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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

1.10

[- - -].[.].[.].υ̣ποκ̣.....γ[- - -]

[...] ... [...]

1.10-2

[- - - - - -]

[...]

2.1

εἰς τόπον καὶ λήμψε[ι] τ̣[ὴ]ν̣ [σφῦραν]

to a place, and you will take the [hammer]

2.2

καὶ κατακρούσεις εἰς τὸν̣ [ὀφθαλμόν,]

and you will strike at the [eye,]

2.3

κρούων καὶ λέγων· ἐκβαλ[- - -]

striking and saying: “Put out [...]

2.4

ὀφθαλμὸν ὁ κλέψας κα̣[- - -]

eye, he who stole [...]

2.5

εἰπάτω ὁ κλέψας πρὶν ε.[- - -]

let him who stole speak before [...]

2.6

τὸν ὀφθαλμόν. ὅταν ο[- - -]

the eye.” When [...]

2.7

γη λύσις ἐλαίῳ ἢ οἴν[ῳ] [- - -]

[...]ge. Release: with oil or win[e] [...]

2.8

κλύσον* [- - -]

rinse* [...]

2.9

κ*ητε̣· κρόμμυα βαλεῖς εἰς [- - -]

k*ete. You will put onions into [...]

2.10

εἰπὼν ὅτι· ὁ κλέψας δακνετ̣[- - -]

saying: “He who stole is stung [...]”

2.11

ἐὰν μὴ χαλάσ̣ῃ, δ̣ῆλος. [- - -]

If he does not give way, he is exposed. [...]

2.12

[....] σφυρίδα̣ βαλε̣[ῖς] [.].αμ̣μον εἰς α[- - -]

[...] a basket; you will pu[t] [...]ammon into [...]

2.13

[...]..η̣ ἄγγος ὕδατο̣[ς] καὶ ἐρεῖς βρε[- - -]

[...] a vessel of water, and you will say: bre[...]

2.14

[...] τ̣ὴν χεῖρα καὶ κάθες εἰς ..[- - -]

[...] the hand, and lower [it] into [...]

2.15

[...].[.]ν· ἐκπυροῦται γὰρ [- - -]

[...]; for [it] is set burning [...]

2.16

[...] μεμωλυσμένον δ̣ῆλ̣ος⟦ζῆλος⟧ [- - -]

[...] defiled, he is exposed ⟦zēlos⟧ [...]

2.17

[λαβ]ὼ̣ν ἧλον χάρα̣ξο̣ν οὐάτι[ον]

[Tak]ing a nail, engrave a little ea[r]

2.18

[......]..σ̣ασο̣.[.]α̣ι̣[.]ν̣..[- - -]

[...] ... [...]

2.19

[......]....[- - -]

[...] ... [...]

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'.

The whole original: papyri.info.