Volume 1
The demotic magical papyrus of London and Leiden / edited by F. Ll. Griffith and Herbert Thompson.
- Date:
- 1904-1909
Licence: In copyright
Credit: The demotic magical papyrus of London and Leiden / edited by F. Ll. Griffith and Herbert Thompson. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![who lives for ever, give power to the name (?) (18) the name of the god (?) open to me {dis), (19) ye great [gods] who shine with the sun, let [my eyes] be opened [to the light, and let] me (20) [see the god] who answers to-day, hasten [5is) . . . times . . Verso Col, XXIII. (Lines 1-9 fragments.) (10) dung dried and burnt, 2 (measures), (ii) pound (with oil of) henna and honey, (12) anoint [your phallus] therewith, and lie with her. Verso Col. XXIV. (i) .... (2) .... on it, and you (3) of fine linen on it (? him) ; these three names being written on it, (4) with myrrh ; you light it and place it (5) your head; you recite them to it again nine times. (6) the lamp; you do it at the time of the third hour (?) of evening (7) [and you] lie down(?). Formula : ‘ lobasaoumptho (8) [Khrome(?) Lou]khar; let my eyes be opened (9) in truth concern- ing any given matter which I am praying for here (10) [to-day, in] truth without telling thee {sic) falsehood.^ (11) ‘ lobasaoumptthokhromeloukhar, (12) let my eyes be opened in truth concerning any given thing which I am praying (13) for here to-day.’ Col. XXIII. 1. I. Probably some five or si.x short lines have completely disappeared before the beginning of the existing fragments of this column. CoL. XXIV. Following this on Leyden, PI. XIV., there are several scraps of Greek, &c., numbered 1-7. They are written on pieces of papyrus used for patching worn places, and have no necessary connexion with the text.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29003519_0001_0211.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
