19281 THE GREEK MAGICAL PAPYRI IN THE BRIT. MUS. 
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at the beginning). The sun cat is sometimes represented eating 
up the serpent. Therefore the cat, i. e. its tail, is here used 
as an apotropaeic crown in the sun magic. After oupav perhaps 
iTzily.xlinxgl — the last sign does not seem to be an e, 
hut rather the symbol of the sun, also used at the end of the 
previous line. V. 857: the amulet is the cat’s tail “and the 
magic characters”. I do not understand the following words, 
though clear in the pap.; we expect to hear of the material on 
which the characters are to be written. 
V. 863 auTV] [oiSs ojg?] xal 8t,(x tc5v (=- cov) 
'/jupÉhv] £v ’A. hsa [x. ’A. etc. “the book itself knows how 
and by whom it was found for the almighty Aphrodite”? 
V. 865 x-aToccrXiUVj xupiag (asAr^vvjc) outw Y£LV0[jt,£V7j[[c]j. 
V. 873 auTr^v (cf. v. 878 7rpo^piaa[x£vo^). 
This magic by means of the moon goddess presupposes that you 
know both the '/.xtx TravTcov t£)>.£T')^ (v. 872), the gz\t^vix'a6v 
;(pt<7[jt.a (v. 874) and the cr£V/]VLaxov iTrihuiJLa (v. 876); of the first 
and the last procedure we are informed in the papyrus of the 
Bibl. Nat. in Paris. V. 877 St.a)x(jL>v to<(v) u7tOX£i[j[.£vov Q^oyoy?') 
oyzipoTzoixTzr^Gzig '/.x.Tx^^^Gzig “at once you will be able to 
send away dreams and to bind fast”. V. 878 noizX yxp [jl£y. Trpog 
(cr£A7jV'/]v) (y]} y.\f “If you make use of the anointment be- 
forehand, then you are sure to have good luck” (£7:LT£’j^yj). 
V. 886 '/.zXzu(rjoy) (^rjou). V. 891 Azjz ^ZG7zo^i{x(jigy 7r£[jL'|iov 
(tov) x-yjzXov ctou l^opxL^oj <(cr£). V. 894 7rpo[[f7]]xa{)'7]YOU[X£vov. 
V. 907 ajv]; [S]a[jLac77]? as Wess. supplied the lacuna. V. 911 
i. e. SuvaafiocL. V. 915: we have to understand tvjv il£Lav 
oWixv, the magical figure made of the “divine” (i>£Tov “sulfur”) 
material mentioned above v. 867 sqq. V. 920 vi(x'/jTcx6v) Wess. 
Probably this vtx'/]TLxov i>au[jt.af7T6v, signed with the following 
symbol (the Hermes-rod, the emblem of the way god is able to 
accelerate the pace of the wearer), is to be carried on the sandal 
itself: 6 £/[£] Iv tol? izzZzHoig (cp. the Roman lunula). I do not 
think it necessary to supply more than £ 7 ;f£] (Wess. supplies 
£7j£il, Ken. £7 [£^c]), Then a new sentence begins: Aa^wv "kz-i^x. 
etc.: now having fixed the tablet on your sandal, you will be 
aware of the effect, when you ride (drive) or sail (TOp^TOhrifiat 
in med.). V. 922 ttAoloj <('/]) lttttco, viz. 7:£pfi>o'j (o (ot£?) [3ou).£l. 
The datives ttAoiw t-Trw belong to -ol£lv (as e. g. in the N. T. 
7roi£iv t'vl). opa ti tzoizX viz. the inscribed tablet. V. 926 aA}.o, 
