Papyri Graecae Magicae, PGM XIb: Magical formulas ("table gimmick" to let appear drunken people of a symposion to others to have donkey snouts)

[....] . ⟦μ̣⟦α⟧⟧πειν καινὸν̣ κ̣α̣ὶ̣ σ̣ ... α̣ὐ̣τὸν καὶ ὑπόθες

[...] ...pein new, and ... it, and set it under

[....] . κει

[...] ...kei

[ἀνθρ]ώ̣πους̣ πείνοντα[ς̣] ἐν σ̣υ̣μποσέιῳ πρός-

[me]n drinking at a symposium, from

[ωθε]ν̣ τοῖς ἔξωθεν ὀ̣νορυ̣γχους φαίνεσθαι

[afa]r, to those outside, to appear donkey-snouted:

[ ....]εβειβακοτο̣ς̣ τὸ δρε̣ι̣λλον ἀπὸ τοῦ λύθρου

[...] of [one that] has mounted (?), the drillon from the gore

[....]. ὀνίῳ αἱμάξαι καὶ ποιῆϲαι ἐλλύχνει και-

[...] with an ass’s [...] to smear with blood, and to make a new wick

[νὸν εἰ]ς̣ λύχον καινὸν καὶ ἅψαι τοῖς πείνωσι

[fo]r a new lamp, and to light it for the drinkers.