The Leyden Papyrus An Egyptian Magical Book

Francis Llewellyn Griffith, Herbert Thompson — 1974

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. Transliteration of demotic included.