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Attribution: PCM 1.7: Love spell using Horus-Isis narrative charm from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus magical-papyri, document Pap.Copt.Mag.I_7, version 6.3.0 (2026-06-08), annotations by Sophie-Charlotte Gissat, Caroline T. Schroeder, Amir Zeldes; source edition T340. 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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19 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 | ⳨ ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲇͅ ⲇͅ ⲁⲓⲃⲱⲕ ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ ϩⲛ̅ⲟⲩⲣⲟ ⲛⲱⲛⲉ ⲁⲉⲓ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ϩⲛⲟⲩⲣⲟ ⲙⲡⲉⲛⲓⲡⲉ ⲁⲓⲃⲱⲕ ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲛⲥⲁϫⲱⲓ̈ ⲁⲓⲉⲓ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲛ̅ⲥⲁⲣⲁⲧ | ⳨ “I, NN, child of NN, went in through a door of stone, I came out through a door of iron. I went in headfirst, I came out feet first. |
| 2 | ⲁⲓϭⲓ̈ⲛⲉ ⲛ̅ⲥⲁϣϥ ⲙⲡⲁⲣⲑⲉⲛⲟⲥ ⲉⲩϩⲙⲟⲟⲥ ϩⲓϫⲛ̅ⲟⲩⲡⲩⲅⲏ ⲙ̅ⲙⲟ̅ⲟ̅ⲩ | I found seven maidens sitting by a well of water. |
| 3 | ⲁⲓⲟⲩⲱϣ ⲙⲡ̇ⲟⲩⲱϣ | I desired, ‹but› they did not desire. |
| 4 | ⲁⲓⲡⲓⲑⲉ ⲙⲡⲟⲩⲡⲓⲑⲉ · | I was seduced ‹but› they were not seduced. |
| 5 | ⲁⲓⲟⲩⲱϣ ⲉⲙⲉⲣⲉ ⲛⲓⲙ̅ ⲧϣ ⲛ̅ⲛⲓⲙ · ⲧⲟⲥ ⲇⲉ ⲙⲡⲉⲥⲟⲩⲱϣ ⲉϫⲓ̈ ⲛⲧⲁⲡⲓ̈ · | I wanted to love NN, the daughter of NN, but she, she did not want me to kiss her. |
| 6 | ⲁⲓⲧⲟⲕⲧ ⲁⲓ̅ⲁϩⲉⲣⲁⲧ ⲁⲓⲣⲓⲙⲉ ⲁⲓⲁϣⲁϩⲟⲙ ϣⲁⲛⲧⲉⲛⲣⲙⲉⲓⲟⲟⲩⲉ ⲛⲁⲃⲁⲗ ϩⲱⲃⲥ ⲛ̅ϭⲟⲡ ⲛⲣⲁⲧ | I fortified myself, I stood, I cried and I groaned until the tears of my eyes covered ‹the› soles of my feet.” |
| 7 | ⲁⲏ̅ⲥⲉ ⲣ̅ⲟⲩⲱ ϫⲉⲁϩⲣⲟⲕ ⲡⲣⲱⲙⲉ ⲡϣⲏⲣⲉ ⲙⲡⲣⲉ · ⲉⲕⲣⲓⲙⲉ ⲉⲕⲁϣⲁϩⲟⲙ ϣⲁⲛⲧⲉⲛⲣⲙ̅ⲉⲓⲟⲟⲩ ⲛⲉⲕⲃⲁⲗ ϩⲱⲃⲥ ⲛϭⲟⲡ ⲛⲣⲁⲧⲕ̅ · | Isis replied, “What is wrong with you, O man, O child of the sun, crying and groaning until the tears of your eyes cover the soles of your feet?” |
| 8 | ϫⲉⲛⲥⲁⲟⲩ ⲏⲥⲉ ⲛ̅ⲧⲉⲟⲩⲱϣ ⲧⲁⲣⲓⲙⲉ ⲁⲛ̅ · | “Why, Isis, do you not want me to cry? |
| 9 | ⲛ̅ⲧⲁⲓ̈ⲃⲱⲕ ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ̅ ϩⲛⲟⲩⲣⲱ ⲛⲱⲛⲉ · ⲁⲓⲉⲓ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ϩⲛⲟⲩⲣⲟ ⲙ̅ⲡⲉⲛⲓⲡⲉ · | I went in through a door of stone, I came out through a door of iron. |
| 10 | ⲁⲓⲃⲱⲕ ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲛⲥⲁϫⲱⲓ̈ ⲁⲓ̈ⲉⲓ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲛ̅ⲥⲁⲣⲁⲧ | draft · lowI went in head first, I came out feet first. |
| 11 | ⲁⲓϭⲓⲛⲉ ⲛⲥⲁϣϥⲉ ⲙⲡⲁⲣⲑⲉⲛⲟⲥ ϩⲓϫⲛⲟⲩⲡⲏⲅⲏ ⲙ̅ⲙⲟⲟⲩ | I found seven maidens by a well of water. |
| 12 | ⲁⲓⲟⲩⲱϣ ⲙ̅ⲡⲟⲩⲱ̅ⲱ | I desired ‹but› they did not desire. |
| 13 | ⲁⲓⲡⲓⲑⲉ ⲙ̅ⲡⲟⲩⲡⲓⲑⲉ | I was seduced ‹but› they were not seduced. |
| 14 | ⲁⲓⲟⲩⲱϣ ⲉⲙⲉⲣⲉ ⲛⲓⲙ ⲧϣ ⲛⲛⲓⲙ ⲛ̅ⲧⲟⲥ ϭⲉ ⲙ̅ⲡⲉⲥⲟⲩⲱϣ ⲉϫⲓ ⲛ̅ⲧⲁⲡⲓ · | I wanted to love NN, the daughter of NN, but she, she did not want me to kiss her.” |
| 15 | ϫⲉⲕⲁⲃⲱⲕ ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ ϩⲛⲟⲩⲣⲟ ⲛⲱⲛⲉ ⲛ̅ⲥⲁ ⲟⲩ ⲛⲅ̅ⲉⲓ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ϩⲛ̅ⲟⲩⲣⲟ ⲙⲡⲉⲛⲓⲡⲉ | “Why did you go in through a door of stone, and come out through a door of iron, |
| 16 | ⲛⲅ̅ϭⲓⲛⲉ ⲛ̅ⲥⲁϣϥ ⲙⲡⲁⲣⲑⲉⲛⲟⲥ ⲛⲅⲟⲩⲱϣ ⲛⲥⲉⲧⲙ̅ⲟⲩⲱϣ ⲛⲅ̅ⲟⲩⲱϣ ⲉⲙⲉⲣⲉ ⲛⲓⲙ̅ ⲧϣ ⲛ̅ⲛⲓⲙ ⲛ̅ⲧⲟⲥ ⲇⲉ ⲛⲥⲧⲙⲟⲩⲱϣ ⲉϫⲓ ⲛⲧⲉⲕⲡⲓ̈ · | and desire, and they did not desire, want to love NN, the daughter of NN, but she did not want you to kiss her, |
| 17 | ⲙⲡⲉⲕⲧⲟⲕ ⲛⲅ̅ⲁϩⲉⲣⲁⲧⲕ ⲛⲅ̅ⲧⲉⲕ ⲥⲁϣϥ ⲛ̅ⲗⲁⲥ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ϫⲉⲑⲏⲧϥ̅ · ⲍ ⲡⲛⲟϭ ⲉϩⲛ̅ⲛ̅ⲉⲡ̅ⲛ̅ⲁ̅ | ‹why› did you not fortify yourself and stand up and cast out seven tongues, saying ‘Thētf’ (seven ‹times›), O great one among the spirits, |
| 18 | ⲉⲓ̈ⲟⲩⲱϣ ⲉⲧⲣⲉⲛⲓⲙ̅ ⲧϣ ⲛⲛⲓⲙ ⲣ̅ϩⲙ̣ⲉ ⲛ̅ϩⲟⲟⲩ ⲙⲛ̅ϩⲙⲉ ⲛⲟⲩϣⲏ ⲉⲥⲁϣⲉ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲛ︦ⲥⲱⲓ ⲛⲑⲉ ⲛⲟⲟⲩϩⲟⲣⲉ ϩⲁⲟⲩϩⲟⲣ ⲛⲑⲉ ⲛⲟⲩϣⲟⲩ ϩⲁⲟⲩⲕⲁⲡⲣ̅ⲥ | I want to make NN, the daughter of NN, spend forty nights and forty days clinging to me like a female dog under a male dog, like a sow under a boar, |
| 19 | ϫⲉⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲡⲉⲧⲙⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲛⲧⲟⲕ ⲉⲧ[ⲣ̅]ⲡⲉⲟⲩⲱϣ · | for it is I who recites, you who [does] the wish!” |
Provenance
- title
- PCM 1.7: Love spell using Horus-Isis narrative charm
- dialect
- sahidic
- source
- Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "magical-papyri", document Pap.Copt.Mag.I_7
- licence
- CC-BY 4.0
- share
- attribution
- attribution
- PCM 1.7: Love spell using Horus-Isis narrative charm from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus magical-papyri, document Pap.Copt.Mag.I_7, version 6.3.0 (2026-06-08), annotations by Sophie-Charlotte Gissat, Caroline T. Schroeder, Amir Zeldes; source edition T340. 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_7.sahidic.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
- 18 quoted · 0 quoted with the alignment not cross-checked · 1 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_7 (18 lines)
L0 witness
English
Cite as:
PCM 1.7: Love spell using Horus-Isis narrative charm. Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "magical-papyri", document Pap.Copt.Mag.I_7. Layers as published by the Kemetic project (Yousef Hanna), 2026: Coptic · Cairene · Kemetic, /doc/magic/magical-papyri/pap.copt.mag.i-7.sahidic.scriptorium/. PCM 1.7: Love spell using Horus-Isis narrative charm from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus magical-papyri, document Pap.Copt.Mag.I_7, version 6.3.0 (2026-06-08), annotations by Sophie-Charlotte Gissat, Caroline T. Schroeder, Amir Zeldes; source edition T340. 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
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.