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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.
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
45 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 | Above top tableau: | |
| 2 | 1. ⲁ̅ⲣ̅ⲭ̅ⲱ̅ⲁ̅ ⲁ̅ⲥ̅ⲟ̅ⲩ̅ⲣ̅ ⲗ̅ⲁ̅ⲭ̅ⲱ̅ⲙ̅ | |
| 3 | To the right of top tableau: | draft · mediumArchōa Asour Lachōm |
| 4 | 2. ϭ̅ⲓ̣̅ⲛ̅ ⲉ̣̅ⲣ̅ϩ̅ⲱ̅ⲃ̅ | |
| 5 | 3. ⲅ̣ⲣ̣ ⲛ̣ⲁⲥ ⲁⲣ⧹ⲭ⧸ ⲉⲩ⧹ⲭ⧸ : | |
| 6 | 4. ⲑ̅ⲩ̅ ⲕⲟⲩ⧹ⲡ⧸ⲣⲉ ⲛϫ̣ⲓ- | draft · lowThe procedure: |
| 7 | 5. ⲡⲉϩ : ϩⲓ ⲗ̅ⲓ̅ⲃ̅ⲁ̅ | draft · lowWrite them [...] |
| 8 | 6. ⲡⲣⲟ ⲙⲡ̣ⲏ̣ⲓ̣̈ : ⲉ̣ⲣ̣ⲉ̣- | draft · lowSulphur (?), henna of [...] |
| 9 | 7. ⲡⲟⲟϩ ⲙⲟⲩ[ϩ] | draft · lowwith frankincense, |
| 10 | 8. ⲁϥϫⲱⲕ | draft · medium(at) the door of the house, when the |
| 11 | 9. ⲉⲃⲟⲗ | draft · mediummoon is full. |
| 12 | Below top tableau | draft · mediumished. |
| 13 | 10. ⲡⲟⲩⲱϣ ⲛⲅⲕ ⲟⲩⲙⲁⲥⲧ̣ⲉ̣ ⲟⲛ ‧ ⲡⲟⲩⲱϣ ⲛⲅ ⲕⲟⲩ . . . [ . . . ] | |
| 14 | 11. ⲡⲟⲩⲱϣ ⲛⲅⲕ ⲟⲩⲱ . ϣ̣ⲛ̣ⲟ̣ⲟ̣ . . . . . . . [ . . . . . . . ] | |
| 15 | 12. ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ϩⲛ ⲛⲉⲙⲡⲁⲑⲱⲥ ⲙ̣ⲡ̣[ . . . . ] . [ . . . ] | draft · lowIf you wish, make a hatred also; if you wish, make [...] |
| 16 | 13. ⲁⲩⲱ ϯⲧⲁ̣ⲣ̣ⲕ̣ⲟ̣ [ⲙⲙⲟⲕ ⲙ]ⲡ̣ⲟⲟ[ⲩ] ⲙ̣ⲡ̣ⲉ̣ⲕⲗ̣ⲟ̣ⲙ̣ ⲉ̣ⲧ̣ϩⲓ̣ϫ̣ⲛ ⲧⲉⲕⲁ- | draft · guessif you wish, make [...] |
| 17 | 14. [ⲡⲉ ⲙ]ⲛ̣ ⲛ̣ . [ . . ] . . . ⲉ̣ ⲛ̣ⲕ̣ⲱ̣ϩ̣ⲧ̣ ⲉⲧϩⲛ ⲧⲉⲕϭⲓϫ : ϯⲱⲣⲕ | draft · lowfrom the passions of [...] |
| 18 | 15. ⲙ̣ⲙⲟⲕ ⲙⲡⲉⲕⲕ̣̅ⲁ̅ : ⲛⲧⲉⲕⲁⲛⲟ̣ⲥ̣ ⲛ̣ϫ̣ⲱⲱⲣⲉ : ⲉⲩ̣ⲛⲡⲉ̣ⲕⲉⲙⲧⲟ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ | draft · mediumAnd I adjure [you to]day by your crown that is upon your |
| 19 | 16. ⲉⲩⲥⲱⲧⲙ ⲛⲥⲱⲕ ϩⲱⲃ ⲛⲓⲙ ⸫ ⲉⲧⲉ ⲛⲁⲓ ⲛⲉ ⲛⲉⲩⲣⲁⲛ : ⲓ̅ⲁ̅ⲙ̣̅ⲟ̅ⲩ̅ⲣ̅ | draft · lowhead and the [...] of fire that is in your hand. I adjure |
| 20 | 17. ⲁ̅ϫ̅ⲟ̅ⲩ̅ : ⲥ̅ⲁ̅ⲙ̣̅ⲟ̅ⲩ̅ : ⲭ̅ⲁ̅ⲙ̅ : ⲁ̅ⲑ̅ⲁ̅ⲕ̅ : ⲙ̅ⲁ̅ⲣ̅ⲓ̅ⲱ̅ : ⲙ̅ⲁ̅ⲥ̅ : ⲥ̅ⲁ̅ⲙ̅ⲛ̅ⲓ̅ : ⲭ̅ⲁ̅ⲭ̅ | draft · lowyou by your twenty-one mighty [...] who are before you, |
| 21 | 18. ⲁ̅ⲙ̅ⲟ̅ⲛ̅ⲓ̅ : ⲱ̅ⲙ̅ⲓ̅ⲏ̅ⲗ̅ : ⲁ̅ⲑ̅ⲁ̅ⲃ̅ : ⲙ̅ⲁ̅ⲥ̅ⲁ̅ : ⲗ̅ⲱ̅ⲗ̅ⲱ̅ : ⲥ̅ⲁ̅ⲑ̅ⲏ̅ⲣ̅ : | draft · mediumobeying you in everything; these are their names: Iamour, |
| 22 | 19. ⲁ̅ⲃ̅ⲟ̅ⲩ̅ⲥ̅ⲁ : ⲁ̅ⲗ̅ⲁ̅ⲑ̅ : ⲙ̅ⲁ̅ⲑ̅ : ⲗ̅ⲁ̣̅ⲭ̅ⲱ̅ⲣ̅ : ⲁ̅ⲩ̅ⲑ̅ⲱ̅ⲛ̅ : ⲗ̅ⲁ̅ⲭ̅ⲟ̅ⲩ̅ⲏ̅ⲗ̅ | draft · mediumAjou, Samou, Cham, Athak, Mariō, Mas, Samni, Chach |
| 23 | 20. ϫⲉⲕⲁⲥ ϩⲛ ⲧⲉⲩⲛⲟⲩ ⲛϣⲁ[ⲓⲟ]ⲩⲱϩ ⲛⲡⲉⲧⲛⲥ̅ⲟ̅ⲩ̅ⲧ̅ⲓ̈ ⲡⲣⲟ | draft · mediumAmoni, Ōmiēl, Athab, Masa, Lōlō, Sathēr |
| 24 | 21. ⲙⲡⲏⲓ ⲛⲇ̅ⲇ̅ : ⲉⲧⲉⲣⲱⲭϩ ⲙⲡⲉⲥϩⲏⲧ : ⲙⲛ ⲧⲉⲥⲯⲩⲭⲏ | draft · mediumAbousa, Alath, Math, Lachōr, Authōn, Lachouēl |
| 25 | 22. ϩⲛ ⲟⲩⲱϣ ⲛ̇ⲕⲱϩⲧ ⲙⲛ ⲛⲟⲩϩⲁϩⲥⲉ : ⲙⲛ ⲟⲩⲗⲓⲃⲉ : ϣⲁⲛⲧⲉⲥ- | draft · lowso that at the hour when I place (?) the [...] at the door |
| 26 | 23. ⲉⲓ̈ ⲉⲣⲁⲧϥ ⲛⲇ̅ⲇ̅ : ⲁⲓⲟ ⲁⲓⲟ ⲧⲁⲭⲏ ⲧⲁⲭⲏ | draft · mediumof the house of N.N., you burn her heart and her soul |
| 27 | ______ , , , ______ , , , _____ , , , ___ , , , _____ | draft · mediumwith a desire of fire and a torment and a madness, until she |
| 28 | Above lower tableau: | |
| 29 | 24. ⲟⲩⲃⲕⲟⲩⲛⲟⲩⲏⲗ | |
| 30 | Left of lower tableau: | draft · mediumOubkounouēl |
| 31 | 25. ⲟ̅ⲩ̅ⲕ̅ⲧ̅ⲟ̅ⲩ̅ⲭ̅ⲟ̅ⲥ̅ [tableau 2] | |
| 32 | 26. ⲙ̅ⲉ̅ⲛ̅ⲁ̅ⲥ̅ⲱ̅ⲧ̅ⲟ̅ⲥ̅ [tableau 2] | |
| 33 | 27. ⲁ̅ⲥ̅ⲉ̅ⲛ̅ⲁ̅ⲕ̅ⲱ̅ⲥ̅ [tableau 2] | draft · mediumOuktouchos [drawing] |
| 34 | 28. ⲧ̅ⲥ̅ⲃ̅ⲱ̅ⲕ̅ [tableau 2] | draft · mediumMenasōtos [drawing] |
| 35 | _______ | draft · mediumAsenakōs [drawing] |
| 36 | Right of lower tableau: | |
| 37 | 29. [tableau 2] ⲣ̅ⲣ̅ⲣ̅ⲱ̅ⲫⲟ̅ⲛ̅ | |
| 38 | 30. [tableau 2] ⲕ̅ⲁ̅ⲧ̅ⲟ̅ⲩ̅ⲟ̅ⲥ̅ⲭ̅ⲟ̅ⲥ̅ | |
| 39 | 31. [tableau 2] ⲕ̅ⲉ̅ⲛ̅ⲁ̅ⲕ̅ⲱ̅ⲥ̅ | draft · medium[drawing] Rrrōphon |
| 40 | 32. [tableau 2] ⲁ̅ⲡ̣̅⧸ⲟ̅⧹⧹ⲗ̅⧸ | draft · medium[drawing] Katouoschos |
| 41 | To the right of the bottom tableau (text at 90°) | draft · medium[drawing] Apol |
| 42 | 33. ⲁⲩ⧹ⲱ⧸ ⲙⲡⲉⲣϯⲥⲧⲁⲥⲥⲉ | |
| 43 | 34. ⲉⲣⲟⲥ ⲙⲙⲟⲛ ⲥⲁⲏ ⲧⲉ | |
| 44 | 35. ⲛⲁⲗⲙⲟⲩϭⲁⲣⲣⲏⲡ ⸗ | draft · guessand do not let her be at rest (?) |
| 45 | ____ , , , ______ | draft · guessher; no [...] |
Provenance
- title
- Love spell
- dialect
- sahidic
- source
- Kyprianos text 938 (Love spell (magical, formulary, erotic)), 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 37 PCM I 37 Leiden F 1964/4.14 · Ro ll. 1-35; copy dated 1001 – 1100 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/T0938 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 · 30 model drafts (marked “draft”)
L0 witness
English
Cite as:
Love spell. Kyprianos text 938 (Love spell (magical, formulary, erotic)), 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 37 PCM I 37 Leiden F 1964/4.14 · Ro ll. 1-35; copy dated 1001 – 1100 CE. Layers as published by the Kemetic project (Yousef Hanna), 2026: Coptic · Cairene · Kemetic, /doc/magic/kyprianos-coptic-magical-texts/t0938-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
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.