Separation spell — Coptic · Cairene

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Source: Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "magical-papyri", document Pap.Copt.Mag.I_1

Attribution: Separation spell from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus magical-papyri, document Pap.Copt.Mag.I_1, version 6.3.0 (2026-05-31), annotations by Sophie-Charlotte Gissat, Caroline T. Schroeder; source edition T350. Licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Layers L1/L2 are modified: re-spelled (Cairene) / transliterated (Kemetic) by the Kemetic project, Yousef Hanna 2026.

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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	Ἐπικαλοῦμαί σε τὸν̣ ἐπὶ ἀρχῆς ὄντα τὸν καθήμενον ἐπάνω χερουβὶν καὶ σαρουφὶν
2	ⲡⲉⲧⲁϩⲁⲣⲉⲧϥ ⲁϫ̣ⲛ̅ⲙ̅ⲙⲓϣⲉ ⲙⲛ̅ⲛ̅ϯⲧⲱⲛ ⲡⲉⲧⲁϩⲱϫ[ⲡ] ⲛ̅ⲛ̅ⲧⲏⲟⲩ ϩⲛ̅ⲧϥⲛⲁϭ ⲛ̅ⲉⲝⲟⲩⲥⲓⲁ	who stand over the conflicts and the strifes, who shut up the winds through your great authority;
3	ⲛ̅ⲑ[ⲉ ⲉ]ⲧ̣ⲁⲕⲣ̅ⲡⲕⲁϩ̣ ⲛ̅ⲕⲏⲙⲉ ⲛ̣ϫⲁⲓ̈ⲥ ⲁⲕⲛⲟⲩ[ϫⲉ] ⲛ̅ϩⲛ̅ϯⲧⲱⲛ ⲁϫⲛ̅ⲛ̅ⲭⲁⲗⲇⲁⲓⲟⲥ	just as you made the land of Egypt lord and you cast strifes upon the Chaldaeans.
4	ⲛ̅ⲧⲱ[ⲧⲛ] ⲡ̣ⲉϯⲧⲉⲟⲩⲟ ⲛ̅ⲛⲓⲣⲉⲛ ⲁϫⲱⲧⲛ̅ ⲛ̅ⲧⲟ .. ⲓ̣̈ⲣ ⲉⲧϫⲡⲟ ⲉⲧⲕⲏⲙ ‧ ⲙⲁⲣⲉⲛⲓⲙ ⲡϣⲏⲣⲉ ⲣⲉ ⲛ̣ⲛⲓⲙ ⲙⲁⲣⲉⲡⲟⲩϩⲏⲧ ⲕⲙⲁⲙ ⲙⲛ̅ⲛⲟⲩⲉⲣⲏ̣ⲟⲩ ‧̇	It is you (pl.) upon whom I pronounce these names, O ... that give birth(?), that are black, may NN son of NN, may their heart become black with one another!
5	ⲡϩⲁⲥⲃ̣̅ ⲛ̣̅ⲡⲓⲛⲉ̣ ⲛ̅ⲧⲁⲣⲁⲃⲓⲁ ⲛ̅ⲑⲉ ⲉⲧⲕ̅ⲛⲁⲓ̈ⲱⲉ ⲛ̅ϩⲛⲟ ⲛⲓⲙ ⲁⲃⲁⲗ ⲉⲕⲁⲓ̈ⲱⲉ ⲙ̅ⲡⲟⲩⲱϣⲉ ⲉⲧⲟⲩⲧⲱⲟⲩ ϣⲁⲛⲟⲩⲉⲣⲏⲟⲩ	O natron in the likeness(?) of Arabia, just as you will wash away all things, may you wash ‹away› their desire that they have for one another!
6	ⲛ̅ⲧⲁⲕ ⲇⲉ ⲡϫⲱϥ ⲙ̅ⲡϣⲗⲧⲉⲙ ⲉⲕⲁϯ ⲡϫⲱϥ ⲙⲛ̅ⲡⲣⲱⲭ̣ϩ ⲁⲡⲟⲩϩⲏⲧ ϣⲁⲛⲟⲩⲉⲣⲏⲟⲩ	And you, O scorching of the mustard, may you put scorching and burning in their hearts towards one another!
7	ⲡⲏⲓ̈ ⲉϯⲛⲁⲕⲁⲕ ⲛ̅ϩⲏⲧϥ ⲙ̅ⲡⲣ̅ⲉⲓ ⲁⲃⲁⲗ ⲛ̅ϩⲏⲧϥ ⲉⲙⲡⲕ̅ⲧⲟ̣ⲩ̣ⲛⲟⲩⲥ ⲛ̅ⲟⲩⲙⲓϣⲉ ⲙⲛ̅ⲟⲩϯⲧⲱⲛ ⲙⲛ̅ⲟⲩϭⲉⲣⲁⲩⲛⲟⲥ ⲙⲛ̅ⲇͅ ἣ̣ν̣ ⲇͅ ⲛ̅ⲧⲁⲥ ⲇͅ ὃν ⲇͅ	The house in which I shall place you, do not leave it before you have awoken a conflict and a strife and a thunderbolt with NN, daughter of NN, she ‹and› NN, son of NN!
8	ⲉⲕⲁ̣ⲧⲉⲟⲩⲟ ⲛⲓϣⲉϫⲉ ⲁϫⲱ̣ⲟⲩ	You should pronounce these words over them.
9	ⲁϥϫⲱⲕ	draft · mediumIt is finished.

Provenance

title: Separation spell
dialect: lycopolitan
source: Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "magical-papyri", document Pap.Copt.Mag.I_1
licence: CC-BY 4.0
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attribution: Separation spell from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus magical-papyri, document Pap.Copt.Mag.I_1, version 6.3.0 (2026-05-31), annotations by Sophie-Charlotte Gissat, Caroline T. Schroeder; source edition T350. Licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Layers L1/L2 are modified: re-spelled (Cairene) / transliterated (Kemetic) by the Kemetic project, Yousef Hanna 2026.
annotation: segmentation checked · tagging checked · parsing automatic (SCRIPTORIUM meta.json; document version 6.3.0, 2026-05-31)
file: Magic/Magical papyri/Pap.Copt.Mag.I_1.lycopolitan.scriptorium.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: 7 quoted · 0 quoted with the alignment not cross-checked · 1 model drafts (marked “draft”)
quoted from: Korshi Dosoo, Edward O. D. Love, Markéta Preininger — aligned in Coptic SCRIPTORIUM magical-papyri, Pap.Copt.Mag.I_1 (7 lines)

Cite as:

Separation spell. Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "magical-papyri", document Pap.Copt.Mag.I_1. Layers as published by the Kemetic project (Yousef Hanna), 2026: Coptic · Cairene · Kemetic, /doc/magic/magical-papyri/pap.copt.mag.i-1.lycopolitan.scriptorium/. Separation spell from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus magical-papyri, document Pap.Copt.Mag.I_1, version 6.3.0 (2026-05-31), annotations by Sophie-Charlotte Gissat, Caroline T. Schroeder; source edition T350. Licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Layers L1/L2 are modified: re-spelled (Cairene) / transliterated (Kemetic) by the Kemetic project, Yousef Hanna 2026.

What the layers are

L0 witness
The text as its witness or edition has it, original spelling; its dialect is a description and is never standardized.

L0.5 transliteration
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).

L1 Cairene
Standardized Greco-Bohairic spelling and grammar, generated by code from the layer above under the rulings of the project.

L2 Kemetic
The Kemetic alphabet, generated by code from L1.

English
Quoted translations where they exist, credited; otherwise model drafts, marked as drafts.