1923] THE GREEK MAGICAL PAPYRI IN THE BRIT. MUS. 25 



Pap. CXXIV. 



We have the last part of a magic roll folded up in ever 

 decreasing folds towards the end. If we judge the breadth of 

 the columns from the last one existing, there may have been 

 lost about 20 — 25 letters of the first column now remaining. 

 V. 1 Eu^a^oufjisvog Trav? t:oto]v xal (3pa>o-i[iov, cp. the ordinary pre- 

 scriptions for abstinence to be observed before the magic procedure. 

 V. 2 JTrpcoToc fixWz å. iz. (cp. Wess.). V. 3 e. g. xal [jletoc to^to 

 Isys tov Aoyov, outgoc. V. 5 x(oiva) 6'cra av] xal sfrsATjc, to [o]vo[ia 

 [jlo i cot. V. 7 cpiAiTto [is v] (8slva) {Kov [sparra • • •] avs£aA(7TT[coc;], 

 this adverb to i^ocXsnzToq (ale^co) "blotted out". V. 10 aaiTo 

 TTEpi as £)([cov] 7rv£up.a. V. 11 6 [i]sya§ xal ia^upo[c frsjoc; 2aihc, 

 cp. v. 20. V. 12 pcotp' avoupoucp' tj (SsTva). V. 14 ou]§sl? kvtl- 

 AsyEiv, cp. v. 19 avTspst cot. V. 21 TQig <puav)[xa 7TOisl [7.. I. a. 

 V. 22 Jat, 7rpoaysAa (Wess., whose readings, however, where they 

 elsewhere differ from Kenyon's readings, as v. 15, 17, 18, are 

 to be corrected). V. 23: probably 9 magic signs were intended 

 here as at the end of line 8. V. 27 tou? ^apaxTvjpag xal Ta 

 (6v6|.taTa) {cbc uTroxEtrat,) xal rskéaccq *<p. x., xEirat. may have been 

 eliminated by the following xal te-. V. 31 here we seem to 

 miss the folding up of the tablet to be indicated after the in- 

 sertion of the frog's tongue, cf. pap. Bibl. Nat. 1081 xal [iaAtbv 

 sacoOov tou paxouc a£i£coov ^otocvtjv skiEpcq Syjctov etc. V. 29 utco- 

 Ta<V>Tixov. V. 31 elq auTO for atjT/jv. V. 34 to[[v]] 8s£i6v aou 

 aavTaAiov. 



Pap. CXXV. 



This papyrus, edited by Kenyon in the Catalogue p. 123 sqq. 

 and known as "The old Maid of Apollonius of Tyana", is written 

 in rather a coarse hand. It presents several lacunas and obscure 

 parts, where I do not always agree with the editor. 



V. 4 TpioSou for TptoSov. V. 5 I read and supply in this 

 way: ~'p]6g <r[co a]& apiaTeptp tcoBL Asy£ [tov Ao(yov)'] Aoyoc' 



