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Title Oracle request
Principal Edition P.Harr. 1 55
translation 12669. Hans Dieter Betz, The Greek Magical Papyri in Translation, Including the Demotic Spells. Second Edition., (Chicago London 1992). 298
Reference 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). 77
  • - 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/9650x69r12
Fragments Birmingham, Cadbury Research Library P. Harris 184 f
Support Material papyrus
Date 100 - 199
More from the period between 100 CE and 199 CE
Origin Found: Oxyrhynchos (Oxyrhynchites, Egypt); written: Egypt
More from Found: Oxyrhynchos (Oxyrhynchites, Egypt); written: Egypt
Form and Layout papyrus sheet (columns: 0, pagination: 0)
Script Type cursive hand
Genre magical formulae
Culture religion
Religion christian or jewish
Print Illustrations P.Mirecki - M.Meyer, Magic and Ritual in the Ancient World (Religions in the Graeco-Roman World 141), 2002, p.32
Availability © Digital Corpus of Literary Papyri. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Trismegistos: 63392 [source]

Publications P. Harris 1 55 (1936) = Pap. Graec. Mag.(2) 2 77 (1974) = Mirecki / Meyer (ed.), Magic and ritual in the ancient world (Religions in the Graeco-Roman world 141) p. 28-35 no. 2 (2002) = Betz, The Greek magical papyri in translation p. 298 no. PGM 77 (1992)
Inv. no. Birmingham, Cadbury Research Library P. Harris 184 f
Date AD 200 - 299 (date : Orsini (by letter))
Language Greek
Provenance Egypt, U19 - Oxyrynchos (Bahnasa)[found]; Egypt, U19 - Oxyrynchos (Bahnasa)[written]

DCLP transcription: 63392 [xml]

ἐὰν θέλῃς χρηματισθῆ-
ναι περὶ οὗτινος θέλις(*) πρά-
γματος, λέγε [τοῦ]τον λόγον(*)
θυμῷ, μηδὲν̣ λαλήσα̣ς̣·
5ἐπικαλοῦ̣μμε̣(*) τὸ̣ν μέσον
μέρος ἀρούρης καθήμενo(ν),
ὁ ἐν τῇ δυνάμι(*) τὰ πάντα
διοικῶν, ὃν τρέμουσιν οἱ δέ-
μονε̣ς̣(*), ὃν τὰ ὄ̣ρη φοβῖται(*),
10ὃν προσκυνοῦσιν ἄγγελοι,
ὃν προσκυνῖ(*) ἥλιος καὶ σελή-
ν̣η, οὗ ἐστιν ὁ οὐρανὸς θρό-
ν̣ο̣ς̣ καὶ ἔθρα(*) κωμαστήριο(ν),
ἡ δὲ γῆ ὑποπόδιον(*) ι(*)ου ι(*)ου
15α̣ρα̣ρα̣[- ca.11 -]θομαρα
αραβρω[  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣] ιου ι(*)ου,
ἅγιε [ἅγιε ἅγιε,] ἀπέρατε
ἀ̣π̣έ̣ρ̣α̣[τε ἀπέρατε,] ἀστροθέτα,
π̣[  ̣  ̣  ̣] π̣[- ca.9 -] ⁦ vac. ? ⁩ θην[αι]
20π̣έ̣δ̣ι̣ο̣ν̣ [  ̣  ̣  ̣ κε]χρημάτισ-
μαι(*) ἀφόβως(*), ἀδρώ̣μ̣ω̣ς εὔδη-
λον χρησμὸν(*) π̣ε̣ρὶ τοῦ δῆ-
να προάγματος(*) ―
ἁγνὸς δὲ ποίει καὶ λίβανον
25ἐπίθυε εἰς τὸν τόπον
————————

Apparatus


^ 2. l. θέλεις
^ 3. [τοῦ]τον <τὸν> λόγον Powell, Jordan
^ 5. l. ἐπικαλοῦμαι, ἐπικαλοῦμαί σε Preisendanz, Jordan : ἐπὶ καχυμμέτῃ Powell : ἐπὶ καχυμμέτῃ (l. ἐπὶ καλύμματι) Eitrem
^ 7. l. δυνάμει
^ 8-9. l. δαί|μονες
^ 9. l. φοβεῖται
^ 11. l. προσκυνεῖ
^ 13. l. αἴθρα
^ 14. ὑποπόδιον Jordan : τὸ πόδιον Powell, Preisendanz
^ 14. ϊου papyrus
^ 16. ϊου papyrus
^ 19-21. π[υρί]π[νοε σαν]θην[ωρ, χρυσο|]πέδι[λε θεέ] χρημάτισ[ον] | καὶ Preisendanz
^ 21. ἀφόβως (l. ἀτρόμως) Eitrem, Preisendanz, Jordan
^ 22. χρησμὸν Jordan : χρηματιεῖ Powell, Preisendanz
^ 22-23. δῆ|να προάγματος (l. δεῖ|να πράγματος) Preisendanz : προ̣ ἀγελάστος Powell

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Notes

  • 23.

    The line filler has a cross in the middle of it. It separates the utterance from the instructions.