Invocation of Prabaōth — Coptic · Cairene

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Source: Kyprianos text 1255 (Invocation (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 4 PCM I 4 P. Mil. Vogl. Copt. 16 · p. 2 l. 1-p. 3 l. 6; copy dated 401 – 600 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. 2
2	↓
3	1. ⸗ ϯⲉⲡⲓⲕ[ⲁ]ⲗ̣ⲓ ⲛⲙⲟⲕ ⲡⲣⲁⲃ̣ⲁⲱⲑ
4	2. ⲡⲁⲓ ⲉⲑⲙⲙ̣ⲟⲟⲥ ϩⲛ ⲧⲉⲩⲭⲏ ⲛ̅ⲛϭⲟⲙ
5	3. ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ ϯⲉ : ⲛⲉⲕⲙⲱⲣⲫⲩ ϯⲉⲣ ⲁⲛⲁϣ	draft · highI invoke you, Prabaōth,
6	4. ⲉⲣⲟⲕ ⲛ̅ⲡⲉⲕⲙ̅ⲛ̅ⲧⲓⲃ̅ ⲛϩⲁⲣⲙⲁ	draft · lowthe one who sits over(?) the prayer of the powers,
7	5. ⲉⲕⲧⲁⲗⲏⲟⲩ ⲉϫⲱⲟⲩ ⲥⲱⲧⲙ̣ ⲉⲣⲟⲓ	draft · lowall of them. I invoke your forms; I swear
8	6. ⲁⲃⲣⲁ ϯⲉⲡⲓ⧸ ⲛⲙⲟⲕ ⲛⲡⲟⲟⲩ ϫⲉ ⲁⲛⲟⲕ	draft · mediumto you by your twelve chariots
9	7. ⲇͅⲇͅ ⲕⲟⲓ⧸ ϯ⧹ⲉ⧸ ⲑ̅ⲱ̅ⲣ̅ⲁ̅ⲑ̅ ϯ⧹ⲉ⧸ ⲗ̅ⲁ̅ⲉ̅ⲗ̅ⲁ̅ⲙⲑ	draft · mediumthat you ride upon: hear me,
10	8. ϯⲉ ⲱ̅ⲣ̅ⲱ̅ⲙ̅ⲁ̅ⲏ̅ⲗ̣̅ : ϯ⧹ⲉ⧸ ⲑ̅ⲁ̅ⲣ̅ⲁ̅ⲃ̅ⲭ̅ : ϯⲉ	draft · mediumAbra! I invoke you today, for I am
11	9. ⲗ̅ⲁ̅ⲑ̅ⲁ̅ⲑ̅ : ϯⲉ ⲛ̅ⲓ̅ⲏ̅ⲗ̅ : ⲕⲟⲣⲁⲑⲟⲑ : ϯⲉ	draft · lowN.N. […]. I invoke Thōrath; I invoke Laelamth;
12	10. ⲁ̅ⲕ̅ⲣ̅ⲁ̅ⲙ̅ⲁ̅ⲭ̅[ⲁ]ⲙ̣ⲁⲣⲓ : ϯⲉ̅ ⲁ̅ⲣ̅ⲓ̅ⲱ̅ⲙ̅ⲁ : ϯⲉ	draft · mediumI invoke Ōrōmaēl; I invoke Tharabch; I invoke
13	11. ⲕ̅ⲟ̅ⲣ̅ⲁ̅ⲛ̅ⲓ̅ⲏ̅ⲗ̅ : ϯ⧹ⲉ⧸ ⲃ̅ⲱ̅ⲣ̅ⲁ̅ⲃ̅ⲱ̅ⲏ̅ⲗ̅ ϯⲉ	draft · mediumLathath; I invoke Niēl, Korathoth; I invoke
14	12. ⲥ̅ⲟ̅ⲩ̅ⲭ̅ⲱ̅ⲣ̅ⲁ̅ⲃ̅ⲑ̅ : ϯⲉ ⲕ̅ⲟ̅ⲩ̅ⲏ̅ⲗ̅ ⁝ ϯⲉ	draft · mediumAkramachamari; I invoke Ariōma; I invoke
15	13. ⲥ̅ⲁ̅ⲣ̅ⲁ̅ⲙ̅ⲓ̅ⲏ̅ⲗ̅ : ϯⲉ ⲥ̅ⲁ̅ⲏ̅ⲗ̣̅ : ⲛⲉϩⲥⲉ ⲛ̅-	draft · mediumKoraniēl; I invoke Bōrabōēl; I invoke
16	14. ⲙⲱⲧⲛ ϫⲉⲕⲁⲁⲥ ⲉⲧⲉⲧ̣[ⲛ]ⲉⲉⲓ ϣⲁⲣⲟⲓ	draft · mediumSouchōrabth; I invoke Kouēl; I invoke
17	15. ⲙ̣ⲡⲟⲟⲩ ⲃⲁⲗ ⲡⲁⲅⲅⲉ̣ⲗⲟⲥ̣ ⲡ̣ⲁϯ-	draft · mediumSaramiēl; I invoke Saēl: arise, all
18	16. ⲙⲉ̣ⲥ̣ ⲛϩⲏ⧹ⲧ⧸ⲛ ϩⲁⲙⲏ[ⲛ . . . ] ϯⲱ̣ϣ	draft · highof you, so that you come to me
19	17. [vacat] [ ca. 5 ? ]ⲉ̣ ⸗	draft · lowtoday; send(?) the angel who
20	p. 3	draft · guess[…]
21	→
22	1. ⲛⲡⲉⲛⲓⲡⲉ ⲡⲁ ⲛⲓⲃ̣ⲁ̣ⲗ̣ ⲛⲕⲱϩⲧ
23	2. ⲕⲟⲓ⧸ : ⲉⲧⲓ ⲉⲧⲓ ⲧⲁⲭⲩ ⲃ : ϩⲛ ϭⲟⲙ :
24	3. ⲁⲥⲱⲧⲱⲑ : ⲁⲙⲓⲱⲏⲗ : ⲃⲱⲭⲱⲭ	draft · lowof iron, the one of the eyes of fire,
25	4. [kharaktēres ⲡⲭⲕⲏⲁⲅⲛ]	draft · medium[…]: now, now, quickly (twice), in power:
26	5. ⲱⲱⲱ ⲓⲓⲓ	draft · mediumAsōtōth, Amiōēl, Bōchōch
27	6. ⲥⲥⲥ	draft · high[magical signs]
28	[tableau: figure holding head]	draft · highōōō iii

Provenance

title: Invocation of Prabaōth
dialect: mixed
source: Kyprianos text 1255 (Invocation (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 4 PCM I 4 P. Mil. Vogl. Copt. 16 · p. 2 l. 1-p. 3 l. 6; copy dated 401 – 600 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/T1255 Invocation of Prabaōth.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 · 21 model drafts (marked “draft”)

Cite as:

Invocation of Prabaōth. Kyprianos text 1255 (Invocation (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 4 PCM I 4 P. Mil. Vogl. Copt. 16 · p. 2 l. 1-p. 3 l. 6; copy dated 401 – 600 CE. Layers as published by the Kemetic project (Yousef Hanna), 2026: Coptic · Cairene · Kemetic, /doc/magic/kyprianos-coptic-magical-texts/t1255-invocation-of-prabaoth.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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English
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