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Greek magical papyri and amulets, P.Oxy. 11 1384: Medical recipes with healing historiolae featuring Jesus
English for the 1 passage of this work that the Atlas of Ancient Myth, Magic in the Ancient Texts and a study of demons and angels quote or cite, and which the library holds in no published English. The numbers are the edition's own references.
21–31
πατρὸς καὶ ἁγ[ί]ο̣υ̣ [πν(εύματο)ς καὶ]
of the Father and of the H[o]ly [Spirit and]
υἱοῦ. *
of the Son. *
* ἄγγελοι κ(υρίο)υ ἀνῆλθαν πρὸς μ̣[έσον]
* Angels of the L(ord) went up to the m[idst of]
τὸν οὐρανὸν ὀφθαλμοὺς
heaven, their eyes
πονοῦντες καὶ σπόγγον κρα-
aching, and holding a sponge.
τοῦντες. λέγι αὐτ̣ο̣ῖ̣ς̣ ὁ κ(ύριο)ς, τί ἀνήλ-
The L(ord) says to them, “Why have you come
θατε, ἁγνοὶ⟦αγοι⟧ πανκάθαροι; ἴασιν λαβεῖν
up, pure, all-pure ones?” “To receive healing
ἀνήλθαμεν⟦ανηλθωμεν⟧, Ἰαὼ Σαβαώθ, ὅτι σὺ
we have come up, Iao Sabaoth, because you
δυνατὸς καὶ ἰσχυρός.
are mighty and strong.”
εἰς στραγγουρίαν, ἰᾶσαι τὸν πονοῦν̣τ̣α·
For strangury, to heal the sufferer:
* λαβὼν σπέρμα ἀκίνου ξηρὸν
taking dry seed of akinos*,
Translator's note. reproduces the edition’s mark for a sign in the papyrus. Letters the scribe deleted in lines 27 and 28 are not translated. ἰᾶσαι may be an infinitive (“to heal”) or an imperative (“heal the sufferer”). akinos* is a herb, not securely identified.
The whole original: papyri.info.