈ⲱⲑ ⲡⲉⲧⲉ⧹ⲣⲉ⧸ϫⲱϥ ϩⲛ̅ ⲧ̅ⲡ̅ⲉ̅ ⲉⲣⲉⲣⲁⲧϥ ϩⲙ	draft · mediumMariōth, whose head is in heaven, his feet in
16	2. ⲡ̅ⲛ̅ⲟⲩⲛ ⲏⲇⲏ ⲏⲇⲏ ⲧⲁⲭⲩ ⲧⲁⲭ̅ⲏ̅ ⲇ ⲥⲟⲡ	draft · mediumthe abyss: now, now, quickly, quickly! (4 times)

Provenance

title: Love spell
dialect: sahidic
source: Kyprianos text 834 (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. 599 + 594 + 603 + 596 + 598 + 597 + 595 · p. 13 (P. Mich. Inv. 597 ro) ll. 7–16, p. 14 (P. Mich. Inv. 597 vo) ll. 1–2; 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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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/T0834 Love spell.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 · 12 model drafts (marked “draft”)

Cite as:

Love spell. Kyprianos text 834 (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. 599 + 594 + 603 + 596 + 598 + 597 + 595 · p. 13 (P. Mich. Inv. 597 ro) ll. 7–16, p. 14 (P. Mich. Inv. 597 vo) ll. 1–2; copy dated 501 – 700 CE. Layers as published by the Kemetic project (Yousef Hanna), 2026: Coptic · Cairene · Kemetic, /doc/magic/kyprianos-coptic-magical-texts/t0834-love-spell.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.