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and such effect”. V. 389 sav zaTapaTs, probably we have to 
understand åv'/.aTap'/]T£, cp. iyy.xTx^^jdGoufjd-y.i Democr. in Plut. 
Mor. p. 785 a (cited by Herw. Lex.), lyxy.TaTrLcabaL sim. V. 394 
xaToyojjv l7i:avaY/.af7TLx.OL: if the scribe has written correctly, it 
means “formulas that add a forcing effect to the y.oi^oy(oi. viz. 
Acyct”. The papyrus has V. 400 ^o^yyy (as the magic word con- 
stantly reads); in V. 403 we have to combine crcjjLSfjiAap. V. 404 
av pouAvj, i. e. ocr’ av pou).7j, as V. 410, 416 etc. 
V. 405 9 LATp(ov) £7:1 9 (.A(iac)' xaTaoiAwv Åé(yz) etc. V. 409 
lBétoj [jl£ the scribe ought to have written. V. 424 [jlol blunder for [jl£. 
V. 429 sq. Mr. Bell reads these lines thus: 
xaTo^^loc . . .|toc 7rpaY[i,() zal £7:1 apjjLaTOJV 7:o(), zrrTi 3£ xal 5Lax.07:6c 
x(al) y,aTax , . tixov xal xaTa . . . tlxov x.al 6v£p£Tt,'/.6v xaTa- 
This reading marks a definite progress on Ken.’s edition; 
with Siax-oTiog — also known from the pap. Leyd. V. 11,13 as a 
magic formula or procedure to separate married people — Mr. Bell 
agrees with Wess. (Wilcken in his review of Ken.’s and Wess.’ 
editions does not mention these lines), the 6v£p£TL7.6v is unblamable, 
finally Mr. Bell verified my proposal V. 430 xaTaxo7:vLx6v as the 
true reading, and he equally corrected my proposal xaTaxAr|Trx6v, 
known from pap. Bibl. Nat. 2373, into xaTaxliTcxov. Thus, if we 
accept the supplements of Wessely at the beginning of V. 429, 
the lines should be reconstrued thus: 
y.dcToy\og TravjTog 
xal xaTax}.iTL/wOv 
7:paY[J-(3CTO^) xal It:! ap[xavtov 7 :o(l£T), Irrvt. 51 
xal 5iaxo7:oc 
xal xaTaxoTTTLXOv xal GV£p£TL'/.ov xava- 
The following line may perhaps be corrected into xaTa/ 
( 7 Tcp£ 96 [X£vov Tzpog 6v al£A£^ Y^pacrilat “ruining or killing (properly: 
overturning) the man against whom you want to use it” (or 
7:pof7<(£)(;ojc) 6v h£X£Lc? “immediately the man that you like”). At 
least xaTacrTp£cp6[x£v[[a]]ov may be a probable emendation. As to 
the xaTaxALTLxov “a magical procedure which makes people ill, 
prop. brings them to bed”, we may ref er e. g. to pap. Bibl. Nat. 
2496. We have there from V. 2441 onwards a formula for 
bringing the beloved one into the arms of the lover. But this 
formula (dycijyri) may be altered by suitable supplements into a 
formula that makes the adversary ill (It:! xaTax}i(7£ox, V. 2496) 
or takes his life (It:! avaLp£a£ojg, V. 2498) or simply into a for- 
