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Greek magical papyri and amulets, P.Oxy. 86 5543: Magical Formulary

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.

3–9

[- - -]. χαμαὶ καὶ ἐὰν παύσηται συν[- - -]

[...]. on the ground; and if [she] stops, co[...]

[- - -]εν αὐτῷ [- - -]

[...]en in it [...]

[- - -]. ἧ̣λον καὶ τρίχα τῆς γυ[ναικὸς] [- - -]

[...]. a nail and a hair of the wo[man] [...]

[- - -].. ἐπὶ τρεῖς ἡμέρας ἐπιλάλ[ει] [- - -]

[...].. for three days, speak [the spell] over [...]

[- - -]. τ̣ρεῖς ἡμέρας Ἑκάτῃ τρία [- - -]

[...]. three days, to Hekate three [...]

[- - -]. κατοικεῖς Κούρα προσαγ*γελ.[- - -]

[...]. you dwell, Koura; announ[ce] .[...]

[- - -]εν ἡ δ(ε)ῖ(να) καὶ οὐκέτι εἰσῆλθεν .[- - -]

[...]en NN, and she no longer went in .[...]

Translator's note. Every line is broken at both ends. 'Co[...]' renders a word beginning συν-, sense lost. ἧλον read as 'nail'. Koura is probably Kore (Persephone). The text marks προσαγ*γελ as a problem reading. 'NN' renders ἡ δ(ε)ῖ(να), 'so-and-so' (a woman), where the client's name is to be inserted. αὐτῷ in line 4 could be 'in it' or 'to him'.

The whole original: papyri.info.