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Greek magical papyri and amulets, P.Oxy. 65 4468: spells
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.
1.26–1.34
φανεὶς ἐκ τοῦ ὀμβρίου Διός. ἧκέ μοι κ(αὶ) ἐπ̣ά̣κ̣ουσόν μου
appeared out of rain-giving Zeus. Come to me and hear me,
ἱλαρὸς ὤν, κ(αὶ) ἐπακουσ̣άτ̣ωσάν μοι οἱ θεοὶ κ(αὶ) αἱ θεαί·
being gracious, and let the gods and the goddesses hear me:
ἐν τῇ σήμερον ἡμέρᾳ ἔκρηξον κ(αὶ) ἔξαιμον ποίησον
on this very day burst and drain of blood
τὴν δ(ε)ῖ(να) δ(ε)ῖ(νος)· ἐὰν δὲ μὴ ποιήσητε, πορεύσομαι εἰς Φάγρων πόλιν
N. [daughter] of N.; and if you do not do it, I will go to the city of the Phagroi
κ(αὶ) εἰς Ἁβωνβον κ(αὶ) εἰς Ἡλιούπολ̣ι̣ν̣ κ(αὶ) στρέψω τὰ ὀστᾶ τοῦ
and to Habōnbos and to Heliopolis, and I will turn over the bones of the
ἁγίου φοίνικος μεγίστου κ(αὶ) ἐπιχεῶ ἔλαιον ἀληθινὸν
most great holy phoenix, and I will pour genuine oil
καθ᾿ ἑκάστην ἡμέραν ἐπὶ τὸ⟨ν⟩ ἀλη[θιν]ὸ̣ν σμάραγδον
every day upon the ge[nui]ne emerald
οὗ ἐστίν σου ὁ τάφος καὶ ἀνοίξω το .[.........]ο̣ν οὗ κεῖται
where your tomb is; and I will open the [...] where lies
ὁ μέγιστος Ὄσιρις ἐν τῶι ἀ̣π̣λ̣άτω[ι] [.......]αι διακινεῖται
the most great Osiris; in the unapproachable [...] is stirred
Translator's note. The first word completes 'who ap-' at the end of the preceding line. 'N. [daughter] of N.' renders the blank formula (τὴν δεῖνα τοῦ δεῖνος) where the victim's name was to be written. Letters are doubtful in 'hear' (26), 'let ... hear' (27), 'Heliopolis' (30) and 'unapproachable' (34). 'Phagrōn polis' (city of the phagros fish?) and 'Habōnbos' are unidentified places. The purpose of 'burst and drain of blood' (28) is unclear. Losses in 33–34 leave those clauses incomplete.
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