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mula for procuring dreams (sm Ss ovEipoTrof/jrcov, V. 2500), cf. ib. 

 V. 2443 sqq. The xaTaxA^Tixov which we read ib. V. 2373 

 would simply mean "invocation of the God"; but no doubt even 

 here we have to correct the word into xaTaxlmxov. These 

 words xaTa^paxTixov xal xaTaxXmxov with following genetives 

 spyaCTTvjpiou etc. must mean: to gain or to destroy a manufactury 

 or a house — ■ the procedure has also received the name stojcityj- 

 Tdcptov "instrument for asking for something"; the accompanying 

 prayer (V. 2434 sqq.) only mentions riches and wealth. v.y-y.- 

 OTpscp6[i.s[[va]]ov Trpoc <(ov)> ftzkeic, viz. j^pacrfrat, cp. v. 626 Tpog 6 

 %-ekzic, (viz. ^pairfrai tv] Trpa^si), Xsys. V. 431 opyi^si for opxi^si 

 (Ken.), cp. 6pxi£co V. 443. V. 432 staxpivEi "brings the demons to 

 assist the magician, to be present", v. Lexx. s. Eiaxpivscr-frai, 

 siarxpicjt?, staxpiTixdv. V. 432 a rtlaxav is correctly interpreted 

 by Wessely: a is a blunder for Aa((iu)v); but se may be derived 

 from a different tradition: ei; xlaxav [/.oAi^tjv — åv^apa^ov. 

 V. 435 ■fru [/.av perhaps for <Ti)'fru[/.aAi<8t)? Then the construction 

 is: Tapa TOTajjiov — otou — yj raxpa psov — [3aXs epspserfrou and 

 frqvotq — Iv/x ExXucj7]g. tj el; fraXaaaav looks like a later addition and 

 may have been added e. g. in a habour like Alexandria. There 

 must be a current in the river, otcou poug scttiv, the running 

 water purifies, "sanctifies" just as much as water poured out of 

 a jug or sprinkled. 



V. 436 Tapa psov as Ken. copied (oppos. Wess.). V. 438 

 should be understood lav 8s '■frsATjs a7ro)Æ<rai, Aucov <ro (xrapTOV 

 xal Aaptov) to TAaTU[xa Sitoxs tov Ao(yov) (sxTaxic). V. 450 sav 

 §s xaTapuxTtxov (= xaTopuxTixov) T0i(7jcj7]g) 7] <(sic) y?jV — tj ei; 

 tppÉap yp(acps) tov Ao(yov) tov 'Opcpaixov acixi zaxaaxt. Here we 

 note the new word xaTopuxTixog (as to the adjectival ending 

 V/.OC so common in the papyri v. Mayser, Gramm. p. 451 sqq.), 

 Suid. has the participle xaTopuxToc "deep buried" ; xaTopuxTixov 

 7zoi-qG'fiq = xaTopu^v]?. As we see, it is left to the magician him- 

 self if he wants to let the leaden plate drift off on the stream 

 or to "bury" it in the river or in the earth: for the running 

 water Osiris, so often identified with the water of life, is ad- 

 dressed, for the pond or the earth the ancient Ephesian gram- 

 mata (here called "Orphical formula") are used. For this second 

 procedure a "black string" is needed, because the plate is 

 sunk into the dark earth. -/) youv must be corrected into y\ /ovr, 

 "dam" (mole or quay). 'Op9a'£x6v : the way of pronouncing and 



