Bowl divination procedure

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Source: Kyprianos text 1085 (Bowl divination with medium (?) (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 34 PCM I 34 Strasbourg K 550 P. Stras. Copt. 9 · p. 1 ll.1-27, p. 2 ll. 1-26; copy dated 901 – 1100 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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31. [ ca. 9 ] . ⲅ̅ⲉ̣[ ca. 10 ]
42. . [ ca. 8 ]. . . ⲥ̅ : ⲙ̅ . [ ca. 10 ]
53. . . [ ca. 6 ] . ⲧ̣̅ . ⲛ̣ⲁⲕ̣ . [ ca. 10 ]
64. . . [ ca. 8 ] . . . . · : ⲧ . [ ca. 9 ]draft · guess[…] […]
75. ⲧ . . [ ca. 6 ]ⲁ̣ⲓ̣ϯⲡ̣ⲉ̣ⲧ[ ca. 10 ]draft · guess[…] […]
86. . . ⲡⲁⲓ̣[ . . . . ] . ⲁ̣ⲉ̣ⲡ̣ ⲉⲧ̣[ . . . ] . [ . . ] . [ . . ]draft · guess[…] to you(?) […]
97. ⲉⲕ̣ϥ̣ⲱ̣ . [ . . . . ] ⲛ̣ⲡⲟⲟⲩ ⲧⲉⲧ̣ⲉⲛⲉⲓ ⲉ̣ϩ̣ⲣ̣[ⲁⲓ]draft · guess[…]
108. ⲉ̣ϫⲉⲛ ⲡ̣ⲁ̣ⲡ̣ⲟ̣ⲧ ⲉ̣ⲙ̣ⲙⲁⲟⲩ : ⲉⲧⲕⲏ ⲉϩⲣⲁ̣ⲓ̣draft · guess[…] I give(?) […]
119. ⲉⲛ̣ⲡ̣ⲁ̣ⲉ̣ⲙ̣ⲧ̣ⲁ̣ ⲉ̣ⲃ̣ⲁ̣ⲗ̣ : ⲧⲉⲧⲛⲙⲁϩϥ ⲉ-draft · guess[…] this […]
1210. . . . . . . . . ⲥ̣ⲁ̣ϣ̣ⲃ ⲉⲛⲥⲁⲡ : ϩⲉⲛ . . .draft · low[…] today you come down
1311. . . ..ⲉ̣ⲁ̣ⲛ̣ . ⲛ̣ⲟⲩⲣⲁⲛⲓⲱⲛ : ⲙⲁⲣⲉϥⲉⲣ ⲟⲩⲁ-draft · lowupon the cup there, which is set down
1412. [ⲉⲓⲛ] ⲉ̣ⲑ̣ⲉ̣ ⲉ̣ⲡⲣⲏ : ⲙⲁⲣⲉϥⲉ̅ⲣ̣̅ ⲟ̅ⲩ̣ⲁ̣ⲉ̣ⲓ̣ⲛdraft · lowbefore me; you fill it with
1513. ⲉ̣ⲑ̣ⲉ̣ ⲉ̣ⲡⲁ̣ϩ̣ ⲧⲉϥⲟⲩⲱⲛ̣ϩ ⲏⲃⲁⲗ ⲉ̣ⲣ̣ⲁ̣ⲓ̣ ⲛ̣-draft · guess[…] seven(?) times; in […]
1614. ⲇⲓ̣ⲉ̣ⲛ̣ⲉ̣ ⲧ̣ⲁ̣ⲭⲓⲱⲛ̣ . . . . ⲕ̣ⲱⲥⲙⲟⲥ ⲙ̣ⲁⲣ̣ⲉⲡ̣-draft · low[…] heavenly; let it become light
1715. ⲕⲁϩ ⲡⲱϣ ⲉⲛⲡⲁⲉⲙ̣ⲧⲱ ⲉⲃⲁⲗ . . . .draft · mediumlike the sun; let it become light
1816. ⲯⲓⲥⲡⲏ : ϣ : ϣⲁ ⲛⲉⲥⲉⲛϯ̣ ⲛ̣ⲡ̣ [ . . . . . ]draft · lowlike the moon; let him reveal himself to me in
1917. ⲧⲉⲧⲉⲛⲙ̣ⲟⲩϩ : ⲉⲛⲛⲉⲃ̣ⲁ̣ⲗ̣ ⲉⲛⲡ̣[ⲁⲑ]ⲉ̣ⲟ̣-draft · guess[…] quickly(?) […] the world; let the
2018. ⲣⲓⲥⲧⲱⲥ ⲉⲛⲟⲩⲁⲉⲓⲛ : ⲉ̣ⲛ̣ⲍ̅ ⲉ̣ⲛ[ⲥⲁ]ⲡ̣ ⲍ̅ ⲉ̣ⲛ-draft · lowearth split open before me […]
2119. ⲥⲁⲡ : ⲉϥϭⲱϣⲧ̇ ϩⲏⲛ ⲟⲩϭⲓⲉⲛⲑⲉ̣ⲱⲣ̣ⲓ̣draft · guessPsispē: sh, until they […] […]
2220. ⲉⲧⲛⲁⲛⲟⲩⲥ : ⲛⲁⲧϭⲁⲗ : ⲛⲁⲧϣⲧⲟⲣⲧⲉⲣdraft · lowyou fill the eyes of the pur-
2321. ⲛⲁⲧⲉⲣ ϩⲁⲧⲏ : ⲛⲁⲫⲁⲛⲧ[ⲁⲥⲓ]ⲁ ⲧⲉϥ-draft · low-e(?) one with light, seven times, seven times
2422. ϭⲱⲗⲡ̇ ⲛⲁⲓ ⲉⲃⲁⲗ ⲉⲛϩⲱⲃ [ⲛⲓⲙ] ⲉϯϣ̇ⲓ-draft · low(so that) he looks in a vision
2523. ⲛⲓ ⲉⲛⲥⲱⲩ : ⲉⲃⲁⲗ ϩⲓⲧⲁⲧ̣[ϥ : ] ⲉⲓⲧⲏ ⲛⲟⲩ̣⧹ⲃ⧸draft · mediumthat is good, without fault, without disturbance,
2624. ⲉⲓⲧⲏ ϩⲁⲓϯ : ⲉⲓϯ ⲕⲱⲥⲙⲏ̣ⲥ̣[ⲓⲥ : ] ⲉⲓⲧⲏ ⲡ̇ⲛⲓ-draft · mediumwithout fear, without phantasm; let him
2725. ⲡ̣ⲓ̣ ⲉⲓⲧⲏ ⲃⲁⲣⲱⲧ : ⲉⲓⲧ̣[ⲏ] ⲧⲉϥⲛⲏdraft · mediumreveal to me every matter that I ask
2826. ⲉ̣ⲓ̣[ⲧⲏ ⲉ]ⲓⲧⲱⲥ ⲛⲓ̇ⲙ ⲉⲧ[ϩⲉⲛ ⲡⲕ]ⲱ̣ⲥ̣ⲙⲟⲥdraft · lowabout through him: whether gold,
2927. [ . . ] . ϭⲟ̣[ⲗ]ⲡⲟⲩ ⲛⲁⲓ̣ . [ . . . . ] . ⲟⲩdraft · lowwhether silver, whether I give adornment(?), whether iron,
30p. 2draft · lowwhether any thing(?) that is in the world
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321. [ ca. 5 ϩⲉⲛ ⲟⲩ]ϭⲏⲡⲏ̣ [ ca. 10 ]
332. [ ca. 10 ]ⲁ̣ⲓ ⲡ̣ⲓ :· ⲧ̣ⲉ̣ . [ ca. 7 ]ⲏ̣
343. [ ca. 10 ϩⲉ]ⲛ̣ ⲟⲩϭⲏⲡⲏ̣ [ⲙⲉⲛ ⲟⲩ]ⲧ̣ⲁ̣ⲭⲏ
354. [ ca. 8 ] ⲧⲁⲣ̣ⲓⲕ : ⲕ[ ca. 5 ]. ⲟ̣ⲩ̅ⲣ̅ⲓ̣draft · low[… in a] cloud […]
365. [ . . . ]ⲕⲁ[ ca. 5 ] . ⲇ̅ⲉ̅ⲁ̅ : ⲉ̣ⲗ̣ . [ . . . . ⲁ]ⲧ̅ⲟ̅ⲛ̅ⲁⲓdraft · guess[…]
376. [ⲡⲓ]ⲱ̣ⲧ ⲡⲛⲟⲩ[ⲧⲉ] ϩⲉⲛ ⲧⲉⲩⲙ̣[ⲉ]ϯ̣ ⲉⲕϭⲱⲗⲡ̇draft · low[… in] a cloud [and] quickly
387. ⲛⲁⲓ ⲉⲃⲁⲗ ⲉⲛⲡⲁⲟⲩ ⲉⲛⲡ[ⲉϯ]ϣⲓⲛⲓ ⲉⲛ-draft · guess[…] Tarik(?) […] ouri
398. ⲥⲱⲃ ⲉⲛⲧⲁⲧⲉⲩⲧⲉⲛ ⲛⲁϭ̣ⲁⲗ ⲛⲁⲧⲉⲣdraft · guess[…] Dea […] Atonai
409. ϩⲁϯ : ⲛⲁⲫⲁⲛⲧⲁⲥⲓⲁ : ⲑⲁⲣⲁ ⲯⲡⲣⲁ̣ . .draft · medium[the Fa]ther, God, in truth, reveal
4110. ⲙⲁ̅ⲓⲑ̣ⲉ̅ⲥ̅ⲁ̅ϣ ⲙ̇ⲡⲟ̅ⲩ̅ⲣ̅ⲏ̅ⲱⲥ . . ⲁ̣̅ⲙ̣̅ⲁ̣̅ϩ̣ . . . .draft · mediumto me today the thing I ask
4211. ϩⲣ̅ⲁⲃⲁ̅ⲗ̅ⲧ̅ϯ ⲫ̅ϯ̅ ⲓⲱ̅ⲧ̅ ϩⲉⲛ ⲧⲉ̣ⲩⲙⲉϯdraft · mediumabout, through you, without fault, without
4312. ⲥⲱⲧ̣ⲉⲛ ⲉⲣⲁⲓ ⲉⲛ̣ⲡⲁⲟⲩ : ⲉⲓⲱϣ ⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ ⲉⲣⲁⲕdraft · lowfear, without phantasm: Thara Psra […]
4413. ϫⲱⲕ ⲛⲁⲓ ⲉⲃⲁ̣ⲗ̣ ⲉ̣ⲛⲧⲁⲡⲟⲗⲁⲕⲓⲁ ⲉⲛⲡⲁ-draft · guessMaithesash Mpourēōs […] Amah […]
4514. ⲗⲁⲥ : ⲉⲛϩ̣ⲱ̣ⲃ̣ ⲛⲓ̇ⲙ ⲉϯⲉϯ ⲉⲙⲙⲁⲩ ϩⲓ̣ⲧ̣ⲁ̣-draft · lowHrabaltti, Phti, Iōt: in truth
4615. ⲧⲉⲩⲧ̣ⲉ̣ⲛ̣ ⲛⲁϭⲁⲗ : ⲛⲁⲧⲉⲣ ϩⲁϯ : ⲛⲁⲧⲫⲁⲛ-draft · mediumhear me today; I cry out to you;
4716. ⲧⲁⲥⲓⲁ ⲁⲗⲗⲁ ϩⲏⲛ ⲟⲩⲙⲓⲏ ⲙ̣ⲉⲛ̣ ⲟⲩϣⲱⲧdraft · lowcomplete for me the answer(?) of my
4817. ⲉⲃⲁⲗ : ⲙⲉⲛ ⲟⲩⲥⲁⲩⲧⲉⲛ : ⲙⲁⲣⲉⲡϭⲱ ϭⲱⲡⲓdraft · lowtongue(?), every matter that I ask there, through
4918. ⲧⲉⲡⲉⲧϯ ⲉⲓⲛⲓ : ⲁ̣ⲓ̣ⲱ̣ ⲁⲓⲱ ⲧⲁⲭⲏ ⲧⲁⲭⲏdraft · mediumyou, without fault, without fear, without phan-
5019. ⲁ̅ⲛ̅ⲁ̅ⲣ̅ⲭ̅ⲓ̣̅[ . . ]ⲛ̣ⲭ̅ⲣ̅ⲁ̅ⲛ̅ⲱ̅ⲥ ⲙⲡ̅ⲏ̅ⲁ̅ⲅ̅ⲟ̅ⲥdraft · medium-tasm, but in truth and straight-
5120. ⲙⲡ̅ⲁ̅ⲣ̅ϯⲭ̣̅ⲥ̣ⲱ̅ⲑ̅ⲏ̣̅ⲛ̣̅ⲥ ⲙ̅ⲓ̅ⲛ̅ⲁ̅ⲏ̅ⲗ ⲁⲙ̅ⲟ̅ⲩ̅ ⲛ̅ⲁ̅ⲓdraft · low-forwardness(?) and rightness(?). Let the […] […]
5221. ⲥ̅ⲁ̅ⲃ̅ⲁ̣̅ⲱ̅ⲧ̣̅ ⲧⲁⲛ̅ⲁ̅ⲏ̅ⲗ ⲧⲏ̅ⲝ̅ⲟ̅ⲩ̅ⲏ̅ⲗ ⲥⲏ̅ⲫⲏ̅ⲃ̅ⲁ̅ⲛdraft · lowthe one who brings(?) […]. Aiō, aiō, quickly, quickly!
5322. ⲧ̅ⲗⲏ̅ⲗ̣̅ ⲥⲁ . [ . ] . ⲁ̣ⲗ ⲏ̅ⲗ ⲏⲗ ⲏ̅ⲗ ⲏ̅ⲗ ⲏ̅ⲗ ⲏ̅ⲗ̅ ⲏⲗ̅draft · guessAnarchi[…]nchranōs, Mpēagos,
5423. ⲙ̅ⲏ̅ . . . [ . ] . ⲁ̅ⲧⲁ̅ⲏ̅ⲗ̅ ⲉⲓⲉⲣϣ̣ⲉϩ ⲕⲁ̅ⲑⲓ̅ⲏⲗ̅draft · guessMpartichsōthēns, Minaēl, Amou, Nai,
5524. ⲗⲁϯⲁ . [ . . . ]ⲩ̅ⲏ̅ⲗ̅ ⲙⲓ̅ⲙ̅ⲓ̅ⲏ̣̅ⲗ ⲥⲓ̅ⲫ̅ⲓ̅ⲏ̅ⲗ ⲣⲟ̣[ . ]draft · lowSabaōth, Tanaēl, Tēxouēl, Sēphēban,
5625. ⲧϣ̣ . . [ . . . . ]ⲩ̅ⲛ̅ⲏ̅ ⲥ̅ⲁ̅ⲃ̅ⲁ̅ⲱ̅ⲑ̣̅ ⲏⲧⲁⲩ[ . . . . ]draft · lowTlēl, Sa[…]al, ēl ēl ēl ēl ēl ēl ēl,
5726. ⲛ̣ⲁ̣̅ⲛ̣[ . . . . . . ]ⲁ̣̅ⲛ̅ⲁ̅ⲧ̅ ⲗ̅ⲁ̅ⲗ̣̅ ⲙ̣ⲓ̣ⲭⲁⲏ̣ⲗ̣ [ . . . . ]draft · guessMē[…]ataēl, Eierhsheh, Kathiēl,

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title
Bowl divination procedure
dialect
fayumic
source
Kyprianos text 1085 (Bowl divination with medium (?) (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 34 PCM I 34 Strasbourg K 550 P. Stras. Copt. 9 · p. 1 ll.1-27, p. 2 ll. 1-26; copy dated 901 – 1100 CE
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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/T1085 Bowl divination procedure.kyprianos.L0.txt

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Bowl divination procedure. Kyprianos text 1085 (Bowl divination with medium (?) (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 34 PCM I 34 Strasbourg K 550 P. Stras. Copt. 9 · p. 1 ll.1-27, p. 2 ll. 1-26; copy dated 901 – 1100 CE. Layers as published by the Kemetic project (Yousef Hanna), 2026: Coptic · Cairene · Kemetic, /doc/magic/kyprianos-coptic-magical-texts/t1085-bowl-divination-procedure.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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