aenorlemusae:

The spell found on a lead tablet with the clay figurine, shown below, follows very closely the formula of a spell in the Greek Magical Papyri, specifically that in PGM IV.296-466. That particular PGM text is also known as the Great Magical Papyrus of Paris, and it is the same one from which the spell attributed to Pancrates/Pachrates for Hadrian is known, as well as the “Mithras Liturgy” and a number of other interesting pieces.

The spell itself invokes the deities Pluto, Kore (who is given the further epithets/syncretisms Persephone and Ereshkigal), Adonis, chthonic Hermes, Thoth, some figures unknown (including one that sounds Lovecraftian: “Misonktaik”!), and Anubis, as well as an invocation “to you chthonic divine demons, the boys and girls prematurely dead, the young men and women, year after year, month after month, day after day, hour after hour, night after night; I conjure all the demons in this place to assist this demon Antinous.” The spells is done to bind

Ptolemais whom Aias bore, the daughter of Horigenes, so that she should not be fucked, buggered or should not give any pleasure to another man, except to me alone Sarapammon, whom Area bore; and do not let her eat nor drink nor resist nor go out nor find sleep except with me Sarapammon, whom Area bore.

It then goes further thus:

I conjure you, Antinous spirit of the dead, in the name of the Terrible and the Fearsome, the name at whose sound the earth opens up, the name at whose sound the demons tremble in fear, the name at whose sound rivers and rocks burst asunder. I conjure you, Antinous spirit of the dead, by Barbaratham Cheloumbra Barouch Adonai and by Abrasax and by Iao Pakeptoth Pakebraoth Sabarbaphaei and by Marmaraouoth and by Marmarachtha Mamazagar. Do not disregard me, Antinous spirit of the dead, but rouse yourself for me and go to each place, to each neighbourhood, to each house and bring me Ptolemais, whom Aias bore, the daughter of Horigenes; prevent her from eating, from drinking, until she comes to me, Sarapammon, whom Area bore, and do not allow her to accept the advances of any man other than me alone Sarapammon. Drag her by the hair, the guts, until she does not reject me, Sarapammon, whom Area bore, and I have her, Ptolemais, whom Aias bore, the daughter of Horigenes, subject to me for the entire extent of my life, loving me, desiring me, telling me what she thinks. If you do this, I will release you.

It is very interesting that among the other deities invoked in the end of the spell, not only Abrasax/Abraxas–a syncretistic figure who became very associated with both magic and gnosticism–but also Iao, the Greek understanding of the Hebrew God, is also involved!