Current Edition: DCLP 65576 (Pap.Graec.Mag.(2) 2 20 Pap.Graec.Mag.(2) 2 Hymnen 28 p. 265); TM 65576

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Title Spell against headache, the spell of the Syrian women of Gadara for any inflammation, the spell of the Thessalian Philinna against headache ( "Philinna papyrus")
Work Philinna
Principal Edition P.Amh. 2 11 2
translation 12669. Hans Dieter Betz, The Greek Magical Papyri in Translation, Including the Demotic Spells. Second Edition., (Chicago London 1992). 258–259
Reference Edition 96044. Christopher A. Faraone and Sofía Torallas Tovar eds., Greek and Egyptian Magical Formularies: Text and Translation, Vol. 1, (2022). https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9650x69r3
Previous Edition 8361. Karl Preisendanz, Papyri Graecae Magicae. Die griechischen Zauberpapyri. II. Zweite verbesserte Auflage mit Ergänzungen von Karl Preisendanz und Ernst Heitsch. Durchgesehen und herausgegeben von Albert Henrichs. (Sammlung wissenschaftlicher Kommentare.), (Stuttgart 1974). 20
Fragments New York, Pierpont Morgan Library Amherst Gr. 11; Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum P. 7504
Support Material papyrus
Support Dimensions 10cm wide x 10cm high
Date 50 v.Chr. - 50
More from the period between 50 BCE and 50 CE
Origin Fundort: Egypt; Schreibort: Egypt
More from Fundort: Egypt; Schreibort: Egypt
Form and Layout papyrus roll (columns: 2, pagination: 0)
Genre poetry; didactic; magic; medicine
Culture literature; science
Religion classical
Images berlpap.smb.museum/00216; themorgan.org/.../350215
Print Illustrations P. Amh. 2 pl. II; ZPE 6 (1970), pl. 11 a
Availability © Digital Corpus of Literary Papyri and LDAB (Trismegistos). This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License .

DCLP transcription xml

Column i

1-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
1[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩].[..]
2[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]..η̣.[..]
3[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]νομα..
4[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]
5[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩ ἐ]π̣αοιδή
6[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]πωλυ
7[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]σ̣ινε
8[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]καιδα
9[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩].ασε
10[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]ριων
11[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]α̣κ̣αι
12[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]ο̣ισατε
13[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]σασθε
14[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]..φυ
15[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]ε
15-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

Column ii

16-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
17(hand 2?) [. ca.4. πρὸ]ς̣ κεφαλῆ [πόνον]
2[. ca.7.].
18(hand 1) [. ca.6. σ]ὺ γὰρ εἶ θνη[τοῖς] ..[ -1-2- ]
19[. ca.7.]ἐ̣φ’ ὅλοις π.[...]ων τ[έ-]
20[λεσον τε]λέαν ἐπαοιδ[ή]ν.
21[. ca.7.]ας Σύρας Ταδαρηνῆς
22[ἐπαοιδὴ] πρὸς πᾶν {κατα} κατάκ̣[αυ-]
23[μα·] [. ca.4.] [μ]υστοδόκ̣ος κατεκα̣[ύθη],
24[ὑψ]οτάτῳ̣ δ’ ἐν ὄρει κατεκαύθ̣[η],
25ἑπτὰ λύκ̣ων κρήνας, ἕπτ’ ἄρ̣[κων],
26ἑπτὰ λεόντων, ἑπτὰ δὲ παρθε-
27νικαὶ κυ[α]νώπιδες ἤρασ̣αν[ὕ-]
28δωρ κάλπ[ι]σι κυανέαις καὶ ἔσ-
29βεσαν ἀκά̣[μ]ατον πῦρ.
⤚
30κεφα
31 Φιλίννης Θε[σσ]αλῆς ἐπαοιδὴ π[ρὸς]
32κεφαλῆς π[ό]νον· ⁦ vac. ? ⁩
⤚
33 φεῦγ’ ὀδύν[η κ]εφαλῆς, φεύγει δὲ [..]
34ὑπὸ πέτ[ρα]ν̣, φεύγουσιν δὲ [λύ-]
35κοι, φεύγ̣[ουσι]{ν} δὲ μώνυχε̣ς [ἵπ-]
36ποι .[. ca.6.] πληγαῖς ὑπ̣[..]
37[. ca.10.]..η̣θ̣.[. ca.10.]
37-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

Commentary

  • 15.

    κεφα is written on the left margin in circle.

History

  • 2026-03-05T19:56:04-05:00 [saverio]: Finalized - text and metadata improved
  • 2025-11-28T07:56:34-05:00 [saverio]: Vote - Accept-Straight-to-Finalization - Outdent l. 16 and 18 before finalization. Since pap. is not opisthographic, I see no need to have <D=.r: delete (?) col. i l. 5 insert space and add accent: [.? ἐ]π̣αοιδή l. 6. add space: [πος(?)] --> [πος (?)] l. 7 delete underdot: [.?] ̣σ̣ινε --> [.?]σ̣ινε col. ii Why not continuing line numeration, but resumed from 1 in col. ii? l. 3 insert γὰρ, blank space, and move brackets: σ]ὺ<:εἶ θνη[τοῖς] --> σ]ὺ γὰρ εἶ <:θνη[τοῖς]; insert .2 before [.1-2] at the end 5.- [λεσον τε]λέαν ἐπαοιδ[ή]ν. l. 6 I think this is wrong markup: it should mean that it has been corrected as Γαδαρηνῆς already since Henrichs. So I’d take it as a spelling correction (but I’m not sure): <:Ταδαρηνῆς|ed|<Γ>αδαρηνῆς=Henrichs:> --> <:Γαδαρηνῆς|corr|Ταδαρηνῆς:> l. 7 even though the GEMF editors leave κατα in the text, they do so because their edition is diplomatic: but it’s a clear repetition (surplus text), and instead of <:κατα|ed|{κατα}:> I would just give{κατα} l.8 should be: 8.- [μα]||ed||κατακατα[.?]=Brashear|κατάκαυ̣μ̣[α]=Henrichs:> <:[*middot*ca.4||ed||[οἶκος]=Eitrem|[παῖς]=Koenen:> μ]υστοδόκ̣ος κατεκα̣[ύθη], l. 9 add comma at the end l. 10 Koenen’s integration <πῦρ δ’ ἐλάφυξεν> (like l. 7 <σεμνοτάτης δὲ θεᾶς> before [παῖς] belong into the commentary (since they are reconstructed hexameters and have nothing to do with the papyrus at issue). Thus, <:ἑπτὰ|ed|<πῦρ δ’ ἐλάφυξεν> ἑπτά=Koenen:> --> just ἑπτά. Same with <κεφαλαὶ ἐφύλαξαν>= post Merkelbach, thus: <:λύκ̣ων||ed||λύ[κ]ω̣ν̣=Henrichs|<κεφαλαὶ ἐφύλαξαν>= post Merkelbach:> --> <:λύκ̣ων|ed|λύ[κ]ω̣ν̣=Henrichs:> ἄρ̣[κων] --> <:ἄρ̣[κων]|ed|ἄρ̣[κτων]=Henrichs:> l. 13 at the end ἔς --> ἔσ l. 14: 14.- βεσαν After l. 14 and 17 forked paragraphos: replace with >--- l.18 <:φεύγε|^ι^| δὲ||ed --> <:φεύγε|^ι^| δὲ [.2]||ed; φ̣θ̣[ίνους’ --> φ̣θ̣[ίνουσ’ add blank space in Poethke’s restoration: φεύγε|^ι^|δε[.?]=Poethke --> φεύγε|^ι^| δε[.?]=Poethke l. 20 add space + del regularization in apparatus (?): 20.- κοι,<:φεύγ̣[ουσι]{ν}|reg|φεύγ̣[ουσι]ν:> --> 20.- κοι, φεύγ̣[ουσι]{ν} l. 21 add space: 21.- ποι<:.1 --> 21.- ποι <:.1 l. 22 add (?) to the reading of SH
  • 2023-07-17T16:27:06-04:00 [carlosamadorom%C3%A1n]: Submit - Sorry, I had deleted the previous version. Please review the text and translation of GEMF 3. Consider the following aspects: There is a problem with the apparatus criticus at line 8 (col. ii): where include these conjectures "[οἶκος] Eitrem : [⟨σεμνοτάτης δὲ⟩ θεᾶς παῖς] Koenen"?. I don't know if lines 16 and 18 (col. ii) must be outdented. Line 18 (col. ii): add "brevis et longa" symbols.
  • 2026-03-05T19:56:03-05:00 [saverio]: Finalized - text and metadata improved
  • 2025-11-28T07:56:34-05:00 [saverio]: Vote - Accept-Straight-to-Finalization - Outdent l. 16 and 18 before finalization. Since pap. is not opisthographic, I see no need to have <D=.r: delete (?) col. i l. 5 insert space and add accent: [.? ἐ]π̣αοιδή l. 6. add space: [πος(?)] --> [πος (?)] l. 7 delete underdot: [.?] ̣σ̣ινε --> [.?]σ̣ινε col. ii Why not continuing line numeration, but resumed from 1 in col. ii? l. 3 insert γὰρ, blank space, and move brackets: σ]ὺ<:εἶ θνη[τοῖς] --> σ]ὺ γὰρ εἶ <:θνη[τοῖς]; insert .2 before [.1-2] at the end 5.- [λεσον τε]λέαν ἐπαοιδ[ή]ν. l. 6 I think this is wrong markup: it should mean that it has been corrected as Γαδαρηνῆς already since Henrichs. So I’d take it as a spelling correction (but I’m not sure): <:Ταδαρηνῆς|ed|<Γ>αδαρηνῆς=Henrichs:> --> <:Γαδαρηνῆς|corr|Ταδαρηνῆς:> l. 7 even though the GEMF editors leave κατα in the text, they do so because their edition is diplomatic: but it’s a clear repetition (surplus text), and instead of <:κατα|ed|{κατα}:> I would just give{κατα} l.8 should be: 8.- [μα]||ed||κατακατα[.?]=Brashear|κατάκαυ̣μ̣[α]=Henrichs:> <:[*middot*ca.4||ed||[οἶκος]=Eitrem|[παῖς]=Koenen:> μ]υστοδόκ̣ος κατεκα̣[ύθη], l. 9 add comma at the end l. 10 Koenen’s integration <πῦρ δ’ ἐλάφυξεν> (like l. 7 <σεμνοτάτης δὲ θεᾶς> before [παῖς] belong into the commentary (since they are reconstructed hexameters and have nothing to do with the papyrus at issue). Thus, <:ἑπτὰ|ed|<πῦρ δ’ ἐλάφυξεν> ἑπτά=Koenen:> --> just ἑπτά. Same with <κεφαλαὶ ἐφύλαξαν>= post Merkelbach, thus: <:λύκ̣ων||ed||λύ[κ]ω̣ν̣=Henrichs|<κεφαλαὶ ἐφύλαξαν>= post Merkelbach:> --> <:λύκ̣ων|ed|λύ[κ]ω̣ν̣=Henrichs:> ἄρ̣[κων] --> <:ἄρ̣[κων]|ed|ἄρ̣[κτων]=Henrichs:> l. 13 at the end ἔς --> ἔσ l. 14: 14.- βεσαν After l. 14 and 17 forked paragraphos: replace with >--- l.18 <:φεύγε|^ι^| δὲ||ed --> <:φεύγε|^ι^| δὲ [.2]||ed; φ̣θ̣[ίνους’ --> φ̣θ̣[ίνουσ’ add blank space in Poethke’s restoration: φεύγε|^ι^|δε[.?]=Poethke --> φεύγε|^ι^| δε[.?]=Poethke l. 20 add space + del regularization in apparatus (?): 20.- κοι,<:φεύγ̣[ουσι]{ν}|reg|φεύγ̣[ουσι]ν:> --> 20.- κοι, φεύγ̣[ουσι]{ν} l. 21 add space: 21.- ποι<:.1 --> 21.- ποι <:.1 l. 22 add (?) to the reading of SH
  • 2023-07-17T16:27:06-04:00 [carlosamadorom%C3%A1n]: Submit - Sorry, I had deleted the previous version. Please review the text and translation of GEMF 3. Consider the following aspects: There is a problem with the apparatus criticus at line 8 (col. ii): where include these conjectures "[οἶκος] Eitrem : [⟨σεμνοτάτης δὲ⟩ θεᾶς παῖς] Koenen"?. I don't know if lines 16 and 18 (col. ii) must be outdented. Line 18 (col. ii): add "brevis et longa" symbols.

  • 2014-12-10 [DCLP]: Crosswalked to EpiDoc XML

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