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mula for procuring dreams {iizl ovsipoTroiJLTroiv, V. 2500), cf. ib. 
V. 2-l:l:8 sqq. The xaxayJjyTi/.ov which we read ib. V. 2873 
would simply mean “invocation of the God”; but no doubt even 
here we have to correct the word into y.oirocy.liriy.6v. These 
words y.aTa7:payTiywOv xal xaTayALTcx.ov with following genetives 
spyarrTTipiou etc. must mean: to gain or to destroy a manufactury 
or a house — the procedure has also received the name IvraLT'/]- 
TapLov “instrument for asking for something”; the accompanying 
prayer (V. 2434 sqq.) only mentions riches and wealth. yava- 
c 7 Tp£ 96 |X£[[va]]ov TTpog <(6v) viz. ^(^paahaL, cp. v. 626 izpog 6 
i>£A£l; (viz. ^^pao-hoc!. TTj TTpa^si), Asys. V. 431 opyi^et, for opya^si 
(Ken.), cp. opyi^oj V. 443. V. 432 zlGy.pivzi “brings the demons to 
assist the magician, to be present”, v. Lexx. s. sbypivscrhaL, 
sicrzpLCTLg, sidxpiTLy.ov. V. 432 a TrAay.av is correctly interpreted 
by Wessely: a is a blunder for }.a([io')v); but sg may be derived 
from a different tradition: zlc 7zlcky.ocv [j.oAi|37)v — zy/aipoc^oy. 
V. 435 i>u[xav perhaps for <(TL)i>u[jLa}a{8i) ? Then the construction 
is: 773cpa TtOTocjxov — GTTOu — '/] Tzocpoc psov — [^»aA£ cpépsrrilaL and 
3'/]rra5 — Tva åy-AucTT];. zig d-xÅocrjrjocy 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, otzou poug åaviv, the running 
water purities, “sanctifies” just as much as water poured out of 
a jug or sprinkled. 
V. 436 Tzocpoc pzoy as Ken. copied (oppos. Wess.). V. 438 
should be understood lav §£ héAvjc aTroXuaai, Auciov <(to crrapTov 
xal Aa[iojv) vo 7T).aTup.a ^i(jr/.z tov 16(yov) [zTz^zckxig). V. 450 lav 
31 '/waTapuaTLaov (= y,aTopuy.Tt.y.ov) 7zoi{r^GT^g) vj yr^v — Tj zig 
cpplap yp(a 9 £) tov A6(yov) tov ’Op(paiy.ov aay-!, xaTacry.L. Here we 
note the new word aaTopoaTLy-og (as to the adjectival ending 
r/.oc so common in the papyri v. May ser, Gramm. p. 451 sqq.), 
Suid. has the participle aaTopo^Toc “deep buried”; y.aTopuy,TLy.ov 
TZQvqdT^g = y.aTopuJvjg. 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. j^ouv must be corrected into r^ yovv, 
“dam” (mole or quay). TJp^^aixov: the way of pronouncing and 
