From the Ancient Christian Magic
Test: Oxyrhynchus 1060
Description: papyrus, 9.2 x 6.3 cm, sixth century(?)
Bibliography: Karl Preisendanz, Papyri Graecae Magicae, 2.209-10; Marvin Meyer, “A Sixth-Century Christian Amulet”
Translator: Marvin Meyer
TEXT
† The door, APHRODITE,
PHRODITE,
RODITE,
ODITE,
DITE,
ITE,
TE,
TE,
E.
HOR HOR
PHOR PHOR
YAO SABAOTH ADONAI
I bind you, artemisian scorpion.
Free this house
of every reptile
and annoyance, at once, at once.
St. Phocas is here.
PHAMENOTH 13, third indication.
