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share: attribution—Source: Kyprianos text 1559 (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) PCM 1 32 PCM I 32 P. Heid. Inv. Kopt. 518 P. Baden 5 131 P. Bad. 5 131 P. Baden V 131 P. Bad. V 13 · Ro ll. 28-34 - Vo ll. 1-38; copy dated 901 – 1000 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
58 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 | Recto | |
| 2 | 28. [ .? ]ⲛ̣ · ϣⲟ̅ⲩ̅ⲣ̅ⲁ̅ⲛ̅ · ϣⲟ̅ⲩ̅ⲧ̅ⲁ̅ⲃ̅ⲓ̅ⲛ̅ · ϣⲟ̅ⲩ̅ⲣ̅ⲁ̅ⲃ̅ⲁ̅ⲧ̅ⲁ̅ⲛ ϣⲟⲩ̅ⲣ̅ⲁ̅ⲭ̅ⲁ̅ⲛ̅ | |
| 3 | 29. [ .? ]ⲃ̅ⲁ̅ⲛ · ϣ̅ⲟ̅ⲩ̅ϣ̅ϥ · ϣⲟ̅ⲩ̅ⲣ̅ⲁ̅ⲭ̅ⲁ̅ⲏ̅ⲗ · ⲡⲣ̅ⲓ̅ⲙ̅ · ⲡⲣ̅ⲓ̅ⲙ̅ⲡ̅ⲉ · ⲁ . ̅. ̅. ̅ | |
| 4 | 30. [ .? ] . ⲡ̅ⲁ̅ⲧ̅ⲃ̅ⲟ̅ⲩ̅ⲕ̅ⲁ̅ⲛ̅ⲓ̅ⲁ̅ⲁ · ⲡⲍ̅ⲉ̅ⲩ̅ⲥ̅ · ⲡⲇ̅ⲓ̅ⲁ̅ⲃ̅ⲟ̅ⲗ̅ⲟ̅ⲥ · ⲡⲁⲡⲟ[ⲗⲗⲱⲛ] | |
| 5 | 31. [ .? ]ⲁ̣ ⲡ̅ⲕ̅ⲟ̅ⲛ̅ⲟ̅ⲥ · ⲡ̅ϣ̅ⲟ̅ⲩ̅ϣ̅ϥ · ⲡ̅ⲁ̅ⲛ̅ϯ̅ⲛ̅ⲟ̅ⲥ̅ · ⲡ̅ⲁ̅ⲛ̅ϯ̅ⲧ̅ⲟ̅ⲥ̅ · | |
| 6 | 32. [ .? ]ⲁ̣ⲕ ϩⲓⲧⲟⲟⲧⲕ ϫⲓⲛ ⲉϣⲟⲣ̅ⲡ̅ · ⲁⲕⲃⲱⲕ ⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ ⲉ- | |
| 7 | 33. [ .? ] ⲛⲉⲓⲉⲣⲟ · ⲁⲕⲙⲁϩⲟⲩ ⲙⲡⲁⲑⲟⲥ ϩⲓ ⲉⲡⲓⲑⲩⲙⲓⲁ | |
| 8 | 34. [ϩⲓ . . . . ] ϩⲓ ⲡⲟⲛⲏⲣⲓⲁ · ϩⲓ ⲙⲉ · ϩⲓ ⲟⲩⲱϣ · ϩⲓ ⲗⲓⲃⲉ · ϯⲱⲣ̣[ⲕ] | draft · low[…]n, Shouran, Shoutabin, Shourabatan, Shourachan, |
| 9 | 35. [ⲉⲣⲟⲕ ϩⲓ ⲧⲁⲡⲟ]ⲗ̣ⲟⲅⲓⲁ · ϫⲉⲕⲁⲥ ⲙⲁ ⲛⲓⲙ ⲉⲧⲉ̣ⲩ̣ⲛⲁⲕⲱ · [ⲙ̅ⲙⲟⲕ] | draft · low[…]ban, Shoushf, Shourachaēl, Prim, Primpe, A[…], |
| 10 | Verso | draft · low[…]a, the Konos, the Shoushf, the Antinos, the Antitos, |
| 11 | 1. [ⲛ̅ϩⲏⲧϥ̅ ⲟⲩϣ]ⲧ̣ⲟⲣⲧⲣ · ⲙⲛ [ⲟ]ⲩ̣ⲗⲓ̣ⲃ̣[ⲉ ca. 18-22 ] | draft · low[…] these rivers(?); you filled them with passion and desire, |
| 12 | 2. [ . . . . ] ⲉⲥⲉⲓ ⲉⲣⲁⲧϥ̣ ⲛⲇ̣̅ⲇ̣̅ ⲛ̣[ⲥ ca. 16-20 ] . . . . | draft · medium[and …] and wickedness and love and longing and madness. I adjure |
| 13 | 3. [ . . ] . [ . ] ⲙ̣ⲛ ⲟⲩⲟⲩⲱ̣ϣ ⲉⲛⲁⲧⲃ̣ⲱ̣[ⲗ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ] . . . . . . . . . . . . . | draft · low[you by my defen]ce, so that every place where they will put [you] |
| 14 | 4. [ϫ]ⲉ̣ⲕⲁⲥ ⲉⲕⲉⲃⲱⲕ ϣ̣ⲁ ⲙⲁ ⲛⲓ̣ⲙ̣ [ⲉⲧⲉⲣ]ⲉ̣ⲇⲇ ϣⲟⲟ̣ⲡ̣ ⲛ̣ϩⲏⲧϥ | |
| 15 | 5. ⲛⲕ̣ϩ̣ⲁⲣⲡⲁⲍⲉ ⲙⲙⲟⲥ ⲛⲅⲉⲓⲛ̣ⲉ ⲙ̣ⲙ̣ⲟⲥ ⲉ̣ⲣⲁⲧ̣ϥ ⲛ̣ⲇ̣ⲇ̣ · ϩⲙ | |
| 16 | 6. ⲙ̣ⲁ̣ ⲛⲓⲙ ⲉⲧⲉⲥϣⲟⲟⲡ ⲛϩⲏⲧϥ · ⲕ̣ⲁⲛ ⲉ̣ⲥⲟⲩⲱⲙ ⲕⲁⲛ ⲉⲥⲥⲱ | |
| 17 | 7. ⲕⲁⲛ ⲉⲥϯ ⲉⲕⲓ̣ⲃ̣ⲉ̣ ⲕⲁⲛ ⲉⲥϩⲛ ⲛⲧ̣ⲟ̣ⲟ̣ⲩ̣ ⲕⲁⲛ ⲉⲥϩⲛ ⲙⲙⲟⲟⲩ | draft · low[there may be] disturbance and madness [in it …] |
| 18 | 8. ⲁⲛⲁⲅⲕⲁⲍⲉ ⲙ̅ⲙⲟⲥ ϣⲧⲟⲣⲧⲣ ⲛⲁ̣ⲥ̣ ϣ̣ⲁⲛⲧⲉⲥⲉⲓ ⲉⲣⲁⲧϥ ⲛⲇ̅ⲇ̅ | draft · low[…] that she come to N.N. […] |
| 19 | 9. ϯⲱⲣⲕ ⲉⲣⲟⲕ ⲙⲓⲭ̣ⲁⲏ̣ⲗ ⲛⲟⲩⲟⲉ̣ⲓⲛ ⲉⲧⲉⲕⲁⲗⲏⲩ ⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ ⲉϫⲱϥ | draft · low[…] and a desire that does not dissolve […] |
| 20 | 10. ⲛⲧⲟⲕ ⲙ̣ⲛ̣ ⲛⲉ̣ⲕ̣ϣⲃⲏⲣ ⲉⲧⲛⲙⲙⲁⲕ · ϩⲙ ⲡⲉⲓⲁⲝⲓⲱⲙⲁ ⲛ[ⲟ]ⲩ̣ⲱ̣ⲧ · | draft · mediumso that you go to every place [where] N.N. is, |
| 21 | 11. ϫⲉⲕⲁⲁ̣ⲥ̣ ⲛ̣ⲧⲉ̣ⲩⲛⲟⲩ̣ ⲉⲓⲛⲁⲟⲛⲟⲙⲁⲍⲉ ⲛⲛⲉⲧⲛⲣⲁⲛ ⲧⲁ- | draft · mediumand you seize her and bring her to N.N., in |
| 22 | 12. ⲟ̣ⲩ̣ⲱ̣ϩ̣ ⲙⲙⲱⲧⲛ ϩⲙ ⲡⲉⲓⲕⲱϩⲧ · ⲏ ⲡⲣⲟ ⲙⲡⲏⲓ · ⲏ ⲛⲟⲩϭⲁ̣- | draft · mediumevery place where she is, whether eating or drinking, |
| 23 | 13. ⲗ̣ⲁ̣ϩ̣ⲧ̣ · ⲏ ϩⲛ ⲟⲩⲛⲉϩ · ϩ̣ⲁ̣ⲡⲗⲱⲥ ⲙⲁ ⲛⲓⲙ ⲉϣⲁⲓⲟⲛⲟⲙⲁ- | draft · mediumor giving the breast, or in the mountains, or in the waters: |
| 24 | 14. ⲍ̣ⲉ ⲛⲛⲉⲧⲛⲣⲁⲛ ⲉ·ϩⲣⲁⲓ ⲉ̣ϫ̣ⲱϥ · ⲧⲁⲧⲁⲁϥ ⲛ̅ⲇ̣̅ⲇ̣̅ ⲉⲥ̣ⲉⲉⲓ ⲉⲣⲁ̣- | draft · mediumcompel her, disturb her, until she comes to N.N. |
| 25 | 15. ⲧϥ ⲛⲇ̣̅ⲇ̣̅ · ⲣ̣ⲟ̣ⲙ̣ⲡ̣ⲓ ⲛⲓⲙ · ϩⲓ ⲉⲃⲟⲧ ⲛⲓⲙ · ⲙⲛ ϩⲟⲟⲩ ⲛⲓⲙ ⲉ̣ⲕ̣ⲉ̣- | draft · lowI adjure you, Michaēl of light, who mounts upon it, |
| 26 | 16. ϫⲓ ⲛⲓⲧⲁⲣⲕⲟ ϩⲛ ⲛⲉ̣ⲕ̣ⲙⲁⲁϫⲉ · ⲛⲧⲟⲕ ⲡⲉⲛⲧⲁⲕⲧⲣⲉⲛ̣ⲁ- | draft · mediumyou and your companions who are with you, in this one request, |
| 27 | 17. ⲁϥ ⲉ̣ⲓ̣ ϭⲉ · ⲁⲕⲧⲣⲉⲛϭⲁ̣ⲙ̣ⲟ̣ⲩ̣ⲗ ⲃⲁⲕⲃ̣ⲉⲕ · ⲁⲕⲧⲣⲉⲛⲉϩⲟⲩⲟⲣ̣ | draft · mediumso that at the hour I name your names, I |
| 28 | 18. ⲉ̣ⲓ̣ ϩⲁ̣ ⲡⲉϩⲟⲩⲟⲣ · ⲁⲕⲧⲣⲉⲛ . . . ⲩⲥ̣ . . ϩⲁ ⲡϫⲉ̣ⲩ̣ ⲛ̣ⲧ̣ⲁⲕ̣ | draft · mediumplace you in this fire, or the door of the house, or a |
| 29 | 19. ⲙ̣ⲛ̣ ⲛ̣ⲉ̣ⲕ̣ⲕⲉ̣ϣⲃⲏ̣ⲣ · ⲛ̅ⲧⲟⲕ̣ ⲡⲉ̣ ⲡ̣ⲉ̣ⲧ̣ϣⲧⲟⲣⲧⲣ ⲙ̣ⲡⲗ̣ⲟ̣ⲅ̣ⲓ̣ⲥ̣[ⲙⲟⲥ] | draft · mediumpot, or in oil; simply, every place where I name |
| 30 | 20. ⲙ̣ⲛ̣ ⲙ̣ⲛⲧⲥ̣ⲁⲃⲉ ⲛⲇ̣̅ⲇ̣̅ ⲛⲕⲉⲓⲛⲉ ⲙⲙⲟⲥ ⲉ̣ⲣ̣[ⲁ]ⲧ̣ϥ̣ ⲛ̣ⲇ̣ⲇ̣ . [ . . . . ] | draft · lowyour names over it, I give it to N.N., that she come |
| 31 | 21. ⲛ̣ⲟ̣ϭ ⲛ̣ϭⲟ̣ⲙ̣ ⲧⲁⲭⲏ · ⲟⲩ̅ⲣ̅ⲓ̅ⲭ̅ · ⲙ̅ⲁ̅ⲣ̅ⲓ̅ⲭ̅ · ⲃ̣̅ⲁ̅ⲧ̅ⲱ̣̅ⲗ̅ · . . . [ . . . . ] | draft · mediumto N.N. every year, every month and every day you |
| 32 | 22. ⲙ̣ⲁ̣ ϫ̣ⲟ̣ⲟ̣ⲩ̣ ⲛⲛⲉⲕⲇⲩⲛⲁⲙⲓⲥ ⲛⲥⲉⲃ̣ⲱⲕ ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲉⲡ̣[ⲏⲓ] | draft · mediumreceive these adjurations in your ears. You are the one who made |
| 33 | 23. ⲛ̣ⲇ̣ⲇ̣ ϣ̣ⲁⲛⲧⲉⲥϣⲧⲟⲣⲧⲣ ⲛⲥⲣϩⲃⲁ · ⲛ̣ⲥⲕⲱ ⲛⲥ̣[ⲱⲥ ⲙⲡⲉⲥⲓⲱⲧ] | draft · low[…] come; you made the camel(?) […]; you made the dogs |
| 34 | 24. ⲙ̣ⲛ̣ ⲧⲉⲥⲙ̣ⲁ̣ⲁⲩ · ⲙⲛ ⲡⲉⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲙⲛ ⲛⲉⲥⲩ̅ⲥ̅ · ⲛⲥⲛϣ[ⲟⲧ ⲛⲥⲙⲟⲩϩ] | draft · guesscome after the dog; you made […] under the […], you |
| 35 | 25. ⲛⲟⲩⲱϣ ⲉⲇ̣ⲇ̣ · ϩⲛ ⲟⲩⲟⲩⲱϣ ⲉϥϫⲏϥ ⲙⲛ ⲟⲩⲙⲉ ⲛ[ . . . . ] | draft · mediumand your fellow companions. You are the one who disturbs the reason[ing] |
| 36 | 26. ⲛ[ⲓⲙ] ϩ̣ⲓ̣ ⲉⲡⲓⲑⲩⲙⲓⲁ ⲛⲁⲧⲃⲱⲗ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ϣⲁ ⲉⲛⲉϩ̣ . . . ⲧⲁ[ⲭⲏ] | draft · mediumand the understanding of N.N.; bring her to N.N. […] |
| 37 | Far Right of tableau: | draft · medium[…] send your powers, and let them go into the [house] |
| 38 | 27. ⲅⲣ ⲉⲛⲁⲗ̣ⲉ̣[ . . . . . . . ] | draft · lowand her mother and her husband and her children, and seek [and be filled] |
| 39 | Left of tableau: | |
| 40 | 28. [ⲁ̅ⲡ̅]ⲟ̣̅ⲗ̅ⲗ̅ⲱ̅ⲛ̅ | |
| 41 | 29. [ϣ]ⲟ̅ⲩ̅ϣ̅ϥ | draft · lowWrite on […] |
| 42 | 30. . ⲁ̣̅ⲓ̣̅ⲙ̣̅ⲓ̣ⲥ̣̅ⲕ̣̅ⲏ̣̅ⲥ̣̅ | |
| 43 | _____________ | |
| 44 | 31. ⲧⲁⲣⲟⲩⲓⲛⲉ | |
| 45 | 32. ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲛ ⲉⲓ- | |
| 46 | 33. ⲛ̣ⲉ̣ ⲛⲇ̅ⲇ̅ | draft · mediumApollōn, |
| 47 | 34. ⲉ̣ⲣⲁⲧϥ ⲛⲇ̅ⲇ̅ | draft · mediumShoushf, |
| 48 | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | draft · lowAimiskēs, |
| 49 | Right of tableau: | draft · lowTarouine: |
| 50 | 35. (kharaktēres: +++++++) | draft · mediumN.N. |
| 51 | 36. ϣ̅ⲟ̅ⲩ̅ⲣ̅ⲓ̅ⲙ̅ | draft · mediumto N.N. |
| 52 | 37. ϣ̣̅ⲟ̅ⲩ̅ⲣ̅ⲁ̅ⲣ̅ⲁ̅ⲧ̣̅ | |
| 53 | 38. ⲡ̅ⲉ̅ⲥ̣̅ⲣ̣̅ .̅ ̅.̅ .̅ ⲁ̅ | |
| 54 | 49. (kharaktēres: ΧΜ) | |
| 55 | 40. (kharaktēr: Μ) | |
| 56 | 41. (kharaktēr: Υ) | |
| 57 | 42. (kharaktēr) | draft · lowShourim, |
| 58 | 43. (kharaktēr: Α) | draft · lowShourarat, |
Provenance
- title
- Love spell
- source
- Kyprianos text 1559 (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) PCM 1 32 PCM I 32 P. Heid. Inv. Kopt. 518 P. Baden 5 131 P. Bad. 5 131 P. Baden V 131 P. Bad. V 13 · Ro ll. 28-34 - Vo ll. 1-38; copy dated 901 – 1000 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/T1559 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.
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- 0 quoted · 0 quoted with the alignment not cross-checked · 37 model drafts (marked “draft”)
L0 witness
English
Cite as:
Love spell. Kyprianos text 1559 (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) PCM 1 32 PCM I 32 P. Heid. Inv. Kopt. 518 P. Baden 5 131 P. Bad. 5 131 P. Baden V 131 P. Bad. V 13 · Ro ll. 28-34 - Vo ll. 1-38; copy dated 901 – 1000 CE. Layers as published by the Kemetic project (Yousef Hanna), 2026: Coptic · Cairene · Kemetic, /doc/magic/kyprianos-coptic-magical-texts/t1559-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.
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