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pBrooklyn 47.218.156 ("Le Papyrus Magique Illustré")

English for the 5 passages 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.

1.10–1.13

1.10

jr ⸢mꜣꜣ⸣ s[w] ḏdf.pl nb ꜥnḫ mwt =sn ḥr-ꜥ

If any living reptile sees him, they die at once.

1.11

nn ꜥnḫ =sn m-[ḥr] ḫpr,w =k ꜥꜣ dn n,tj m 9 ḥr.pl ḥr nḥb,t wꜥ.t wꜥ m ḥr n Bs wꜥ m ḥr n swjw wꜥ m ḥr n bjk wꜥ m ḥr n ⸢msḥ⸣ wꜥ m ḥr n dbjw wꜥ m ḥr n mꜣjw wꜥ m ḥr n kꜣ wꜥ m ḥr n ꜥꜥnj wꜥ m ḥr n my

They cannot live in the [presence] of your great, dn form, which has nine faces on a single neck: one with the face of Bes, one with the face of a swjw, one with the face of a falcon, one with the face of a crocodile, one with the face of a hippopotamus, one with the face of a lion, one with the face of a bull, one with the face of a baboon, one with the face of a cat.

1.12

[m]≡k [ḥꜥ,w] =[k] [m] rḫ,t ẖr 4 dnḥ.pl [ẖr] [4] ḫ[p]š

[Behold], [your] [body] is [as] a rekhyt-bird, with 4 wings [and] [4] arms;

1.13

jw ꜣ,t =k m bjk ⸢sꜣḥ.pl⸣ [n,w] rd.du =k m ꜥrꜥ,t.pl ꜥ.du.w =k ⸢ẖr⸣ jr,t.du.pl sfd ds jm,jw.pl ꜥ.du.wj =k ꜥnḫ ḏd wꜣs m ḫpš =k

your back is a falcon, the toes [of] your feet are uraei, your arms bear eyes, slaughtering knives are in your hands, life, stability and dominion are in your strong arm.

Translator's note. ḏdft, 'creeping things', taken as reptiles. dn in 'great, dn form' is not understood. swjw is an unidentified animal. dbjw taken as hippopotamus (db). rḫt is the lapwing (rekhyt), also 'the common people'. sfd ds, 'knives that slaughter', is partly uncertain.

1.18

nn di̯ =k sḫm ꜥb,w [nb] ḏw jm =f ḫsf =k ḥkꜣ,w [nb] ḏw jri̯.n =sn r =f jw =f wꜥb […] m rn =k [ꜥꜣ(?)]

You will not let [any] evil impurity have power over him; you will drive back [all] the evil magic they have made against him, he being pure [...] in your [great(?)] name.

Translator's note. ꜥbw taken here as 'impurity'.

1.38–2.3

1.38

⸢ḏd⸣ mdw.pl ḥr sšm ⸢pn⸣ [n,tj] [m] [sẖꜣww] [sẖꜣww] [ḥr] [ḏꜣ]m n-⸢m⸣ꜣ[w,t] [di̯] [r] [ḫḫ] [n] s,t nḫn rʾ-[pw]

Words to be spoken over this image [which is] [in] [drawing], [drawn] [on] new [papy]rus, [placed] [at] [the throat] [of] a woman or a child.

1.39

[nḥm] =[sn] [pw] [m-ꜥ] […] r mn,tj [nb(?)] […] [sḥrj]w ⸢mwt⸣ mwt,t ḥmw,t-rʾ

[It is what] [rescues] [them] [from] [...] against [every(?)] mnty [...] [driving] away dead man, dead woman, sorcery.

2.1

nꜣ ⸢sẖꜣww⸣.pl n pꜣ Bs n 7 ḥr.pl

The drawings of the Bes of seven faces.

2.2

jri̯.tw =f r sḥrjw mwt mwt,t ḫft ḫft,t ḏꜣ ḏꜣ,t tꜣ šꜣjw ꜥmꜣ,[t]-n,t-jmn,tt r sḥrjw mwt,t s-ḥm

It is made to drive away a dead man, a dead woman, a male enemy, a female enemy, a male adversary, a female adversary, the šꜣjw, the ꜥmꜣ[t] of the West; to drive away a dead woman.

2.3

ḏd-mdw ꜥḥꜥ n =t[n] ḏꜣ ḏꜣ,t ḫꜣ~ḏꜣ~rw~tj ⸢šꜣ⸣~ꜥꜣ~rw~tj ꜥmꜣ,t-n,t-jmn,tt snd nb ꜥ nb n jw jw,t mwt mwt,t-s-ḥm ḏꜣ ḏꜣ,t ḫft ḫft,t n,tj jw =sn r jji̯ r Pr-ꜥꜣ ꜥnḫ-[w]ḏꜣ-s[nb] m grḥ m hrw m nw nb n,t rꜥw-nb

Words to be spoken: Stop, you, male adversary, female adversary, Khadjaruti, Shaaruti, ꜥmꜣt of the West, every fear, every ꜥ-stroke of a male or female evildoer(?), dead man, dead woman, male adversary, female adversary, male enemy, female enemy, who would come against Pharaoh, may he live, prosper and be healthy, by night, by day, at any time of every day.

Translator's note. mnty is not understood. The šꜣjw, Khadjaruti, Shaaruti and the ꜥmꜣt of the West are demonesses with foreign-sounding names; ꜥmꜣt may be 'swallower', or, as written ꜥꜣmt later in this papyrus, 'Asiatic woman'. ꜥ, literally 'arm', is a demonic seizure; jw/jwt taken as 'evildoer'. ḥmwt-rʾ, 'craft of the mouth', is sorcery.

2.11–2.24

2.11

jw jr jw =k di̯.t fj =sn ꜥ.du.wj =sn [r] [Pr-ꜥꜣ] ꜥnḫ-[w]ḏꜣ-s[nb] j:jrjw =s[n] [fꜣi̯] [ꜥ.du].wj =sn r pꜣ s-n-ḥḥ-[n-mḥ] ⸢n,tj⸣ ḥr 7 ḥr.pl ḥr [nḥb,t] wꜥ.t wꜥ m ḥr n Bs ⸢wꜥ⸣ [m] ⸢ḥr⸣ n swjw wꜥ m ḥr [n] bjk wꜥ m ḥr n ḥfj wꜥ m ḥr n mꜣjw wꜥ m ḥr n sꜣb

But if you let them raise their arms [against] [Pharaoh], may he live, prosper and be healthy, they will [raise] their [arms] against the man of a million [cubits], who has 7 faces on a single [neck]: one with the face of Bes, one with the face of a swjw, one with the face of a falcon, one with the face of a snake, one with the face of a lion, one with the face of a jackal,

2.12

jw Ḥḥ ḥr tp =f

with Heh upon his head,

2.13

jw ꜣ,t =f m bjk

his back a falcon,

2.14

jw sd =f n msḥw

his tail that of a crocodile,

2.15

jw mṯꜣ =f ꜥḥꜥ nḫt.ṱ

his phallus standing up, strong,

2.16

jw ꜥ.du.wj =f ẖr 8 tnḥw.pl

his arms bearing 8 wings(?),

2.17

jw 4 pš

with 4 pš,

2.18

jw 4 qn r =f

with 4 qn on him(?),

2.19

jw =f ꜥpr rw~bꜣ~šꜣ

he being equipped with a rubasha,

2.20

jw Ḥḥ n ꜥb.pl wꜣḥ ḥr tp =f

with a Heh of horns set upon his head.

2.21

jr mꜣꜣ s[w] jr,t rmṯ-nb ꜥnḫ jw =w mwt mtw =w ṯꜣi̯ ḫ,t mtw ḥꜣ,t[j] =w wbd

If the eye of any living person sees him, they die, they catch fire, and their hearts burn.

2.22

hꜣy sp 2 Jmn-Rꜥw nb-ns,t-tꜣ.du.pl mj ꜥḥꜥ =k n ḏꜣ ḏꜣ,[t] ḫ{t}[j]~ḏꜣ~rw~tj šꜣ~ꜥꜣ~rw~tj ꜥꜣm,t-n,t-jmn,tt snd nb ꜥ nb n jw jw,[t] mwt mwt,t ḫft ḫft,t [j]ḫ,t-nb.t bjn ḏw n,tj j[w] =⸢sn⸣ r jji̯ r Pr-ꜥꜣ ꜥnḫ-[w]ḏꜣ-s[nb] [r] nk =f r stj ⸢r⸣ =[f] m msḏr.du =f r jri̯ [j]ḫ,t-nb.t bjn ḏw r =f

Ho! Ho! Amun-Ra, lord of the thrones of the Two Lands, come, stand against the male and female adversary, Khidjaruti, Shaaruti, the ꜥꜣmt of the West, every fear, every ꜥ-stroke of a male or female evildoer(?), dead man, dead woman, male and female enemy, and every evil and bad thing that would come against Pharaoh, may he live, prosper and be healthy, [to] copulate with him, to shoot into him in his ears, to do every evil and bad thing against him.

2.23

j:jri̯ =sn fj ꜥ.du.w[j] =sn r =f j:jri̯ =sn fꜣi̯ ꜥ.du.wj =sn r pꜣ s-n-ḥḥ-n-mḥ n,tj ꜥḥꜥ ḥr [t]hn,t n 30 n pꜣ ⸢tꜣ⸣ Kšjw

If they raise their arms against him, they raise their arms against the man of a million cubits, who stands upon the [t]hnt of 30 of the land of Kush,

2.24

jw bꜣ~⸢rw⸣.du.du =f tms ⸢dšr⸣ msd =[f] nk

his two barw being deep red, [he] hating copulation(?).

Translator's note. swjw is an unidentified animal. Heh (Ḥḥ) is the god of millions; 'a Heh of horns' may mean 'millions of horns'. tnḥw taken as 'wings' (dnḥ); pš and qn in 2.17-2.18 are not understood. rwbꜣšꜣ is a foreign word, perhaps 'garment, armour' (compare Semitic lbš). ꜥꜣmt is written ꜥmꜣt elsewhere in this papyrus. stj, 'shoot, pour', is also used of semen. thnt (t restored) and the '30' are not understood. bꜣrw (dual) is unidentified; msd nk, 'hates copulation', is uncertain.

2.32–2.33

2.32

ḏd mdw.pl ḥr sšm pn n,tj m sẖꜣww sẖꜣww ḥr ḏꜣm n-mꜣꜥ,t di̯ r ḫḫ n s

Words to be spoken over this image, which is drawn in drawing on true papyrus, placed at the throat of a man.

2.33

nḥm =f pw m-ꜥ mwt mwt,t ḏꜣ ḏꜣ,[t] ḥmw,t-rʾ tꜣ ḫ{t}[j]~ḏꜣ~rw~tj šꜣ~ꜥꜣ~rw~tj ꜥꜣm,t-n,t-jmn,tt m-ꜥ [j]ḫ,t-nb.t bjn ḏw

It is what rescues him from dead man, dead woman, male and female adversary, sorcery, the Khidjaruti, Shaaruti, the ꜥꜣmt of the West, from every evil and bad thing.

Translator's note. ḏꜣm n mꜣꜥt, 'papyrus of truth', perhaps genuine or fine papyrus.

The whole original: the Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae (open pBrooklyn 47.218.156 ("Le Papyrus Magique Illustré")).