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share: attributionlycopolitanSource: Kyprianos text 1506 (Letter (documentary)), 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 1 PCM I 1 P. Kell. Copt. 35 P. Kellis V 35 Excavation no. P88 + P77B + P79 + P92.49 · Ro, Vo col. 2 ll. 23-50; copy dated 351 – 390 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
32 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 | front (→) | |
| 2 | 23. ϯϣⲓⲛⲉ ⲁⲣⲁⲕ ⲧⲟⲛⲟⲩ ϯϣⲗⲏⲗ ϩⲁ | |
| 3 | 24. ⲡⲕ̅ⲟⲩϫⲉⲓⲧⲉ ⲛ̅ⲟⲩⲛⲁϭ ⲛ̅ⲟⲩⲁⲓϣ | |
| 4 | 25. ϣⲁϯⲟⲩⲁϣⲧⲕ̅ ⲛ̅ⲕⲉⲥⲁⲡ ϩⲛ̅ ⲡⲥⲱⲙⲁ | |
| 5 | 26. ⲛ̅ⲧⲉⲡⲁⲣⲉϣⲉ ϫⲱⲕ ⲁⲃⲁⲗ ϯⲱⲣⲕ ⲛⲉⲕ | |
| 6 | 27. ⲙ̅ⲡⲛ̅ϫⲁⲓⲥ ⲡⲁⲣⲁⲕⲗⲏⲧⲟⲥ ⲙⲛ̅ ⲡⲥⲁⲩⲛⲉ | draft · mediumI greet you warmly. I pray for |
| 7 | 28. ⲛ̅ⲧⲙⲏⲉ ϫⲉ ⲡⲉⲧⲁⲓ̈ϭⲛⲧϥ ⲡⲉ ⲡⲉⲓ ⲉϥϩⲏⲛ | draft · lowyour health for a long time, |
| 8 | 29. ⲁⲣⲁⲓ̈ ⲁⲓ̈ⲧⲁⲭⲩ ⲁⲓ̈ⲥⲁϩϥ ⲁⲓ̈ⲧⲛ̅ⲛⲁⲩϥ | draft · mediumuntil I greet you again in the body |
| 9 | 30. ⲛⲉⲕ ϫⲉ ⲉⲣⲉⲡⲕⲉⲟⲩⲉ ⲥⲏϩ ⲁⲩ[ⲕⲟ]ⲩⲓ ⲛ̅ⲗⲉⲕ- | draft · mediumand my joy is complete. I swear to you |
| 10 | 31. ⲙⲉ ⲛ̅ⲭⲁⲣⲧⲏⲥ ⲙ̅ⲡⲓϭⲛⲧϥ ⲉⲓϣⲁϭⲛⲧϥ | draft · mediumby the Lord the Paraclete and the knowledge |
| 11 | 32. ϯⲛⲁⲧⲛ̅ⲛⲁⲩϥ ⲛⲉⲕ ⲉⲓ̈ⲥⲁⲩⲛⲉ ϩ̣ⲱ̣ⲧ ⲟ̣ | draft · lowof the truth, that the one I found is the one that is near |
| 12 | 33. ϫⲉ ⲛ̅ⲛⲟ̣ⲩ̣ⲛⲧϥ ⲁⲡⲥⲁⲛ ⲕⲁⲗⲗⲓⲕⲗⲏ- | draft · mediumto me; I hurried, I wrote it, I sent it |
| 13 | 34. ⲧⲉⲓ ϯⲧⲛ̅ⲛⲁⲩϥ ϫⲉ ⲛ̅ⲧⲁⲓ̈ⲥⲉϩ ⲡⲉⲓ ⲙⲛ̅ | draft · lowto you. Since the other one is written, they [took] a leaf |
| 14 | 35. ⲧⲟⲧ ⲁⲓ̈ⲧⲛ̅ⲛⲁⲩϥ̣ ⲉⲓ̈ϫⲱ ⲙ̅ⲙⲁⲥ ϫⲉ | draft · mediumof papyrus; I did not find it; if I find it, |
| 15 | 36. ⲧⲁⲭⲁ ⲧⲕⲭⲣⲓⲁ ⲧⲉ ϯⲣ̅ ⲁⲝⲓⲟⲩ ⲙⲙ̅ⲁⲕ | draft · mediumI will send it to you. I know also |
| 16 | 37. ⲡⲁϫⲁⲓⲥ ⲡⲁⲥⲁⲛ ϫⲉⲕⲁⲥϩⲉⲓ̈ ⲛⲓⲧⲉⲧⲣⲁⲥ | draft · lowthat the brother Kallikletes(?) does not have it; |
| 17 | 38. ⲛⲏⲓ̈ ⲉⲧⲁⲓⲧⲛ̅ⲛⲁⲩⲥⲉ ⲛⲉⲕ ϯⲛⲁⲧⲣⲟⲩⲛ̅ | draft · lowI am sending it, because I wrote this with |
| 18 | 39. ⲧⲉⲧⲥⲏϩ ⲛⲉⲕ ⲁⲛ ϫⲉⲕⲁⲙ̅ⲙⲉ ϫⲉ ⲛ̅- | draft · mediummy own hand; I sent it, saying that |
| 19 | 40. ⲧⲁⲩⲡⲱϩ ⲁⲧⲟ ⲁⲛⲟ ⲁⲃⲁⲗ ⲙ̅- | draft · mediumperhaps you need it. I beg you, |
| 20 | 41. ⲡϥⲣ ⲁⲙⲉⲗⲉⲓ ⲁⲥⲁϩⲟⲩ ⲧⲁⲭⲩ ⲕⲧ̣ⲛ̣- | draft · lowmy lord brother, that […] these quires |
| 21 | 42. ⲛ̣ⲁⲩⲥⲉ ⲛⲏⲓ̣ ⲛ̅ⲧⲟⲧϥ ⲛ̅ⲟⲩⲉ [vacat] ⲉϥⲥⲙⲁⲙ[ⲁ]/ⲧ\ | draft · lowto me which I sent you; I will […] |
| 22 | back (↓) | draft · guessthey have reached […] from […]. |
| 23 | (written 90 degrees counterclockwise to front) | draft · mediumDo not neglect to write them quickly; you should |
| 24 | 1 [43] ϫⲉ ⲡⲁϫⲉⲩ ϫⲉ ⲉⲛⲟⲩⲱϣ ⲧⲣⲉⲕⲉⲟⲩⲉ ⲥϩⲉⲓ ⲛ̣̅ⲕⲉⲕⲉⲩⲉ ϯⲛⲟⲩ ⲙ- | draft · lowsend them to me through someone who is blessed(?). |
| 25 | 2 [44] ⲡⲣⲣ ⲁⲙⲉⲗⲉⲓ ⲁⲧⲛ̅ⲛⲁⲩⲥⲉ ⲛ̅ϭⲗⲁⲙ ⲙ̅ⲡⲱⲣ ⲁⲓ̈ⲉⲧϥ ⲛ̅ⲛⲁϭ ⲛ̅ⲥϩⲉⲓ̈ ϫⲉ | |
| 26 | 3 [45] ⲡⲁϫⲉⲩ ϫⲉ ⲁⲛⲭⲁⲣⲧⲏⲥ ⲟⲩⲱ ⲁⲗⲗⲁ ⲟⲩⲥϩⲉⲓ ⲉϥⲣ ϣⲉⲩ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲉⲕ- | |
| 27 | 4 [46] ⲥⲁϩⲟⲩ ϯⲛⲁϭⲛ̅ ⲡⲕϣⲓⲃⲉ ϩⲱⲧ ⲁⲛⲁⲕ ⲟⲩⲥⲉϭⲉ ⲉⲛ ϣⲓⲛⲉ ⲛⲏⲓ | |
| 28 | [vacat] | draft · lowFor they said: 'We want you to write others.' Now, do |
| 29 | 5 [47] ⲧⲟⲛⲟⲩ ⲁⲛⲉⲧϯ ⲙ̅ⲧⲁⲛ ϩⲏⲧ ⲛⲉⲕ ϩⲛ ⲡⲥⲉϫⲉ ⲙⲛ̅ ⲡϩⲱⲃ | draft · lownot neglect to send the bundle(?) of […]; I made it a great writing, for |
| 30 | 6 [48] ϩⲱⲃ ⲉⲕⲟⲩⲁϣϥ ⲛ̅ⲛⲓⲙⲁ̣ ⲕⲉⲗⲉⲩⲉ ⲛⲏⲓ ϯⲛⲁⲉϥ ⲉⲓⲣⲉϣⲉ ⲱⲛϩ | draft · lowthey said: 'We have papyrus(?)', but a writing that is useful; and if you |
| 31 | 7 [49] ⲛⲕ̅ⲟⲩϫⲉⲓ̈ⲧⲉ ⲛ̅ⲟⲩⲛⲁϭ ⲛ̅- | draft · guesswrite it, I will find your exchange too. I […]; greet me |
| 32 | 8 [50] ⲟⲩⲁⲓϣ ⲡⲁϫⲁⲓⲥ ⲡⲁⲥⲁⲛ |
Provenance
- title
- Private letter from Ouales to Psais.
- dialect
- lycopolitan
- source
- Kyprianos text 1506 (Letter (documentary)), 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 1 PCM I 1 P. Kell. Copt. 35 P. Kellis V 35 Excavation no. P88 + P77B + P79 + P92.49 · Ro, Vo col. 2 ll. 23-50; copy dated 351 – 390 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
- 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/T1506 Private letter from Ouales to Psais..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 · 23 model drafts (marked “draft”)
L0 witness
English
Cite as:
Private letter from Ouales to Psais.. Kyprianos text 1506 (Letter (documentary)), 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 1 PCM I 1 P. Kell. Copt. 35 P. Kellis V 35 Excavation no. P88 + P77B + P79 + P92.49 · Ro, Vo col. 2 ll. 23-50; copy dated 351 – 390 CE. Layers as published by the Kemetic project (Yousef Hanna), 2026: Coptic · Cairene · Kemetic, /doc/magic/kyprianos-coptic-magical-texts/t1506-private-letter-from-ouales-to-psais.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.