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Supplementum Magicum, Suppl. Mag. 86: magical spells to find a thief
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.
1.10–2.19
[- - -].[.].[.].υ̣ποκ̣.....γ[- - -]
[...] ... [...]
[- - - - - -]
[...]
εἰς τόπον καὶ λήμψε[ι] τ̣[ὴ]ν̣ [σφῦραν]
to a place, and you will take the [hammer]
καὶ κατακρούσεις εἰς τὸν̣ [ὀφθαλμόν,]
and you will strike at the [eye,]
κρούων καὶ λέγων· ἐκβαλ[- - -]
striking and saying: “Put out [...]
ὀφθαλμὸν ὁ κλέψας κα̣[- - -]
eye, he who stole [...]
εἰπάτω ὁ κλέψας πρὶν ε.[- - -]
let him who stole speak before [...]
τὸν ὀφθαλμόν. ὅταν ο[- - -]
the eye.” When [...]
γη λύσις ἐλαίῳ ἢ οἴν[ῳ] [- - -]
[...]ge. Release: with oil or win[e] [...]
κλύσον* [- - -]
rinse* [...]
κ*ητε̣· κρόμμυα βαλεῖς εἰς [- - -]
k*ete. You will put onions into [...]
εἰπὼν ὅτι· ὁ κλέψας δακνετ̣[- - -]
saying: “He who stole is stung [...]”
ἐὰν μὴ χαλάσ̣ῃ, δ̣ῆλος. [- - -]
If he does not give way, he is exposed. [...]
[....] σφυρίδα̣ βαλε̣[ῖς] [.].αμ̣μον εἰς α[- - -]
[...] a basket; you will pu[t] [...]ammon into [...]
[...]..η̣ ἄγγος ὕδατο̣[ς] καὶ ἐρεῖς βρε[- - -]
[...] a vessel of water, and you will say: bre[...]
[...] τ̣ὴν χεῖρα καὶ κάθες εἰς ..[- - -]
[...] the hand, and lower [it] into [...]
[...].[.]ν· ἐκπυροῦται γὰρ [- - -]
[...]; for [it] is set burning [...]
[...] μεμωλυσμένον δ̣ῆλ̣ος⟦ζῆλος⟧ [- - -]
[...] defiled, he is exposed ⟦zēlos⟧ [...]
[λαβ]ὼ̣ν ἧλον χάρα̣ξο̣ν οὐάτι[ον]
[Tak]ing a nail, engrave a little ea[r]
[......]..σ̣ασο̣.[.]α̣ι̣[.]ν̣..[- - -]
[...] ... [...]
[......]....[- - -]
[...] ... [...]
Translator's note. Fragmentary rites for finding a thief. Lines 1, 20 and 21 keep only scattered letters. The verb in line 5 (ekbal-, 'put out' or 'cast out') is broken off. 'k*ete' (line 11) and 'bre-' (line 15, perhaps 'wet') could not be read as words; '-ammon' (line 14) may be 'sand'. 'Give way' (line 13, χαλάσῃ) is uncertain in sense. In line 18 the scribe wrote ζῆλος ('jealousy') and deleted it beside δῆλος ('exposed'); μεμωλυσμένον is taken as 'defiled'. οὐάτι[ον] (line 19) is taken as 'little ear'.
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