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Greek magical papyri and amulets, P.Oxy. 67 4581: Astrampsychus; Sortes 29, 30, 32, 33, 65-68, 70, 72-74, 93-97 and higher (previously unattested; till 208)
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.
2.7–2.11
ο̣ὐ̣κ̣ ἀπαρτίζεις ὃ̣ ἐ[πιβάλλῃ]
You do not complete what [you are undertaking].
ο[ὐ] λ̣αμ̣βάν̣[εις λη]γ̣[ᾶτον]
You do [not] receive [the leg]acy.
πεφ̣αρμ̣ά̣κ̣ω̣[σαι. σεαυτῷ βοήθει]
You have been poisoned. [Help yourself.]
λ̣γ̣ [οὐ] κα̣[ταλλάσσῃ τοῖς κυρίοις]
33 You are [not] re[conciled to your masters].
[μ]ὴ δ[ίδου τὰ γράμματα ἄρτι]
Do not gi[ve the documents just now].
Translator's note. Answers from the Sortes Astrampsychi; most of each line is the editor’s restoration. Dotted letters, including the number λγ (33) in 2.10, are doubtful. πεφαρμάκωσαι may mean ‘bewitched’ as well as ‘poisoned’.
The whole original: papyri.info.