The Leyden Papyrus: An Egyptian Magical Book by Herbert Thompson, Francis Llewellyn Griffith

The Leyden Papyrus: An Egyptian Magical Book

Herbert Thompson, Francis Llewellyn Griffith

207 pages • first pub 1974 (editions)

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First complete translation of crucial 3rd-century A.D. manuscript of Egyptian magic, medicine. 15-foot roll of papyrus reveals spells, incantations, aphrodisiacs, invoking various gods. Probably compilation of practicing Egyptian sorcerer. Transli...

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