Greek magical papyri and amulets, P.Oxy. 8 1151: Christian Amulet

* φεῦγε π̣ν̣(εῦμ)α̣

* Flee, spirit

μεμισημένον,

that is hated;

Χ(ριστό)ς σε διώκει

Christ pursues you;

προέλαβέν σε

you have been overtaken

ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ θ(εο)ῦ καὶ

by the Son of God and

τὸ πν(εῦμ)α τὸ ἅγιον.

the Holy Spirit.

ὁ θ(εὸ)ς τῆς προβατι-

O God of the Sheep-

κῆς κολυμβή-

Pool,

θρας, ἐξελοῦ τὴν

deliver

δούλην σου

your servant

Ἰωαννίαν ἥν

Joannia, whom

ἔτεκεν Ἀναστασία

Anastasia bore,

ἡ καὶ Εὐφημία

also [called] Euphemia,

ἀπὸ παντὸς κακοῦ.

from every evil.

* ἐν ἀρχῇ ἦν

* In the beginning was

ὁ λόγος καὶ ὁ λόγος

the Word, and the Word

ἦν πρὸς τὸν θ(εὸ)ν καὶ

was with God, and

θ(εὸ)ς ἦν ὁ λόγος.

the Word was God.

πάντα δι’ αὐτοῦ

All things through him

ἐγένετο κ(αὶ) χωρὶς

came into being, and without

αὐτοῦ ἐγένετο

him came into being

οὐδὲ ἓν ὃ γέγονεν.

not one thing that has come into being.

κ(ύρι)ε * Χ̣(ριστ)έ, υἱὲ καὶ

Lord * Christ, Son and

λόγε τοῦ θ(εο)ῦ τοῦ

Word of the living

ζῶντος, ὁ ἰασάμεν-

God, who healed

νος πᾶσαν νόσον

every disease

καὶ πᾶσαν μαλακίαν,

and every infirmity,

ἴασαι καὶ ἐπίσκεψαι

heal and watch over

καὶ τὴν δοῦλην σου

also your servant

Ἰωαννίαν ἣν ἕτεκεν

Joannia, whom

Ἀναστασία ἡ καὶ

Anastasia, also [called]

Εὐφημία, καὶ ἀπο-

Euphemia, bore; and

δίωξον καὶ φυγάδευ-

drive away and banish

σον ἀπ’ αὐτῆς πάντα

from her every

πυρετὸν κ(αὶ) παντοῖον

fever and every kind of

ῥῖγος ἀμφημερινὸν

chill, quotidian,

τριταῖον τεταρταῖον

tertian, quartan,

καὶ πᾶν κακόν. εὐχαῖς

and every evil. Through the prayers

κ̣α̣ὶ πρεσβείαις τῆς

and intercessions of

δεσποίνης ἡμῶν τῆς

our Lady, the

θεοτόκου καὶ τῶν

Mother of God, and of the

ἐνδόξων ἀρχαγγέ-

glorious arch-

λων κ(αὶ) τοῦ ἁγίου καὶ ἐν-

angels, and of the holy and

δόξου ἀποστόλου κ(αὶ)

glorious apostle and

εὐαγγελιστοῦ κ(αὶ) θεο-

evangelist and theo-