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Mr. Bell found verified in the pap., he read X[u^vo]v É-[Ta]|rjcov. 

 as indicated above. Mr. Bell reads the following line in this 

 way : iXXuyvtov [a~]o 71X0101). (Wess.s IXXu^vta £' a7r.o, excellent as 

 to meaning, is not in the pap.). V. 596 : commonly the order 

 of the invoked deities in this formula is : Iaw ZapawO- AStovai. 

 The same inaccuracy of the scribe or the author is seen in v. 

 603, where he should have written: sv ttj cr/][j.spov Yjfzépa sv ttj 

 apTi topa. V. 605 the three cries of Sabaoth are enigmatic ; from 

 Greek mythology we know of the famous cries of Persephone 

 when carried away by Hades, from Egyptian mythology the cries 

 of Isis at the murder of Osiris. But we here also e. g. of the 

 cries of Ra, when bitten by the scorpion. The number three 

 shows that there lies good tradition behind the "cries of Sabaoth". 

 The third cry in the folktales is the strongest and brings the 

 help. V. 611 Sio aloers = gc^ste, regressive assimilation of s. 

 V. 612 u7rvou fr/] rvyyavovoav the scribe ought to have written. 

 V. 613 saf/, [xev å Tzpå-zoq luyvoq jzrdg}) (Kroll, Wilcken) "if the 

 first wick splitters (so Anthol. Pal. VI 333), then you must know 

 that the demon has tåken hold of the beloved girl — if the 

 second one (se. sputters), she has already left her home" etc. 

 As to Xajxfidcveiv cp. pap. Bibl. Nat. 62 s7ravsX9-s I-l tov to7tov 

 <7ou xal dbroxXiaov cyeau[TOv] [r/j as TzgoÅdprj (viz. the demon in 

 question)' lav yap jiQoXrjfiqp&fjg^ aTroxXsiT] ux' auTou. V. 616 sqq. 

 The meaning is quite clear: if you place the lamp in to a small 

 Nileboat and then put this into a basin of water (the lamp 

 in this way becoming a sort of a Sun boat), then you are 

 able to draw beloved girls to you even from beyond the sea 

 (8ia7tovTioi>s, as Ken. read). The text is : ayet, (viz. the aycoyvj 

 aaysTo?) 5s xal 8ia-ovTiou;' hoc (with subj. as in modern Greek, 

 Moulton Einleit. p. 276. Thumb Hdb. 100) ocutov tov Xuyjvov 

 [o]v9-yjg ev 6§aTiw ' 67rox[si<79"co §£?] xaTio tou X[u]yvo[u] [p]apst.<; tzoctzu- 

 pivvj. In v. 618 my supplement uxoxsiaO-co 81 is only to show 

 the drift of the meaning of the sentence. 



V. 620 xuvoxstpaX[i]5iov f3oT(av/]v) Xa(3(u>v) xsi(fxsvos) ("when 

 sleeping") — or xotfZ-tofisvog — zyz u~ o tyjv yXto<7(7av crou xal Trpcol 

 avacjTa^c) etc. V. 623 &c, ecttiv sVt, Trav ("as this magic proce- 

 dure is good for everything"). [Xs(ys) t]ov Xo(yov) outco; - V. 631 

 6 I-l Ta yspoojjiv xa9-/jf/.svog : Ta probably for to i. e. tco<(v). V. 

 650 I think Wessely is right in reading: lav xa.Taj3-/]c sic xa 

 oxXayy^va [ttjs] (8sTva), cpiXvjaaTco \xz tov (8E?va) [~q (§stva) ?] [ei;] 



