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Title Procedure for acquiring strength
translation 12669. Hans Dieter Betz, The Greek Magical Papyri in Translation, Including the Demotic Spells. Second Edition., (Chicago London 1992). 297
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/9650x69r11
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). 69
  • - 3559. John Garrett Winter, Michigan Papyri. Volume III. Papyri in the University of Michigan Collection: Miscellaneous Papyri., (Ann Arbor 1936). 156
  • - 96045. Campbell Bonner, "Note on the Paris Magical Papyrus.," CP, 25 (1930), pp. 180-183. http://www.jstor.org/stable/262713181-182
Fragments Ann Arbor, Michigan University, Library P. 1463
Support Material Papyrus
Date Anfang II
More from the period between 101 CE and 125 CE
Origin Oxyrhynchos
More from Oxyrhynchos
Form and Layout Papyrus papyrus sheet (columns: 0, pagination: 0)
Genre magic
Culture religion
Religion Egyptian
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Trismegistos: 63550 [source]

Publications Classical Philology 25 (1930), p. 181-182 (1930) = P. Mich. 3 156 (1936) = Pap. Graec. Mag.(2) 2 69 (1974) = Betz, The Greek magical papyri in translation p. 297 no. PGM 69 (1992)
Inv. no. Ann Arbor, Michigan University, Library P. 1463
Date AD 100 - 199
Language Greek
Provenance Egypt[found & written]

Catalog Record: michigan.apis.1447 [xml]

Title Magical Charm
Author Unknown
Summary Magical charm
Citations Rep_editor - Preisendanz K; Rep_Ser - PGM II; Rep_Year 1974; Rep_No. LXIX Bonner C, CP 25, 181, 1930 Bonner C, PMich III, 156, 1936
Inv. Id P.Mich.inv. 1463
Support/Dimensions 1 papyrus ; 16.5 x 3.5 cm
Condition Badly damaged on the right
Lines 3
Recto/Verso Source of description: Recto + Verso
Hands the writing, which follows the direction of the fibres, is a cursive, generally inclining to the right (C. Bonner)
Origin Unknown
More from Unknown
Language Greek
Date IInd century A.D.
More from the period between 100 CE and 199 CE
Note (general) Location: Ann Arbor
Note (general) Pub. status: Verso; Recto (unpublished): accounts, written in a IInd-century hand
Subjects Charms--Egypt.; Magic, Greek.; Magic, Egyptian.; Magic; Papyrus
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DCLP transcription: 63550 [xml]

Φνουνεβεηβ(*) δός μοί σου τὴν ἰσχὺν ιω Α̣βρα̣σ[α]ξ̣(*)
δός μοί σου τὴν ἰσχύν· ἐγὼ γάρ εἰμι Αβρασαξ. λέγε δ[ὶς](*)
κρατῶν τοὺς δύο ἀντίχειρας(*).
——
⟦- ca.9 - σ̣⟧
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Apparatus


^ 1. Φνουνεβεη β Bonner
^ 1. Α̣βρα̣σ[αξ] Bonner
^ 2. δ Bonner : ζ´ Preisendanz
^ 3. ἀντίχειράς σο[υ] Preisendanz

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APIS Translation (English)

"PHNOUNEBEEB, give me your strength, IO ABRASAX(?), give me your strength, for I am ABRASAX." Say it twice while holding your two thumbs.