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Attribution: Applied curse with judicial features for Theodora against Pjor and his wife from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus magical-papyri, document PMich_inv_1523, version 6.3.0 (2026-06-08), annotations by Edward O. D. Love, Lance Martin, Caroline T. Schroeder, Amir Zeldes; source edition KYP T53. 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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The text
9 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 | Ϯⲥⲁⲡⲥ̅ⲡ̅ ϯⲡⲁⲣⲁⲕⲁⲗⲉⲓ ϯⲧⲱⲃ̅ϩ̅ ⲙ̅ⲙⲱⲧⲛ̅ ⲙ̅ⲙⲁⲣⲧⲩⲣⲟⲥ̣ ⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ | I entreat, I invoke, I beseech you, holy martyrs! |
| 2 | ⲁ̣ⲛⲁⲕ ⲑ̣ⲉⲱⲇⲟⲣⲁ ϯⲥϩⲓⲙⲉ ⲉⲧϫⲏⲩ ⲛ̅ϭⲁⲛⲥ̅ | I am Theōdora, the abused woman. |
| 3 | ϯϯ ⲙ̅ⲡⲓⲗⲓⲃⲉⲗⲗⲟⲥ ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ ϩⲁⲡϫⲟⲣ̅ ⲙⲛ̅ⲧϥ̅ⲥϩⲓⲙⲉ ⲉⲓ̈ⲡⲱϩⲧ̅ ⲙ̅ⲙⲟⲓ̈ ⲛ̅ⲧⲉⲧⲛ̅ⲙⲛ̅ⲧ̅ⲁⲅⲁⲑⲟⲥ ϫⲉⲕⲁⲁⲥ ⲁⲧⲉⲧⲛⲁⲣ̣̅ⲡⲁϩⲉ̣ⲡ̣ ⲙⲛ̅ⲡϫⲟⲣ ⲙⲛ̅ⲧϥ̅ⲥϩⲓⲙⲉ | I am making this petition concerning Pjor and his wife, prostrating myself before your goodness, so that you will pass a judgment for me against Pjor and his wife, |
| 4 | ⲧⲉⲧⲛ̅ⲡ[ⲁ]ⲧ̣ⲁ̣ⲥⲥ[ⲉ] ⲙ̅ⲙⲟⲟ̣ⲩ̣ ⲧⲉⲧⲛ̅ϫⲟⲣⲟⲩ ⲁ̣ⲃⲁⲗ | and you (pl.) will strike them and you (pl.) will scatter them |
| 5 | ⲧⲉⲡⲥⲁϩ̣ⲟⲩ ⲧ[ⲉ]ⲡϥⲛ̅ⲧ ⲙⲛ̅ⲡϫⲟⲩⲣ̣ⲉ ⲁⲃⲁⲗ ⲧⲉϩⲁⲩ ⲧⲉⲧⲟⲣ[ⲅ]ⲏ ⲙ̅ⲡⲛ̣ⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲧⲉϩⲟ ⲡϫⲟⲣ ⲙⲛ̣̅ⲧϥ̅ⲥϩⲓⲙⲉ ⲙⲛ̅ⲡⲉⲧϣⲟⲟⲡ ⲛⲁϥ ⲧⲏⲣ̅ϥ̅ | so that the curse, so that the worm and the annihilation will befall them, and so that the wrath of God will befall Pjor and his wife and everything that belongs to him, |
| 6 | ⲧⲉⲟⲩⲛⲟϭ ⲛ̅ⲑⲗⲓⲯⲓⲥ ⲙ̣ⲛ̅ⲟⲩⲛⲁϭ ⲛ̣̅ⲁϣϭⲁⲡ ϣⲱ̣ⲡⲉ ϩⲓϫⲛ̅ⲡϥ̅ⲏⲓ̈ ⲙⲛ̅ⲧϥ̅ⲥϩⲓⲙⲉ ⲛ̣ⲑ̣ⲉ ⲉ[ⲧ]ϣⲉ ⲛ̣ⲉ̣ⲧ̣ⲛ̣̅ϭⲓϫ ⲁϫⲱ[ⲟⲩ [ⲧ]ⲉ̣ⲧϭ̣ⲓϫ ⲉⲧϫⲟⲟⲣ ⲙ̣ⲛ̅ⲡ̣ϭ̣ⲃ̣ⲁ̣ⲓ̣ ⲉⲧ̣ϫⲁⲥⲉ ⲉⲓ ⲉϫⲱⲟⲩ ϩⲓⲟⲩⲥⲟⲡ ⲛ̅ⲧⲟϥ̣ ⲙⲛ̅ⲧϥ̅ⲥ̣ϩⲓⲙⲉ | and so that a great suffering and a great outcry will be upon his house and his wife, like a blow of your hands upon [them], and so that the strong hand and the outstretched arm shall come upon them at once, he and his wife! |
| 7 | ⲙ̅ⲙⲁⲣⲧⲩ̣ⲣⲟⲥ ⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ ⲁⲧⲉⲧⲛⲁϭ̣ⲉⲡⲏ ⲧⲉⲧⲛ̅ⲣ̅ⲡⲁϩⲉⲡ ⲛⲉⲙⲉⲩ | O holy martyrs, you (pl.) shall hasten and enact justice for me with them, |
| 8 | [ⲁⲩⲁⲛ]ⲁ̣ⲩ ⲉ̣ⲛⲉⲧⲛ̣̅ϭⲟⲙ ⲙⲛ̅ⲉⲧⲛ̅ϣⲡⲏⲣⲉ | [so that they shall] see your powers and your wonders. |
| 9 | [ⲙ̅ⲙⲁⲣⲧⲩ]ⲣⲟⲥ ⲉⲧ̣[ⲟ]ⲩⲁ̣ⲁⲃ ⲁ̣ⲧ̣ⲉⲧⲛⲁ̣ⲣ̅ⲡⲁϩⲉⲡ [ⲛⲉⲙⲉⲩ] ⲧⲉⲡ[ⲉ]ⲩ̣ⲛ̅ⲕⲟ ⲗⲟϫⲉ | [O] holy martyrs, you shall pass a judgement for me [against them] so that their property is taken away! |
Provenance
- title
- Applied curse with judicial features for Theodora against Pjor and his wife
- dialect
- lycopolitan
- source
- Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "magical-papyri", document PMich_inv_1523
- licence
- CC-BY 4.0
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- attribution
- attribution
- Applied curse with judicial features for Theodora against Pjor and his wife from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus magical-papyri, document PMich_inv_1523, version 6.3.0 (2026-06-08), annotations by Edward O. D. Love, Lance Martin, Caroline T. Schroeder, Amir Zeldes; source edition KYP T53. 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/PMich_inv_1523.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
- 9 quoted · 0 quoted with the alignment not cross-checked · 0 model drafts (marked “draft”)
- quoted from
- Korshi Dosoo, Edward O. D. Love, Markéta Preininger — aligned in Coptic SCRIPTORIUM magical-papyri, PMich_inv_1523 (9 lines)
L0 witness
English
Cite as:
Applied curse with judicial features for Theodora against Pjor and his wife. Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "magical-papyri", document PMich_inv_1523. Layers as published by the Kemetic project (Yousef Hanna), 2026: Coptic · Cairene · Kemetic, /doc/magic/magical-papyri/pmich-inv-1523.lycopolitan.scriptorium/. Applied curse with judicial features for Theodora against Pjor and his wife from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus magical-papyri, document PMich_inv_1523, version 6.3.0 (2026-06-08), annotations by Edward O. D. Love, Lance Martin, Caroline T. Schroeder, Amir Zeldes; source edition KYP T53. 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.