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Tov ciizcfivzoi tv); ^or/jc auTvjc ypovov, cp. V. 913 Ipaa^r^asTa^ aoo 
eig TOV TTj^ ^wvjc )(^p6vov. 
V. 652 -or <(lap^)> aL[i.a [jLsAdcvTjg [3o6g apvog tu- 
cpo^vioi) (viz. apvo? ^ogc), é^spsTOJc §£ atyog (of black or red colour). 
This seems preferable to apvoc {[jLéXavoc) vj TU 9 ornou. V. 656 
[o3C)£l] ttAiviKov, perhaps “the common formula in a quadrangular 
(or rectangular) figure”. Its place after the magic words is much 
alike that of (Preisendanz, Berl. ph. Woch, 1913, 510 sqq.), 
cp. pap. Lond. 46,348 Taoxa uToxdcTw tou xprxou west, 
7:\vj%-ziov apY_ooX etc., ib. 360 to uroxaToj TrlivOtov xal to t,a£oj A6(Yog) 
Pap. Bibl. Nat. 1305 7ravcp£YYVjC ap[jt.ovia tojv oAojv a£7jioi)oj 7r)av0wv 
(so in the pap.). V. 657 either xal <(ocra av) po6)v£i (cp. v. 422 
o(7a av i)'£X£Lc) or xal [xol oaa] PouA£l; of course you may just 
as well write cbg instead of oera, cp. v. 660 xoqva) |3o'jA£l 
and V. 685 xal xoiva oera '9'£l£ig. V. 657 £7r[l] §£ [Tvje] £oojvu[xou 
TTTÉpUYO? YP(^9^) [^^^2 Sv] TW aUTOJ TUTtW (cp. £V TW aUTW (7Y^"^[XaTt,). 
V. 661 cpiXTpov £ 7 r!,).a)vr|[xaT 05 (so Wess.) xaTa epO^ojv (Ken.), the 
love-spell consists in speaking ill of the beloved persons, a sort 
of Btapolr^, of “slaunder”, so commonly used in love charms. 
V. 664. Here Mr. Bell has verified my proposal to put in 
puaenvov paxo? and reads the line thus: Aap(ojv) [i6craLv[ov palxoc 
Yp(a 9 £) TO 7z^x-^[jÆ. V. 667 £ic ^ia9ov, ordinarily kizX t^Lahou. 
V. 686 sqq. The next parallels to this invocation of the 
Bear — apxTcxr^ sc. 3uva[xic or Trpajig — are pap. Bibl. Nat. 1275 
sqq. and 1331 sqq. (apxTixv] ^uvayic). V. 690 Ivtuyx.^^vco gol 3£6- 
[J!ÆVO<; xal LX£T£’JOJV OTTtOg XOLTjGTjC TO (3£LVa) TpaYI-^O^i £7rLXa).OU[XaL 
G£ TOL 5 aywtc Tou ovojxaGLv £v OLc Y^aLp£L g[ou] 'il£L6TVjc, “her Saered 
Majesty” is a very courteous title of the Polar Bear s. Sophocles’ 
Lex. s. V. and below pap. Lond. CXXV (“the Old Maid of 
Apollonius of Tyana”) 15. V. 694 77aGL3a[X£La poijAo3a[X£La, v. 
695 SapSavoTraTa a[A]ux[T6]3po[xa “restlessly wandering” (— 5po[x£) 
(vuxToSpojxa Wess. Wilck., not xuxA66po[xa). V. 696 probably 
x{p)a<(T)7]Gav§pa; the pap. xaa£Gav6pa. V. 698 lco [xoATrr^' 9 uAaxrj’ 
TTpoGxoTT'/^' Tpu 9 £pa. V. 699 Loj 3a[xva[X£V£La, fem. to the magic 
Aa[xva[x£v£ug. V. 702 of course Y_ap)(_apo7i[[£7rl]A£, i. e. Y_ap)(_ap07rA£ 
= xap;(apo7rX£ formed according to xap;j(ap6Soug, but probably 
meaning “with the shining (not sharp) weapons”, in harmony 
with the previous TupoGa)[xaT£ 7;-po[9aL5L?][X£. The same epithet 
of the Polar Bear probably also exists in pap. Bibl. Nat. 1286 
vLxapoTrA'/], vLX<(avSpa) xap<()'ap)o7rA[£j. Cp. Pap. Soc. Ital. I 28,1 
