Papyri Graecae Magicae, PGM LI: Applied judicial curse

[π]αρακαλῶ σε, νεκύδαιμον,

I entreat you, nekydaimōn [spirit of the dead],

[κ]αὶ τ[ὴ]ν περί σε [γ]εγονυιαν

and that which has befallen you,

ἀνάγκην θανάτου, εἴδω-

the compulsion of death, image

λον θεῶν, ἀκοῦσαι τοῦ

of the gods, to hear

ἐμοῦ ἀξιώματος καὶ ἐκ-

my petition and to avenge

δικῆσαί με Νειλάμμωνα,

me, Neilammon,

ὃν ἔτεκεν Τερεῦς, ὅτι

whom Tereus bore, because

Ἐτῆς δέδωκε ἀναφόριον

Etes has submitted a petition

κατ’ [ἐ]μου ἢ κατὰ τῆς ἑ-

against [m]e or against my

μῆς θυγατρὸς Ἀύγχιος

daughter Aunchis

ἢ τέ[κ]νω[ν] αὐ[τ]ῆς ἢ ὧν

or her [children] or those

[ἑ]ἀν ᾧ[σι μ]ε̣[τ’] ἐμοῦ, μὴ ἀκοῦ-

[who] may [be wi]th me; not to hear

σαι α[ὐ]τῶν τῶν δεδωκό

them, those who have submitted [it]

[τ]ω[ν] κα[θ’] ἡμῶν, ἤτοι

[ag]ainst us, namely

[ἀπὸ] Ἑρμ[ο]υ, ὃν ἔτεκεν

[from] Herm[e]s, whom

.....[ἢ] Εὐ...ς, [λ]εγ[ο]μένου

[...] bore, [or] Eu...s, [c]alled

[Ἀπελ]λῆς, ἢ ἀπὸ Ἁρποχρά-

[Apel]les, or from Harpocrates,

[του, ὃ]ν ἔτεκεν Τερεῦς,

[who]m Tereus bore,

[ὄντος] κακ[ο]ῦ ἀνδρὸς καὶ

[being] a wicked man and

ἀσ[ε]βοῦς εἰς [ἐ]μὲ τὸν

impious toward [m]e, the

πα[τέ]ρα. ἀξιῶ σε, νεκύ-

f[ath]er. I ask you, nekydaimōn,

δ[αι]μον, μὴ αὐτῶν ἀκοῦ

not to hear them,

[σαι, ἀλλὰ μόνον] ἀκοῦσ[αι]

[but only] to hear

[ἐμοῦ, Νειλά]μ̣[μ]ω[νος], ὁσί-

[me, Neila]mmon, pious

[ου ὄντος εἰς θε]ούς, αὐτ[ο]ὺς

[as I am toward the g]ods; and them