PCM 1.6: Horus-Isis narrative charm for sleep or love

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Source: Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "magical-papyri", document Pap.Copt.Mag.I_6

Attribution: PCM 1.6: Horus-Isis narrative charm for sleep or love from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus magical-papyri, document Pap.Copt.Mag.I_6, version 6.3.0 (2026-06-08), annotations by Sophie-Charlotte Gissat, Caroline T. Schroeder, Amir Zeldes; source edition T74. 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.

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1⳨ ⲥⲱⲧⲙ ⲉϩⲱⲣ ⲉϥⲣⲓⲙⲉ · ⲥⲱⲧⲙ ⲉϩⲱⲣ ⲉϥⲁϣⲁϩⲟⲙ⳨ Listen to Horus, crying, listen to Horus, groaning:
2ϫⲉⲁⲓϩⲓⲥⲉ ⲟⲩⲟⲑ ⲉⲥⲁϣϥⲉ ⲛ̅ⲛⲟⲩⲥⲉ ϫⲓⲛ ⲉⲡϣⲟⲙⲧⲉ ⲙⲡⲉϩⲟⲟⲩ ϣⲁϫⲡϥⲧⲟ ⲛ̅ⲧⲉⲩϣⲏ'I have suffered, melting for seven women(?) from the third ‹hour› of the day until the fourth hour of the night.
3ⲙⲡⲉⲟⲩⲉⲓ ⲙⲙⲟⲩ ϩⲓⲛⲏⲃ ⲙⲡⲉⲓ̈ⲟⲩⲉⲓ ⲙⲙⲟⲩ ϫⲓⲣⲉⲕⲣⲓⲕⲉ ·Not one of them sleeps, not one of them dozes.'
4ⲁⲏⲥⲉ ⲧⲉϥⲙⲁⲁⲩ ⲣ̅ⲟⲩⲱ ⲛⲁϥ ⲛ̅ϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲉⲡⲣ̅ⲡⲉ ⲛ̅ϩⲁⲃⲓⲛ · ⲉⲣⲉⲡⲉⲥϩⲟ ⲕⲉⲧ ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲉϫⲛ̅ⲥⲁϣϥⲉ ⲛⲟⲩⲥⲉ ⲉⲣⲉⲥⲁϣϥⲉ ⲛⲟⲩⲥⲉ ⲕⲏⲧ ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲉϫⲙⲡⲉⲥϩⲟ ·Isis, his mother, replied to him from within the temple of Habin, her face turned towards seven women(?), seven women(?) turned towards her face:
5ϫⲉϩⲱⲣ ⲁϩⲣⲟⲕ ⲉⲕⲣⲓⲙⲉ'Horus, why are you crying?
6ϩⲱⲣ ⲁϩⲣⲟⲕ ⲉⲕⲁϣⲁϩⲟⲙHorus, why are you groaning?'
7ϫⲉⲛ̣̅ⲧⲉ̣ⲟⲩⲱϣ ⲧⲁⲣⲓⲙⲉ ⲁⲛDo you want me not to cry?
8ⲛ̅ⲧⲉⲟⲩⲱϣ ⲧⲁⲁϣⲁϩⲟⲙ ⲁⲛ ϫⲓⲛ ⲉⲡϫⲡϣⲟⲙⲧⲉ ⲙⲡⲉϩⲟⲟⲩ ϣⲁϫⲡϥⲧⲟ ⲛ̅ⲧⲉⲩϣⲏ ·Do you want me not to groan from the third hour of the day to the fourth hour of the night?
9ⲉⲓⲟⲩⲱⲑ ⲉⲥⲁϣϥⲉ ⲛⲟⲩⲥⲉI am melting for seven women(?).
10ⲙⲡⲉⲟⲩⲉⲓ ⲙⲙⲟⲩ ϩⲓⲛⲏϥ ⲙⲡⲉⲟⲩⲉⲓ ⲙⲙⲟⲩ ϫⲓⲣⲉⲕⲣⲓⲕⲉ ·Not one of them sleeps, not one of them dozes.'
11ⲕⲁⲉⲓ ⲙⲡⲉ̣[ⲕϭⲛⲧ] ⲙⲡⲉⲕϭⲓⲛⲉ ⲙⲡⲁⲣⲁⲛ · ϫⲓ ⲛⲁⲕ ⲛⲟⲩⲁⲡⲟ[ⲧ ϩⲓ]ⲟⲩϣⲏⲙ ⲙⲟⲟⲩ ·'Even if(?) [you] did not [find me], and you did not find my name, take a cup [and] a little water,
12ⲉⲓⲉⲟⲩⲕⲟ[ⲩⲓ ⲛⲛⲓ]ⲃⲉ ⲉⲓⲉⲛⲛⲓⲃⲉ ⲛ̅ⲣⲱⲕ ⲉⲓⲉ̣ⲛⲛⲓϥⲉ ⲛ̅ϣ̣[ⲁⲛⲧⲕ] ⲛ̅ⲅ̅ⲙⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲉⲡⲉⲥⲏⲧ ⲉϫⲱⲟⲩwhether a little breath or a breath of your mouth or a breath of [your nose], and recite down over them,
13ϫ̣ⲉⲡⲕⲉ̅ⲭⲏ̣[....] ⲡⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲟⲥ ⲥⲛⲁⲩ ⲛⲧⲁⲩⲟⲩⲱϩ ⲉⲧⲟⲟⲧⲟⲩ ⲁⲩ[ϩⲓ]ⲛⲏϥ ⲉϫⲛⲁϥⲧⲓⲙⲉⲗⲉⲭ ⲛ̅ϣⲃⲉ ⲥⲛⲟⲟⲥ̣ ⲉⲛ[ⲣⲟⲙⲡⲉ] ⲟⲩⲱϩ ⲉⲧⲟⲟⲧⲧⲏⲩⲧⲛ ⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ ⲉϫⲙ̅ⲇͅⲇͅ‘O ... O two angels through whom sleep was set upon Abdemelech for seventy-two [years], set sleep upon NN, child of NN;
14ⲛ̅ⲧⲉⲧ[ⲛ]ϩⲣⲟϣ ⲉϫⲛ̅ⲧϥⲁⲡⲉ ⲛⲑⲉ ⲛⲟⲩⲕⲟⲧ ⲛ̅ⲥⲓⲕⲉ ⲉϫⲛⲛϥⲃⲁⲗ ⲛⲑⲉ ⲛⲟⲩϭⲟⲟⲩⲛⲉ ⲛϣⲱmake his head heavy like a millstone, upon his eyes like a sack of sand,
15ϣⲁⲛϯϫⲱⲕ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲙⲡⲁⲏⲧⲏⲙⲁ ⲧⲁⲉⲓⲣⲉ ⲙⲡⲟⲩⲱϣ ⲙⲡⲁϩⲏⲧ ⲉⲧⲓ ⲉⲧⲓ ⲧⲁⲭⲏ ⲧⲁⲭⲏuntil I complete my demand, and I fulfil the desire of my heart, now, now, quickly quickly!''

Provenance

L0 witness

title
PCM 1.6: Horus-Isis narrative charm for sleep or love
dialect
sahidic
source
Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "magical-papyri", document Pap.Copt.Mag.I_6
licence
CC-BY 4.0
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attribution
PCM 1.6: Horus-Isis narrative charm for sleep or love from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus magical-papyri, document Pap.Copt.Mag.I_6, version 6.3.0 (2026-06-08), annotations by Sophie-Charlotte Gissat, Caroline T. Schroeder, Amir Zeldes; source edition T74. 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, 2026-06-08)
file
Magic/Magical papyri/Pap.Copt.Mag.I_6.sahidic.scriptorium.L0.txt

English

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
15 quoted · 0 quoted with the alignment not cross-checked · 0 model drafts (marked “draft”)
quoted from
Roxanna Bélanger Sarrazin, Korshi Dosoo, Edward O. D. Love, Markéta Preininger — aligned in Coptic SCRIPTORIUM magical-papyri, Pap.Copt.Mag.I_6 (15 lines)

Cite as:

PCM 1.6: Horus-Isis narrative charm for sleep or love. Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "magical-papyri", document Pap.Copt.Mag.I_6. Layers as published by the Kemetic project (Yousef Hanna), 2026: Coptic · Cairene · Kemetic, /doc/magic/magical-papyri/pap.copt.mag.i-6.sahidic.scriptorium/. PCM 1.6: Horus-Isis narrative charm for sleep or love from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus magical-papyri, document Pap.Copt.Mag.I_6, version 6.3.0 (2026-06-08), annotations by Sophie-Charlotte Gissat, Caroline T. Schroeder, Amir Zeldes; source edition T74. 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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L0 witness
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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).
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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.