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Attribution: Acephalous 22: YA 517-518 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus shenoute-a22, document a22.YA517-518, version 6.2.0 (2025-11-25), annotations by Elizabeth Platte, Caroline T. Schroeder, Amir Zeldes; source edition None. 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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17 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 | L1 Cairene | L2 Kemetic | English |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | […..]ⲉ̣ⲁ ⲙⲕⲁϩ [.....] ⲉⲙⲁⲧⲉ⳿ [.....]ⲩⲟ | […]ⲉ̣ⲁ ⲙ̀ⲕⲁϩ […] ⲉ̀ⲙⲁϣⲱ […]ⲩⲟ | […]ea m̀kah […] èmaṡō […]yo | ... pain ... very ... |
| 2 | ⲉⲙⲕⲁϩ [ⲛⲓ]ⲙ ⲉϥϩⲣⲁⲓ̈ ϩⲓϫⲱⲓ̈ · | ⲉ̀ⲙ̀ⲕⲁϩ ⲛⲓⲃⲉⲛ ⲉ̀ϥϩⲣⲁⲓ ϩⲓϫⲱⲓ: | èm̀kah niven èfhrai higōi: | to every pain which is down upon me. |
| 3 | ⲉⲧⲃⲉⲛ̣̄ϣⲉⲉⲣⲉ ⲇⲉ ϣⲏⲙ⳿ ⲛ̄ⲧⲁⲛⲥⲱⲧ︤ⲙ︥ ⲉⲧⲃⲏⲏⲧⲟⲩ· | ⲉⲑⲃⲉ ⲛ̀ϣⲉⲉⲣⲉ ⲇⲉ ϣⲏⲙ ⲉⲧⲁⲛⲥⲱⲧⲉⲙ ⲉⲑⲃⲏⲧⲟⲩ: | eθve ǹṡeere ḋe ṡym etansōtem eθvytou: | But for the little girls which we have heard about, |
| 4 | ϫⲉⲥⲉⲛⲁⲡⲱⲧ⳿ ⲉϩⲟⲩ⳯ ⲉⲛⲉⲩⲉⲣⲏⲩ⳿ ϩ︤ⲛ︥ⲟⲩⲱϣ ⲛⲥⲁⲣⲕⲓⲕⲟⲛ · | ϫⲉ ⲥⲉⲛⲁⲫⲱⲧ ⲉ̀ϧⲟⲩⲛ ⲉ̀ⲛⲟⲩⲉⲣⲏⲟⲩ ϧⲉⲛ ⲟⲩⲱϣ ⲛ̀ⲥⲁⲣⲕⲓⲕⲟⲛ: | je senafōt èxoun ènoueryou xen ouōṡ ǹsarkikon: | that they ran to each other in a desire of flesh. |
| 5 | ⲙⲁⲧⲁⲙⲟⲓ̈ ⲉⲧⲃⲏⲏⲧⲟⲩ ϩ︤ⲛ︥ⲟⲩⲱⲣ︤ϫ︥⳿ ϫⲉⲉⲓ̈ⲉⲉⲓⲙⲉ | ⲙⲁⲧⲁⲙⲟⲓ ⲉⲑⲃⲏⲧⲟⲩ ϧⲉⲛ ⲟⲩⲱⲣϫ ϫⲉ ⲉⲓⲉⲉⲙⲓ | matamoi eθvytou xen ouōrg je eieemi | Tell me about them assuredly, that I may know |
| 6 | ⲁⲩⲱ ϯⲛⲁⲧⲁⲙⲱⲧ︤ⲛ︥ ϫⲉⲉⲧⲉⲧⲛⲁⲣⲟ᷍ⲩ ⲛⲁⲩ · | ⲟⲩⲟϩ ϯⲛⲁⲧⲁⲙⲟⲧⲉⲛ ϫⲉ ⲁⲣⲉⲧⲉⲧⲉⲛⲛⲁⲉⲣⲟⲩ ⲛⲱⲟⲩ: | ouoh tinatamoten je aretetennaerou nōou: | And I will tell you what it is that you will do to them. |
| 7 | Ⲉⲧⲃⲉⲧⲁⲓ̈ ⲇⲉ ⲟⲛ ⲛ̄ⲧⲁⲧⲉⲧ︤ⲛ︥ϫⲟⲟⲥ⳿ ⲉⲧⲃⲏⲏⲧ︤ⲥ︥ | ⲉⲑⲃⲉ ⲑⲁⲓ ⲇⲉ ⲟⲛ ⲛ̀ⲧⲁⲧⲉⲧⲉⲛϫⲟⲥ ⲉⲑⲃⲏⲧⲥ | eθve θai ḋe on ǹtatetengos eθvyts | But also because of that which you said about her, |
| 8 | ⲉⲧⲣⲉⲥⲃⲱⲕ⳿ ⲉⲡⲙⲁ⳿ ⲛ̄ⲧⲁⲧⲉⲧ︤ⲛ︥ⲧⲟϣ︤ϥ︥ ⲛⲁⲥ | ⲉ̀ⲑⲣⲉⲥⲃⲱⲕ ⲉ̀ⲡ̀ⲙⲁ ⲉⲧⲁⲣⲉⲧⲉⲛⲑⲁϣϥ ⲛⲁⲥ | èθresvōk èp̀ma etaretenθaṡf nas | to make her go to the place that you determined for her, |
| 9 | ⲉⲧⲣⲉⲥⲣ̄ⲡⲉⲥϩⲱⲃ⳿ ⲛ̄ϩⲏⲧ︤ϥ︥ ⲉⲁⲥϫⲟⲟⲥ ⲛⲏⲧ︤ⲛ︥ | ⲉ̀ⲑⲣⲉⲥⲉⲣⲡⲉⲥϩⲱⲃ ⲛ̀ϧⲏⲧϥ ⲉⲁⲥϫⲟⲥ ⲛⲱⲧⲉⲛ | èθreserpes·hōb ǹxytf easgos nōten | to make her do her deed in it, while she had said to you: |
| 10 | ϫⲉⲉϣϫⲉⲧⲉⲧⲛⲁⲛ︤ⲧ︥ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ϩ︤ⲙ︥ⲡⲉⲓ̈ⲙⲁ ⲉⲡⲁⲓ̈ | ϫⲉ ⲓⲥϫⲉⲧⲉⲧⲉⲛⲛⲁⲛ̀ⲧ ⲉ̀ⲃⲟⲗ ϧⲉⲛ ⲡⲁⲓⲙⲁ ⲉ̀ⲫⲁⲓ | je isjetetennaǹt èvol xen paima èfai | If you take me out of this place and into that one |
| 11 | ⲛ̣ϯ̣ⲛⲁⲣ̄ϩⲱⲃ ⲁ[ⲛ̣] ⲉⲡϩⲱⲃ ⲉϯⲣ̄ϩⲱⲃ ⲉⲣⲟϥ · | ⲛ̀ϯⲛⲁⲉⲣϩⲱⲃ ⲁⲛ ⲉ̀ⲡ̀ϩⲱⲃ ⲉⲧϯⲉⲣϩⲱⲃ ⲉ̀ⲣⲟϥ: | ǹtinaerhōb an èp̀hōb ettierhōb èrof: | 'I will not do anything about the thing that I did to him.' |
| 12 | ⲁⲩⲱ ⲉϣⲱⲡⲉ ⲙ̄ⲡ︤ⲥ︥ⲣ̄ϩⲛⲁⲥ⳿ ⲛⲁⲙⲉ⳿ · | ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲉϣⲱⲡ ⲙ̀ⲡⲉⲥⲉⲣϩⲛⲁⲥ ⲛⲁⲙⲉ: | ouoh eṡōp m̀peserhnas name: | And if she did not truly desire it |
| 13 | ⲉⲓ̈ⲉⲁϫⲓⲥ ⲟⲛ ⲉⲣⲟⲓ̈⳿ ϯⲛⲁⲧⲥⲁⲃⲱⲧ︤ⲛ︥ ⲉⲡⲉⲧⲉⲧⲛⲁⲁⲁϥ⳿ ⲛⲁⲥ · | ⲓⲉⲁϫⲟⲥ ⲟⲛ ⲉ̀ⲣⲟⲓ ϯⲛⲁⲧⲥⲁⲃⲟⲧⲉⲛ ⲉ̀ⲡⲉⲧⲧⲉⲧⲉⲛⲛⲁⲁⲓϥ ⲛⲁⲥ: | ieagos on èroi tinatsavoten èpettetennaaif nas: | then tell me, I will teach you what you will do to her. |
| 14 | ⲛ̄ⲧⲱⲧ︤ⲛ︥ ⲇⲉ ⲧⲏⲣⲧ︤ⲛ︥ ⲉⲧⲉⲧ︤ⲛ︥ϣⲁⲛϩⲱⲡ⳿ ⲉⲣⲟⲛ⳿ ⲛ̄ⲟⲩϩⲱⲃ ⲛ̄ⲕⲣⲟϥ ϩⲁⲧ︤ⲛ︥ ⲧⲏⲩⲧ︤ⲛ︥ ⲉⲧ︤ⲙ︥ⲧⲣⲉⲧ︤ⲛ︥ⲧⲁⲙⲟⲛ⳿ ⲉⲣⲟϥ · | ⲛ̀ⲑⲱⲧⲉⲛ ⲇⲉ ⲧⲏⲣⲧⲉⲛ ⲁⲧⲉⲧⲉⲛϣⲁⲛϩⲱⲡ ⲉ̀ⲣⲟⲛ ⲛ̀ⲟⲩϩⲱⲃ ⲛ̀ⲭ̀ⲣⲟϥ ϧⲁⲧⲉⲛ ⲑⲏⲛⲟⲩ ⲉ̀ϣⲧⲉⲙⲑⲣⲉⲧⲉⲛⲧⲁⲙⲟⲛ ⲉ̀ⲣⲟϥ: | ǹθōten ḋe tyrten atetenṡanhōp èron ǹouhōb ǹk̀rof xaten θynou èṡtemθretentamon èrof: | But all of you, if you hide a deception from us on your behalf so as not to tell us about it, |
| 15 | ⲉⲧⲉⲧ︤ⲛ︥ⲧⲟⲩⲛⲟⲥ ⲙ̄ⲡⲥⲁⲧⲁⲛⲁⲥ⳿ ⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ̈ ⲉϫⲱⲧ︤ⲛ︥ ⲙ̄ⲙⲓⲛ⳿ⲙ̄ⲙⲱⲧ︤ⲛ︥ · | ⲁⲣⲉⲧⲉⲧⲉⲛⲧⲟⲩⲛⲟⲥ ⲛ̀ⲡ̀ⲥⲁⲧⲁⲛⲁⲥ ⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ ⲉ̀ϫⲱⲧⲉⲛ ⲙ̀ⲙⲓⲛⲙ̀ⲙⲱⲧⲉⲛ: | aretetentounos ǹp̀·satanas ehrai ègōten m̀minm̀mōten: | what you awaken is Satan upon you yourselves |
| 16 | ⲁⲩⲱ ⲉⲧⲉⲧ︤ⲛ︥ⲕⲧⲟ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲙ̄ⲙⲱⲧ︤ⲛ︥ ⲛ̄ⲧⲃⲟⲏⲑⲓⲁ⳿ ⲙⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ⳿ ⲙⲁⲩⲁⲧⲧⲏⲩⲧ︤ⲛ︥ · | ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲁⲣⲉⲧⲉⲧⲉⲛⲕⲧⲟ ⲉ̀ⲃⲟⲗ ⲙ̀ⲙⲱⲧⲉⲛ ⲛ̀ⲧ̀ⲃⲟⲏⲑⲓⲁ ⲛ̀ⲫ̀ⲛⲟⲩϯ ⲙⲁⲩⲁⲧ ⲑⲏⲛⲟⲩ: | ouoh aretetenkto èvol m̀mōten ǹt̀boyθia ǹf̀nouti mavat θynou: | And it is by yourselves that you turn away from the help of God. |
| 17 | ⲉⲓⲥ ⲡϩ̄ⲗ̄ⲗⲟ⳿ ⲁⲓ̈ⲧ︤ⲛ︥ⲛⲟⲟⲩϥ ϣⲁⲣⲱⲧ︤ⲛ︥ ⲙ̄ⲡⲉⲓⲕⲉ ⲥⲟⲡ[.] ⲛϩⲟⲥⲟ⳯ ⲉⲛϣ[ⲟ]ⲟⲡ : ⲻ | ⲓⲥ ⲡ̀ϧⲉⲗⲗⲟ ⲁⲓⲟⲩⲟⲣⲡϥ ϩⲁⲣⲱⲧⲉⲛ ⲛ̀ⲡⲁⲓⲕⲉ ⲥⲟⲡ[…] ⲛ̀ϩⲟⲥⲟ ⲉⲛϣⲟⲡ: ⲻ | is p̀xello aiouorpf harōten ǹpaike sop[…] ǹhoso enṡop: ⲻ | Here is the old man, I have sent him to you in this other time as long as we exist. |
Provenance
- title
- Acephalous 22: YA 517-518
- dialect
- sahidic
- source
- Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "shenoute-a22", document a22.YA517-518
- licence
- CC-BY 4.0
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- attribution
- attribution
- Acephalous 22: YA 517-518 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus shenoute-a22, document a22.YA517-518, version 6.2.0 (2025-11-25), annotations by Elizabeth Platte, Caroline T. Schroeder, Amir Zeldes; source edition None. 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 6.2.0, 2025-11-25)
- file
- Monastic/Shenoute – A22/a22.YA517-518.sahidic.scriptorium.L0.txt
- title
- Acephalous 22: YA 517-518 — Cairene
- dialect
- bohairic
- source
- generated from a22.YA517-518.sahidic.scriptorium.L0.txt (Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "shenoute-a22", document a22.YA517-518)
- licence
- CC BY-SA 4.0
- share
- attribution
- attribution
- Acephalous 22: YA 517-518 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus shenoute-a22, document a22.YA517-518, version 6.2.0 (2025-11-25), annotations by Elizabeth Platte, Caroline T. Schroeder, Amir Zeldes; source edition None. 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 6.2.0, 2025-11-25)
- generated by
- tools/sahidic_to_cairene.py (route D, C3a 2026-09-24; tier a, ROUTE-2 2026-09-26) then tools/cairene.py from_witness dialect=bohairic on the intermediate (L1 = Cairene(N_B(D(N_S(L0)))), RI-038; word division church); Sahidic N stage counts: abbrev=1 abbrev_unstroked=1 editorial_kept=2 editorial_lacuna=4 lexeme_open=1 restored_accepted=3 stroke_kept=37 stroke_unified=80 tokens=87
- file
- Monastic/Shenoute – A22/a22.YA517-518.sahidic.scriptorium.L1.txt
- title
- Acephalous 22: YA 517-518 — Kemetic
- dialect
- bohairic
- source
- generated from a22.YA517-518.sahidic.scriptorium.L1.txt
- licence
- CC BY-SA 4.0
- share
- attribution
- attribution
- Acephalous 22: YA 517-518 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus shenoute-a22, document a22.YA517-518, version 6.2.0 (2025-11-25), annotations by Elizabeth Platte, Caroline T. Schroeder, Amir Zeldes; source edition None. 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 6.2.0, 2025-11-25)
- generated by
- tools/coptic_to_kemetic.py convert() on the L1 text (letter rules of DECISIONS.md 2026-09-08)
- file
- Monastic/Shenoute – A22/a22.YA517-518.sahidic.scriptorium.L2.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
- 17 quoted · 0 quoted with the alignment not cross-checked · 0 model drafts (marked “draft”)
- quoted from
- Amir Zeldes — aligned in Coptic SCRIPTORIUM shenoute-a22, a22.YA517-518 (17 lines)
L0 witness
L1 Cairene
L2 Kemetic
English
Cite as:
Acephalous 22: YA 517-518. Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "shenoute-a22", document a22.YA517-518. Layers as published by the Kemetic project (Yousef Hanna), 2026: Coptic · Cairene · Kemetic, /doc/monastic/shenoute-a22/a22.ya517-518.sahidic.scriptorium/. Acephalous 22: YA 517-518 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus shenoute-a22, document a22.YA517-518, version 6.2.0 (2025-11-25), annotations by Elizabeth Platte, Caroline T. Schroeder, Amir Zeldes; source edition None. 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.
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).
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.
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.
The Kemetic alphabet, generated by code from L1.
English
Quoted translations where they exist, credited; otherwise model drafts, marked as drafts.
Quoted translations where they exist, credited; otherwise model drafts, marked as drafts.